Jennifer Clarke, MD, MPH

Director of Health Disparities Research
Associate Professor of Medicine and Obestetrics and Gynecology

Dr. Jennifer Clarke is an Associate Professor of Medicine and Obstetrics and Gynecology at the ALpert Medical School of BRown University, and is the Director of the Health Disparities Research at Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island. She has been working as an internist at the women's prison in Rhode Island since 1998 and also serves as a prisoner representative on the Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island, Miriam Hospital/Lifespan IRB. Her research interests include incarcerated populations, women's health, substance abuse, and reproductive health.

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Selected Publications

Nijhawan, AE; Chapin, K; Salloway, R; Andrea, S; Champion, J; Roberts, M; Clarke JG.  Prevalence and Predictors of Trichomonas Infection in Newly Incarcerated Women.  Sex Transm Dis 2012; 39(12):973-8.  PMID: 23191953

Kuester LB, Flanigan TP, Clarke JG, Fletcher A.  Risk Factors for Non-Communicable Diseases in Prison Populations.  Lancet 2012 Oct 6;380(9849): 1226-7.  Author reply 1227-8.  PMID: 23040852

Martin SA, Celli BR, DiFranza JR, Krinzman SJ, Clarke JG, Beam H, Howard S, Foster M, Goldberg RJ.  Health Effects of the Federal Bureau of Prisons Tobacco Ban. BMC Pulmonary Medicine 2012, 12:64.  PMID: 23067295

Diaz JA, Roberts MB, Clarke JG, Simmons EM, Goldman RE, Rakowski W.  Colorectal Cancer Screening: Language is a Greater Barrier for Latino Men than Latino Women.  J Immigr Minor Health. 2012 Jun 30.  Epub ahead of print. 
PMID: 22752660

Clarke JG and Waring ME.  Overweight, Obesity, and Weight Change among Incarcerated Women in Rhode Island.  J Correct Health Care 2012, 18(4):285-292.  PMID: 23040852

Ferszt GG, Clarke JG, Koehler J.  Health Care of Pregnant Women in U.S. State Prisons.  J Health Care Poor Underserved 2012; 23(2):557-69.  PMID: 22643607

Friedmann PD, Green TC, Taxman FS, Harrington M, Rhodes AG, Katz E, O’Connell D, Martin SS, Frisman LK, Litt M, Burdon W, Clarke JG, Fletcher BW.  Step’n Out Research Group of CJ-DATS Collaborative.  Collaborative Behavioral Management among Parolees: Drug Use, Crime and Re-Arrest in the Step'n Out Randomized Trial.  Addiction 2012;107(6):1099-108.  PMID: 22175445

Clarke JG, Adashi EY.  Perinatal Care for Incarcerated Patients A 25-Year-Old Woman Pregnant in Jail.  JAMA 2011 March; 305(9): 923-929.  PMID: 21278321

Clarke JG, Anderson BA, Stein MD.  Hazardously-Drinking Women Leaving Jail: Time to First Drink.  J Correct Health Care 2011 Jan;17(1):61-8.  PMID: 21278321

Stein MD, Caviness DM, Anderson BA, Hebert M, Clarke JG.  A Brief Alcohol Intervention for Hazardously-Drinking Incarcerated Women.  Addiction 2010; 105(3): 466-75.  PMID: 20402990

Clarke JG, Maureen Phipps, Iris Tong, Jennifer Rose and Melanie Gold. Timing of Conception for Pregnant Women Returning to Jail. J Correct Health Care. 2010 Apr;16(2):133-8. PMID: 20339130

Clarke JG, Rosengard C, Rose JS, Hebert MR, Peipert J, Stein MD.  Improving Birth Control Service Utilization by Offering Services Prerelease vs Postincarceration.  Am J Public Health  2006 May;96(5):840-5. PMID: 16571698

Clarke JG, Hebert MR, Rosengard C, Rose J, DaSilva KM, & Stein MD.  Reproductive Healthcare and Family Planning Needs among Incarcerated WomenAm J Public Health. 2006 May;96(5):834-839. PMID: 16571701

Clarke JG, Piepert JF, Hillier SL, Heber W, Boardman L, Moench TR, Mayer K.  Microflora Changes with the Use of a Vaginal Microbicide.  Sex Transm Dis. 2002;29(5):288-293.PMID: 11984446

Clarke JG, Cyr MG, & Spaulding A. Prisons: Learning about Women’s Health and Substance Abuse.  Acad Med 2000;75:544.PMID: 10824824