Global Research Team
Assistant Professor
UT Health San Antonio, Epidemiology
Chukwuemeka Okafor (known professionally as Emeka Okafor) is an Assistant Professor at UT Health San Antonio's School of Public Health. He holds a PhD and MPH and conducts research at the intersection of epidemiology, infectious disease, and substance use, with particular expertise in HIV prevention and treatment outcomes among sexual and gender minority populations and in Black and Hispanic communities. His work also spans cannabis use, healthcare utilization, and global mental health.
A cross-national analysis of childhood predictors of physical pain
Communications Medicine · 2025
A cross-national analysis of demographic variation in self-rated mental health across 22 countries
Communications Medicine · 2025 · First author
A cross-sectional study of demographic variation in health problem-related limitations in life across 22 countries: a cross-national analysis
BMC Global and Public Health · 2025
Childhood predictors of health limitations in life across 22 countries: a cross-national and cross-sectional analysis
BMC Global and Public Health · 2025
Comparison of the effects of childhood demographic characteristics on physical activity during adulthood across 22 countries
BMC Public Health · 2025
Comparison of the relationship between key demographic features and physical activity levels across 22 countries
BMC Public Health · 2025
Demographic variation in pain across 22 countries
Communications Medicine · 2025
Demographic variation in weekly alcohol use across countries in the Global Flourishing Study
Communications Medicine · 2026
Life course insights into social relationship quality: a cross-national analysis of 22 countries
Scientific Reports · 2025
Mental illness, mental health, and mental well-being
npj Mental Health Research · 2026
Strangers, Friends, and Everything Between: Sociodemographic Variation in Social Relationship Quality Across 22 Countries
Social Indicators Research · 2025
The Global Flourishing Study: Study Profile and Initial Results on Flourishing
Nature Mental Health · 2025