Education
1963 – MS (Microbiology), University of Arkansas Graduate School
1957 – M.D., University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
1954 – BS, University of Arkansas
Research Interest
Infectious diseases; tuberculosis
Courses Taught
EPID 6401 Advanced Public Health Practice
Recent Publications
Cardenas V, Orloff M, Kaminaga J, Cardenas I, Brown J, Hainline-Williams S, Duthie M, Gonzalez P, Mukasa L, Patil N, McElfish P, Bates J. Tuberculosis and Leprosy Infections in the Marshallese population in Arkansas, U.S.A. Lepr Rev. 2016: 877, 1-4.
Yang Z, Gorden T, Liu D, Mukasa L, Patil, N, Bates J. Increasing likelihood of advanced pulmonary tuberculosis at initial diagnosis in a low-incidence U S State. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis.2018:22; 628-636.
Delongchamp, R, Holt, A., Faramawi, M.F., Balamurugan, A., Reeve G., Zohoori, N. and Bates, J.(2019) Differences between Arkansas and the United States in Prevalence of Risk Factors Explain Variations in Ischemic Heart Disease Mortality Rates among Pre-Medicare (45-64) and Medicare (65-84) age Groups. European Journal of Environment and Public Health, 3(1), em00xx
Rutlen, C., Orloff, M., Bates, J., Porter, A. Association of Crop Burning with Asthma and COPD Exacerbations in Two Arkansas counties. Accepted for publication, American Journal of Allergy, 2020
Holt, A., McCormick, D., Delongchamp, R., Kulik, M., Vang, K., Bates, J. Changes in Smoking Behavior and Lung Cancer in Arkansas since 1972. Accepted for publication, Journal of the Arkansas Medical Society, 2020