Personal information

Other IDs

Loop profile: 520263
Scopus Author ID: 6603933446

Activities

Collapse all

Employment (2)

University of Tennessee: TN, TN, US

2020-08-01 to present | Professor and Head (Public Health)
Employment
Source: Self-asserted source
Thankam Sunil

University of Texas: San Antonio, Texas, US

2002-09-01 to 2020-08-31 | Professor (Sociology/Public Health)
Employment
Source: Self-asserted source
Thankam Sunil

Education and qualifications (5)

University of North Texas: Denton, Texas, US

1997 to 2002 | PhD
Education
Source: Self-asserted source
Thankam Sunil

University of North Texas Health Science Center: Fort Worth, TX, US

1997 to 1998 | MPH
Education
Source: Self-asserted source
Thankam Sunil

International Institute for Population Sciences: Mumbai, Maharashtra, IN

1992 to 1998 | PhD
Education
Source: Self-asserted source
Thankam Sunil

International Institute for Population Sciences: Mumbai, Maharashtra, IN

1990 to 1992 | MPS
Education
Source: Self-asserted source
Thankam Sunil

University of Kerala: Trivandrum, Kerala, IN

1988 to 1990 | MSc (Statistics)
Education
Source: Self-asserted source
Thankam Sunil

Funding (1)

Oh Snap!

2013-09-30 to 2016-09-29 | Grant
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (Rockville, US)
URL: https://app.dimensions.ai/details/grant/grant.2397119
GRANT_NUMBER: H79SP020175
Source: Self-asserted source
Thankam Sunil via DimensionsWizard

Works (50 of 59)

Items per page:
Page 1 of 2

Predictors of High Obesity in Rural Nicaragua: A Cross-Sectional Study

2025-03-03 | Preprint
DOI: 10.20944/preprints202502.2299.v1
Contributors: Karen Herrera; Milena Marquina de Reyes; Thankam Sunil
Source: check_circle
Crossref

Adaptive Complexity: Examining Texas Public Postsecondary Institutions’ Provision of Student Basic Needs Programs

Trends in Higher Education
2024-04-16 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3390/higheredu3020015
Contributors: Lisa K. Zottarelli; Xiaohe Xu; Jayla M. Hatcher; Raji Thiruppathiraj; Natasha Ellis; Shamatanni Chowdhury; Thankam Sunil
Source: check_circle
Crossref
grade
Preferred source (of 2)‎

Knowledge, Attitudes, Behavior, and Practices of Self-Breast Examination in Jalisco, Mexico

Journal of Cancer Education
2022-10 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s13187-021-01976-6
Contributors: Gabrielle Franco; Antonio Reyna Sevilla; Igor Martín Ramos Herrera; Miguel E. González Castañeda; Thankam Sunil
Source: check_circle
Crossref

Basic Needs Initiatives at Texas Community College Hispanic-Serving Institutions: Changes in Service Offerings during the Covid-19 Pandemic

Community College Journal of Research and Practice
2022-02-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1080/10668926.2021.1973611
Contributors: Lisa K. Zottarelli; Ashley Moreno; Adrianna Miranda; Xiaohe Xu; Thankam S. Sunil
Source: check_circle
Crossref

Precision Medicine Meets Sleep Medicine: How Can Sleep Health Aid to Reduce the Preventable Burden of Non-communicable Diseases?

Sleep and Vigilance
2021-12-07 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s41782-021-00149-1
Contributors: Vijay Kumar Chattu; Thankam S. Sunil; Sagar Santaji; Veena V. Desai; Lalit Garg; Alma Nurtazina; Hamid Allahverdipour; Seithikurippu R. Pandi-Perumal
Source: check_circle
Crossref

The Blockchain Never Sleeps: How Can Blockchain Technology Transform Sleep Medicine?

Sleep and Vigilance
2021-06-08 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s41782-021-00132-w
Contributors: Seithikurippu R. Pandi-Perumal; Sagar Santaji; Veena V. Desai; Thankam Sunil; Vijay Kumar Chattu
Source: check_circle
Crossref

Towards Improving Transparency of Count Data Regression Models for Health Impacts of Air Pollution

Applied Sciences
2021-04-09 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3390/app11083375
Contributors: John F. Joseph; Chad Furl; Hatim O. Sharif; Thankam Sunil; Charles G. Macias
Source: check_circle
Crossref

Effects of social vulnerability and heat index on emergency medical service incidents in San Antonio, Texas, in 2018

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health
2021-03 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1136/jech-2019-213256
Contributors: Lisa K Zottarelli; Hatim O Sharif; Xiaohe Xu; Thankam S Sunil
Source: check_circle
Crossref

Buddhism and depressive symptoms among married women in urban Thailand

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
2020 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph17030761
EID:

