Melinda C Aldrich
Biographic Data
| ID | 80661 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Melinda C Aldrich |
| GIVEN NAMES | Melinda C |
| FAMILY NAME | Aldrich |
| SIGNATURE | ALDRICH M C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Department of Thoracic Surgery Vanderbilt University Medical Center Nashville Tennessee USA |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3833-8448 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Racism, discrimination, medical mistrust, stigma, and lung cancer screening
OBJECTIVE: Lung cancer screening can reduce lung cancer-specific mortality, but it is widely underutilized, especially among minoritized populations that bear a disproportionate burden of lung cancer, such as Black Americans. Racism, discrimination, medical mistrust, and stigma contribute to lower uptake of preventive screenings in general, but the role these factors play in lung cancer screening is unclear. We therefore conducted a scoping revie…
Genetic landscape of Gullah African Americans
OBJECTIVES: Gullah African Americans are descendants of formerly enslaved Africans living in the Sea Islands along the coast of the southeastern U.S., from North Carolina to Florida. Their relatively high numbers and geographic isolation were conducive to the development and preservation of a unique culture that retains deep African features. Although historical evidence supports a West-Central African ancestry for the Gullah, linguistic and cult…
Analysis of biogeographic ancestry reveals complex genetic histories for indigenous communities of St. Vincent and Trinidad
OBJECTIVES: From a genetic perspective, relatively little is known about how mass emigrations of African, European, and Asian peoples beginning in the 16th century affected Indigenous Caribbean populations. Therefore, we explored the impact of serial colonization on the genetic variation of the first Caribbean islanders. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Sixty-four members of St. Vincent's Garifuna Community and 36 members of Trinidad's Santa Rosa First Peo…
Minority Underrepresentation in Academia
Socioeconomic Status and Lung Cancer
Objectives. We examined the relationship between genetic ancestry, socioeconomic status (SES), and lung cancer among African Americans and Latinos. Methods. We evaluated SES and genetic ancestry in a Northern California lung cancer case–control study (1998–2003) of African Americans and Latinos. Lung cancer case and control participants were frequency matched on age, gender, and race/ethnicity. We assessed case–control differences in individual a…
Analysis of biogeographic ancestry reveals complex genetic histories for indigenous communities of St. Vincent and Trinidad
OBJECTIVES: From a genetic perspective, relatively little is known about how mass emigrations of African, European, and Asian peoples beginning in the 16th century affected Indigenous Caribbean populations. Therefore, we explored the impact of serial colonization on the genetic variation of the first Caribbean islanders. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Sixty-four members of St. Vincent's Garifuna Community and 36 members of Trinidad's Santa Rosa First Peo…
Minority Underrepresentation in Academia
Socioeconomic Status and Lung Cancer
Objectives. We examined the relationship between genetic ancestry, socioeconomic status (SES), and lung cancer among African Americans and Latinos. Methods. We evaluated SES and genetic ancestry in a Northern California lung cancer case–control study (1998–2003) of African Americans and Latinos. Lung cancer case and control participants were frequency matched on age, gender, and race/ethnicity. We assessed case–control differences in individual a…
Socioeconomic Status and Lung Cancer
Objectives. We examined the relationship between genetic ancestry, socioeconomic status (SES), and lung cancer among African Americans and Latinos. Methods. We evaluated SES and genetic ancestry in a Northern California lung cancer case–control study (1998–2003) of African Americans and Latinos. Lung cancer case and control participants were frequency matched on age, gender, and race/ethnicity. We assessed case–control differences in individual a…
Minority Underrepresentation in Academia
Analysis of biogeographic ancestry reveals complex genetic histories for indigenous communities of St. Vincent and Trinidad
OBJECTIVES: From a genetic perspective, relatively little is known about how mass emigrations of African, European, and Asian peoples beginning in the 16th century affected Indigenous Caribbean populations. Therefore, we explored the impact of serial colonization on the genetic variation of the first Caribbean islanders. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Sixty-four members of St. Vincent's Garifuna Community and 36 members of Trinidad's Santa Rosa First Peo…
Genetic landscape of Gullah African Americans
OBJECTIVES: Gullah African Americans are descendants of formerly enslaved Africans living in the Sea Islands along the coast of the southeastern U.S., from North Carolina to Florida. Their relatively high numbers and geographic isolation were conducive to the development and preservation of a unique culture that retains deep African features. Although historical evidence supports a West-Central African ancestry for the Gullah, linguistic and cult…
Racism, discrimination, medical mistrust, stigma, and lung cancer screening
OBJECTIVE: Lung cancer screening can reduce lung cancer-specific mortality, but it is widely underutilized, especially among minoritized populations that bear a disproportionate burden of lung cancer, such as Black Americans. Racism, discrimination, medical mistrust, and stigma contribute to lower uptake of preventive screenings in general, but the role these factors play in lung cancer screening is unclear. We therefore conducted a scoping revie…
Sociology (4 works) · Demography (3 works) · Genetic genealogy (3 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Population (3 works) · Biology (2 works) · Family medicine (2 works) · Forensic and Genetic Research (2 works) · Genetic admixture (2 works) · Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (2 works)