Department: Department of Psychiatry, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Mentor: Carolyn Sartor, Ph.D.
Education
Ph.D. in Public Health, George Mason University, 2026
M.P.H in Public Health Policy and Practice, University of Maryland, 2021
MBBS, University of Lagos, 2016
Google Scholar Profile: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=uOV71HgAAAAJ&hl
Publications
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The Prevalence of Poor Behavioral Health Among University Students by Gender, Sexual Orientation, and Racial Identity: The Role of Discrimination and Microaggressions., Okuneye, T. M., Godley, A. J., Russell, E. C., Lindley, L. L., & Griffin, K. W., 2026
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health -
Alcohol misuse among university students before and during COVID-19: The role of mental health, Abidogun, T. M., Russell, E. C., Lindley, L. L., & Griffin, K. W., 2025
Journal of American College Health -
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on university students’ psychological distress, well-being, and utilization of mental health services in the United States: Populations at greatest risk, Russell, E. C., Abidogun, T. M., Lindley, L. L., & Griffin, K. W., 2024
Frontiers in Public Health -
Reduction in substance use stigma following a peer-recovery specialist behavioral activation intervention, Kleinman, M. B., Anvari, M. S., Felton, J. W., Bradley, V. D., Belcher, A. M., Abidogun, T. M., Hines, A. C., Dean, D., Greenblatt, A. D., Wagner, M., Earnshaw, V. A., & Magidson, J. F., 2024
International Journal of Drug Policy -
Adapting a behavioral activation intervention for opioid use disorder and methadone treatment retention for peer delivery in a low-resource setting: A case series, Anvari, M. S., Kleinman, M. B., Dean, D., Bradley, V. D., Abidogun, T. M., Hines, A. C., Seitz-Brown, C., Felton, J. W., & Magidson, J. F., 2024
Cognitive and Behavioral Practice -
Patient experiences of COVID-19-induced changes to methadone treatment in a large community-based opioid treatment program in Baltimore, Abidogun, T. M., Cole, T. O., Massey, Kleinman, M., Greenblatt, A. D., Seitz-Brown, C. J., Magidson, J. F., & Belcher, A. M., 2023
Journal of Substance Use and Addiction Treatment -
"You rise up and then you start pulling people up with you": Patient experiences with a peer-delivered behavioral activation intervention to support methadone treatment, Kleinman, M. B., Hines, A. C., Anvari, M. S., Bradley, V. D., Shields, A., Dean, D., Abidogun, T. M., Jack, H. E., & Magidson, J. F., 2023
International Journal of Drug Policy -
Peer Recovery Coaches Perceptions of Their Work and Their Implications for Training, Support and Personal Recovery, Felton, J. W., Abidogun, T. M., Senters, K., Maschino, L. D., Montgomery, B. W., Tyson, R., Furr-Holden, C. D., & Stoddard, S. A., 2023
Community Mental Health Journal -
Applying a mutual capacity building model to inform peer provider programs in South Africa and the United States: A combined qualitative analysis, Jack, H. E., Anvari, M. S., Abidogun, T. M., Ochieng, Y. A., Ciya, N., Ndamase, S., Rose, A. L., Kleinman, M. B., Myers, B., & Magidson, J. F., 2023
International Journal of Drug Policy -
A Pilot Study of Training Peer Recovery Specialists in Behavioral Activation in the United States: Preliminary Outcomes and Predictors of Competence, Anvari, M. S., Kleinman, M. B., Dean, D., Rose, A. L., Bradley, V. D., Hines, A. C., Abidogun, T. M., Felton, J. W., & Magidson, J. F., 2023
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health -
Adapting a Behavioral Activation Intervention for Opioid Use Disorder and Methadone Treatment Retention for Peer Delivery in a Low-Resource Setting: A Case Series, Anvari, M. S., Kleinman, M. B., Dean, D., Bradley, V. D., Abidogun, T. M., Hines, A. C., Seitz-Brown, C. J., Felton, J. W., & Magidson, J. F., 2023
Cognitive and Behavioral Practice -
Female genital mutilation and cutting in the Arab League and diaspora: A systematic review of preventive interventions, Abidogun, T. M., Alyssa Ramnarine, L., Fouladi, N., Owens, J., Abusalih, H. H., Bernstein, J., & Aboul-Enein, B. H., 2022
Tropical Medicine & International Health -
Peer recovery specialist-delivered, behavioral activation intervention to improve retention in methadone treatment: Results from an open-label, Type 1 hybrid effectiveness-implementation pilot trial, Magidson, J. F., Kleinman, M. B., Bradley, V., Anvari, M. S., Abidogun, T. M., Belcher, A. M., Greenblatt, A. D., Dean, D., Hines, A., Seitz-Brown, C. J., Wagner, M., Bennett, M., & Felton, J. W., 2022
International Journal of Drug Policy -
Assessing Progress Toward the Vision of a Comprehensive, Shared Electronic Care Plan: Scoping Review, Norton, J. M., Ip, A., Ruggiano, N., Abidogun, T., Camara, D. S., Fu, H., Hose, B.-Z., Miran, S., Hsiao, C.-J., Wang, J., & Bierman, A. S., 2022
Journal of Medical Internet Research
Awards & Distinctions
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CHES Certification Scholarship
2025
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Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society
2024
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Nominee, George Mason Distinguished Quill Awards
2024
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Graduate Professional Travel Grant, Graduate and Professional Student Association (GAPSA), George Mason University
2023
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Global and Community Health Conference Travel Award, George Mason University
2023
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First place prize, Mason’s Learning Lab Challenge, George Mason University
2023
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Community Engagement Award, Mason’s Learning Lab Challenge, George Mason University
2023