2-s2.0-85078687968

Part of ISBN:

16604601 16617827
Contributors: Xu, T.; Xu, X.; Sunil, T.; Sirisunyaluck, B.
Source: Self-asserted source
Thankam Sunil via Scopus - Elsevier

The Contribution of Sociocultural Factors in Shaping Self-Reported Sickness Behavior

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience
2020 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3389/fnbeh.2020.00004
EID:

2-s2.0-85079114438

Part of ISBN:

16625153
Contributors: Shattuck, E.C.; Perrotte, J.K.; Daniels, C.L.; Xu, X.; Sunil, T.S.
Source: Self-asserted source
Thankam Sunil via Scopus - Elsevier

Lack of virologic suppression is associated with lower HIV-related disclosure stigma in people living with HIV

AIDS Care
2020-08-02 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1080/09540121.2019.1679705
Contributors: Michelle Matheu; Thankam Sunil; Alexandra Castro-Peña; Camille Elena Spears; Christopher James Smith; John Michael Flores; Barbara S. Taylor
Source: check_circle
Crossref
grade
Preferred source (of 2)‎

Hispanic Men and Women’s Knowledge, Beliefs, Perceived Susceptibility, and Barriers to Clinical Breast Examination and Mammography Practices in South Texas Colonias

Journal of Community Health
2019 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s10900-019-00682-1
EID:

2-s2.0-85066819379

Part of ISBN:

15733610 00945145
Contributors: Bolton, C.D.; Sunil, T.S.; Hurd, T.; Guerra, H.
Source: Self-asserted source
Thankam Sunil via Scopus - Elsevier

Intergenerational Transmission of Family Violence and Depressive Symptoms in Urban Thailand

Journal of Marriage and Family
2019 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/jomf.12576
EID:

2-s2.0-85064816876

Part of ISBN:

17413737 00222445
Contributors: Xu, X.; Sunil, T.; Edelblute, H.; Madden, E.; Sirisunyaluck, B.
Source: Self-asserted source
Thankam Sunil via Scopus - Elsevier

Lower Extremity Amputation among Diabetic Patients in San Antonio, Texas

Hispanic Health Care International
2019 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1177/1540415319828267
EID:

2-s2.0-85061987966

Part of ISBN:

15404153
Contributors: Sunil, T.; Limon, A.; Ochoa, L.
Source: Self-asserted source
Thankam Sunil via Scopus - Elsevier

Relationship between depression and risk behaviors in a US Military population with HIV infection

AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV
2019 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1080/09540121.2019.1595522
EID:

2-s2.0-85063447051

Part of ISBN:

13600451 09540121
Contributors: Carney, B.; White, J.; Xu, X.; Sunil, T.; Daniels, C.; Byrne, M.; Ganesan, A.; Deiss, R.; Macalino, G.; Agan, B.K. et al.
Source: Self-asserted source
Thankam Sunil via Scopus - Elsevier

Association between quantitative varicella-zoster virus antibody levels and zoster reactivation in HIV-infected persons

AIDS Research and Therapy
2018 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1186/s12981-018-0212-0
EID:

2-s2.0-85058223261

Part of ISBN:

17426405
Contributors: Pomerantz, H.S.; Xu, X.; White, J.; Sunil, T.S.; Deiss, R.G.; Ganesan, A.; Agan, B.K.; Okulicz, J.F.
Source: Self-asserted source
Thankam Sunil via Scopus - Elsevier

Perceived Social Norms About Oral PrEP Use: Differences Between African–American, Latino and White Gay, Bisexual and Other Men Who Have Sex with Men in Texas

AIDS and Behavior
2018 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-018-2076-7
EID:

2-s2.0-85044567076

Part of ISBN:

15733254 10907165
Contributors: Schnarrs, P.W.; Gordon, D.; Martin-Valenzuela, R.; Sunil, T.; Delgado, A.J.; Glidden, D.; Parsons, J.T.; McAdams, J.
Source: Self-asserted source
Thankam Sunil via Scopus - Elsevier

Religion, Combat Casualty Exposure, and Sleep Disturbance in the US Military

Journal of Religion and Health
2018 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s10943-018-0596-0
EID:

2-s2.0-85044247654

Part of ISBN:

00224197
Contributors: White, J.; Xu, X.; Ellison, C.G.; DeAngelis, R.T.; Sunil, T.
Source: Self-asserted source
Thankam Sunil via Scopus - Elsevier

The Latina Birth Weight Paradox: the Role of Subjective Social Status

Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities
2018 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s40615-017-0419-0
EID:

2-s2.0-85029475230

Part of ISBN:

21968837 21973792
Contributors: Fleuriet, J.; Sunil, T.
Source: Self-asserted source
Thankam Sunil via Scopus - Elsevier

Does the combined intervention program matter for college-attending hispanic and other minority young adults?

