Mohammed S Orloff, PhD, MS

Research Program: Cancer Prevention and Population Sciences Faculty Rank: Associate Professor Campus: University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences College: College of Public Health Department: Epidemiology

Cancer Research Interest

• Disease Site Focus: GI, Thoracic/ Lung
• Research Focus Area: Health Disparities, Prevention, Informatics, Detection, Carcinogenesis
• Type of Research: Population Sciences

Contact Information

• Email Address: MSORLOFF@UAMS.EDU
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Active Grants

• Westat – 1OT2HL156812CEAL
  “Food As Medicine: Addressing Social Determinants of Health (Food Insecurity) to Improve Clinical Outcomes”
  Co-Investigator
  5/1/2021 – 3/31/2026

Recent Publications

• Cen R, Su LJ, Ying J, [et al., including Orloff MS]. Maternal Myo-Inositol Intake and Congenital Heart Defects in Offspring: A Population-Based Case-Control Study. BJOG : an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology. 2026 133(3):442-453. PMID: 41307476.
• Jin J, Rahmatallah Y, Gomez-Acevedo H, [et al., including Orloff MS]. A Tracts of Homozygosity Approach Identifies Methylation-Regulated CSMD1 Expression Targets in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancers Related to Smoking Behavior. Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology. 2025 34(12):2247-2258. PMID: 41036856.
• Jones DM, Clawson AH, Jin J, [et al., including Orloff M]. Evidence-based practices are effective in increasing smoke-free home rules among Black women who smoke. Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Monographs. 2025 2025(70):224-234. PMID: 40795917.
• Clawson AH, Du R, Jones DM, [et al., including Orloff M]. Capacity to address determinants of health among a social justice coalition in the United States. Health promotion international. 2025 40(4). PMID: 40856209.
• Carter TC, Kay DM, Pangilinan F, [et al., including Orloff MS]. Exome Sequencing to Identify Novel Susceptibility Genes for Nonsyndromic Split-Hand/Ft Malformation: A Report From the National Birth Defects Prevention Study. Birth defects research. 2025 117(5):e2472. PMID: 40304391.
• Clawson AH, Jones DM, Bullock S, [et al., including Orloff M]. Home environment and cigarette quitting behaviors among rural Black/African American women caregivers. Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association. 2025 44(1):66-79. PMID: 39347763. PMCID: PMC11956115.
• Clawson AH, Jones DM, Jin J, [et al., including Orloff M]. Caregiver restrictions on child access to tobacco in the home and home Smoking/Vaping bans among Black/African American women caregivers who smoke and live in Resource-limited, rural areas. Preventive medicine reports. 2024 48:102918. PMID: 39534461. PMCID: PMC11555469.
• Mukherjee N, Bolin EH, Qasim A, [et al., including Orloff MS]. DNA methylation of the Lamin A/C gene is associated with congenital heart disease. Birth defects research. 2024 116(7):e2381. PMID: 39073036.
• Jones DM, Taylor E, Orloff M, [et al.]. Changes in Capacity Building and Sustained Implementation Among a Statewide Coalition to Address Racial/Ethnic COVID-19 Disparities. American journal of public health. 2024 114(S1):S59-S64. PMID: 38207260. PMCID: PMC10785162.
• Joshi A, Su LJ, Orloff MS. Tuberculosis and Risk of Emphysema among US Adults in the NHANES I Epidemiologic Follow-Up Study Cohort, 1971-1992. Epidemiologia (Basel, Switzerland). 2023 4(4):525-537. PMID: 38131676. PMCID: PMC10871094.
• Jones DM, Bullock S, Donald K, [et al., including Orloff M]. Factors associated with smokefree rules in the homes of Black/African American women smokers residing in low-resource rural communities. Preventive medicine. 2022 165(Pt B):107340. PMID: 36370892. PMCID: PMC9727706.
• Silva CS, Tryndyak VP, Camacho L, [et al., including Orloff MS]. Temporal dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 genome and detection of variants of concern in wastewater influent from two metropolitan areas in Arkansas. The Science of the total environment. 2022 849:157546. PMID: 35914602. PMCID: PMC9338166.