Delvon T. Mattingly, PhD
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859-218-6875dtma239@uky.edu
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- Assistant Professor
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Bar trivia, recreational volleyball, golf, writing fiction and poetry
Biography
Dr. Mattingly is a Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Behavioral Science at the University of Kentucky College of Medicine and a primary faculty member of the Center for Health, Engagement, and Transformation. He is also a member of the Markey Cancer Center’s Cancer Prevention and Control Program and Co-Lead of the Career Enhancement Core for the Appalachian Tobacco Regulatory Science Team, a Tobacco Center of Regulatory Science (AppalTRUST, TCORS 3.0).
A social epidemiologist, Dr. Mattingly investigates how psychosocial, policy, and structural determinants of health influence substance use and addiction, cancer prevention and control, and related health disparities. He completed the majority of his research training through two NIH/FDA-funded Tobacco Centers of Regulatory Science: the American Heart Association Tobacco Regulation and Addiction Center (A-TRAC, TCORS 1.0) and the University of Michigan/Georgetown University Center for the Assessment of Tobacco Regulations (CAsToR, TCORS 2.0).
Dr. Mattingly serves on the editorial boards of Scientific Reports and the American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse. He is a Helping Everyone Achieve a Lifetime of Health-Future Addiction Scientist Training (HEALTH-FAST) Scholar and a recent recipient of the American Public Health Association’s National Violent Death Reporting System (NVDRS) New Investigator Award. He has published more than 60 peer-reviewed articles and currently leads multiple funded research studies, including a National Cancer Institute Supplement examining how local flavored tobacco control policies shape disparities in flavored e-cigarette use among young adults.
Education
Ph.D. in Epidemiologic Science, University of Michigan School of Public Health
M.S. in Epidemiology, University of Louisville School of Public Health and Information Sciences
B.S. in Public Health, University of Louisville School of Public Health and Information Sciences
Summary:
Hometown: Louisville, KYSelected Publications
- Mattingly DT, Agbonlahor O, Richardson MK, Rayens MK, Rose SW, Hart JL. Factors associated with disposable electronic cigarette use among US youth: A national repeated cross-sectional study, 2021–22. Addiction. DOI: 10.1111/add.16628.
- Dai HD, Subica A, Mattingly DT, Harlow A, Leventhal AM. Association of race-ethnicity intersection with disparities in cigarette smoking in US adults. Nicotine Tob Res. DOI: 10.1093/ntr/ntae041.
- Mattingly DT, Hart JL. Trends in current electronic cigarette use among youth by age, sex, and race and ethnicity. JAMA Netw Open. DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.54872.
- Mattingly DT, Mezuk B, Elliott MR, Neighbors HW, Leventhal AM, Flesicher NL. Distress about social problems and tobacco and cannabis use outcomes among young adults. Prev Med. DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2024.107850.
- Mattingly DT, Agbonlahor O, Hart JL, McLeish AC, Walker KL. Psychological distress and cannabis vaping among U.S. adolescents. Am J Prev Med. DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2023.10.013.
- Mattingly DT, Cook S, Hirschtick JL, Patel A, Arenberg DA, Barnes GD, Levy DT, Meza R, Fleischer NL. Longitudinal associations between exclusive, dual, and polytobacco use and incident asthma among US youth. Prev Med. DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2023.107512.
- Mattingly DT, Mezuk B, Elliott MR, Fleischer NL. Discrimination and tobacco use outcomes among US adults: Effect modification by race/ethnicity. J Racial Ethn Health Disparities. DOI: 10.1007/s40615-023-01527-3.
- Mattingly DT, Neighbors HW, Mezuk B, Elliott MR, Fleischer NL. Racial/ethnic discrimination and tobacco and cannabis use outcomes among US adults. J Subst Abuse Treat. DOI: 10.1016/j.josat.2023.208958.
- Neighbors HW, Mattingly DT, Johnson J, Morse K. The contribution of research to racial health equity? Blame and responsibility in navigating the status quo of anti-black systemic racism. Soc Sci Med. 2022:115209. DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2022.115209.
- Mattingly DT, Howard LC, Krueger EA, Fleischer NL, Hughes-Halbert C, Leventhal AM. Change in distress about police brutality and substance use among young people, 2017-2020. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2022;237:109530. DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2022.109530.