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved
2017 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1353/hpu.2017.0055
EID:

2-s2.0-85018279182

Part of ISBN:

15486869 10492089
Contributors: Sunil, T.S.; Xu, X.; Mutchler, M.; Casanova, F.
Source: Self-asserted source
Thankam Sunil via Scopus - Elsevier

Live versus attenuated influenza vaccine uptake and post-vaccination influenza-like illness outcomes in HIV-infected US Air Force members

Journal of Clinical Virology
2017 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2017.08.009
EID:

2-s2.0-85028799498

Part of ISBN:

18735967 13866532
Contributors: Menegay, J.L.; Xu, X.; Sunil, T.S.; Okulicz, J.F.
Source: Self-asserted source
Thankam Sunil via Scopus - Elsevier

Stress, Pregnancy, and Motherhood: Implications for Birth Weights in the Borderlands of Texas

Medical Anthropology Quarterly
2017 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/maq.12324
EID:

2-s2.0-84994750471

Part of ISBN:

15481387 07455194
Contributors: Fleuriet, K.J.; Sunil, T.S.
Source: Self-asserted source
Thankam Sunil via Scopus - Elsevier

Herpes simplex virus seroprevalence and seroconversion among active duty US air force members with HIV infection

Journal of Clinical Virology
2016 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2015.11.012
EID:

2-s2.0-84951823685

Part of ISBN:

18735967 13866532
Contributors: Cohen, J.A.; Sellers, A.; Sunil, T.S.; Matthews, P.E.; Okulicz, J.F.
Source: Self-asserted source
Thankam Sunil via Scopus - Elsevier

Physical fitness characteristics of active duty US Air Force members with HIV infection

Medicine (United States)
2016 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1097/MD.0000000000005227
EID:

2-s2.0-84995923001

Part of ISBN:

15365964 00257974
Contributors: De, A.; Xu, X.; White, J.; Sunil, T.S.; Okulicz, J.F.
Source: Self-asserted source
Thankam Sunil via Scopus - Elsevier

Decomposition of childhood malnutrition in Cambodia

Maternal and Child Nutrition
2015 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/mcn.12029
EID:

2-s2.0-84942551358

Part of ISBN:

17408709 17408695
Contributors: Sunil, T.S.; Sagna, M.
Source: Self-asserted source
Thankam Sunil via Scopus - Elsevier

Reproductive habitus, psychosocial health, and birth weight variation in Mexican immigrant and Mexican American women in south Texas

Social Science and Medicine
2015 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2015.05.043
EID:

2-s2.0-84931269796

Part of ISBN:

18735347 02779536
Contributors: Fleuriet, K.J.; Sunil, T.S.
Source: Self-asserted source
Thankam Sunil via Scopus - Elsevier

Subjective Social Status, Mental and Psychosocial Health, and Birth Weight Differences in Mexican–American and Mexican Immigrant Women

Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health
2015 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s10903-015-0178-0
EID:

2-s2.0-84946479561

Part of ISBN:

15571920 15571912
Contributors: Fleuriet, K.J.; Sunil, T.S.
Source: Self-asserted source
Thankam Sunil via Scopus - Elsevier

Breast cancer knowledge, attitude and screening behaviors among hispanics in South Texas Colonias

Journal of Community Health
2014 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s10900-013-9740-7
EID:

2-s2.0-84893638676

Part of ISBN:

00945145
Contributors: Sunil, T.S.; Hurd, T.; Deem, C.; Nevarez, L.; Guidry, J.; Rios, R.; Guerra, H.; Ortiz, J.; Jones, L.
Source: Self-asserted source
Thankam Sunil via Scopus - Elsevier

Evaluation of extragenital screening for gonorrhea and chlamydia in HIV-infected active duty Air Force members

MSMR
2014 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-84930615349

Part of ISBN:

21528217
Contributors: Patterson, S.B.; Rivera, D.; Sunil, T.S.; Okulicz, J.F.
Source: Self-asserted source
Thankam Sunil via Scopus - Elsevier

Perceived social stress, pregnancy-related anxiety, depression and subjective social status among pregnant Mexican and Mexican American Women in South Texas

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved
2014 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1353/hpu.2014.0092
EID:

2-s2.0-84901267099

Part of ISBN:

15486869 10492089
Contributors: Jill Fleuriet, K.; Sunil, T.S.
Source: Self-asserted source
Thankam Sunil via Scopus - Elsevier

US Retirement Migration to Mexico: Understanding Issues of Adaptation, Networking, and Social Integration

Journal of International Migration and Integration
2014 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s12134-013-0278-4
EID:

2-s2.0-84898054868

Part of ISBN:

14883473
Contributors: Rojas, V.; LeBlanc III, H.P.; Sunil, T.S.
Source: Self-asserted source
Thankam Sunil via Scopus - Elsevier

Application of validation data for assessing spatial interpolation methods for 8-h ozone or other sparsely monitored constituents

Environmental Pollution
2013 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2013.03.035
EID:

2-s2.0-84876930763

Part of ISBN:

02697491 18736424
Contributors: Joseph, J.; Sharif, H.O.; Sunil, T.; Alamgir, H.
Source: Self-asserted source
Thankam Sunil via Scopus - Elsevier

Corrigendum to "Effects of individual and neighborhood factors on maternal care in Cambodia" [Health Place 18 (2) (2012) 415-423]

Health and Place
2013 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2013.02.007
EID:

2-s2.0-84875058580

Part of ISBN:

18732054 13538292
Contributors: Sagna, M.L.; Sunil, T.S.
Source: Self-asserted source
Thankam Sunil via Scopus - Elsevier

Disparities of food availability and affordability within convenience stores in Bexar County, Texas

Journal of Environmental and Public Health
2013 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1155/2013/782756
EID:

2-s2.0-84880903892

Part of ISBN:

16879813 16879805
Contributors: Smith, M.L.; Sunil, T.S.; Salazar, C.I.; Rafique, S.; Ory, M.G.
Source: Self-asserted source
Thankam Sunil via Scopus - Elsevier

Religion and Selected Health Behaviors Among Latinos in Texas

Journal of Religion and Health
2013 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s10943-012-9640-7
EID:

2-s2.0-84873526367

Part of ISBN:

00224197
Contributors: Garcia, G.; Ellison, C.G.; Sunil, T.S.; Hill, T.D.
Source: Self-asserted source
Thankam Sunil via Scopus - Elsevier

Social and religious support on treatment adherence among HIV/AIDS patients by race/ethnicity

HIV Treatment Adherence: Challenges for Social Services
2013 | Book chapter
Part of DOI: 10.1300/J187v06n01_06
EID:

2-s2.0-84905780592
Contributors: Sunil, T.S.; McGehee, M.A.
Source: Self-asserted source
Thankam Sunil via Scopus - Elsevier

College student adoption of non-pharmaceutical interventions during the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic: A study of two Texas universities in Fall 2009

Preventive Medicine
2012 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2012.08.009
EID:

2-s2.0-84868301223

Part of ISBN:

00917435 10960260
Contributors: Zottarelli, L.K.; Sunil, T.S.; Flott, P.; Karbhari, S.
Source: Self-asserted source
Thankam Sunil via Scopus - Elsevier

Effects of individual and neighborhood factors on maternal care in Cambodia

Health and Place
2012 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2011.12.006
EID:

2-s2.0-84856586561

Part of ISBN:

18732054 13538292
Contributors: Sagna, M.L.; Sunil, T.S.
Source: Self-asserted source
Thankam Sunil via Scopus - Elsevier

New evidence on the effects of international migration on the risk of low birthweight in Mexico

Maternal and Child Nutrition
2012 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8709.2010.00277.x
EID:

2-s2.0-84858257228

Part of ISBN:

17408695 17408709
Contributors: Sunil, T.S.; Flores, M.; Garcia, G.E.
Source: Self-asserted source
Thankam Sunil via Scopus - Elsevier

The fast food and obesity link: Consumption patterns and severity of obesity

Obesity Surgery
2012 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s11695-012-0601-8
EID:

2-s2.0-84862681065

Part of ISBN:

09608923 17080428
Contributors: Garcia, G.; Sunil, T.S.; Hinojosa, P.
Source: Self-asserted source
Thankam Sunil via Scopus - Elsevier

Are some women more at risk of obstetric fistula in Uganda? Evidence from the Uganda demographic and health survey

Journal of Public Health in Africa
2011 | Journal article
DOI: 10.4081/jphia.2011.e26
EID:

2-s2.0-85007315818

Part of ISBN:

20389930 20389922
Contributors: Sagna, M.L.; Hoque, N.; Sunil, T.
Source: Self-asserted source
Thankam Sunil via Scopus - Elsevier

Student utilization of a university 2009 H1N1 vaccination clinic

Vaccine
2011 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2011.04.110
EID:

2-s2.0-79960643517

Part of ISBN:

18732518 0264410X
Contributors: Sunil, T.S.; Zottarelli, L.K.
Source: Self-asserted source
Thankam Sunil via Scopus - Elsevier

Initiation of and barriers to prenatal care use among low-income women in San Antonio, Texas

Maternal and Child Health Journal
2010 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s10995-008-0419-0
EID:

2-s2.0-73649133680

Part of ISBN:

10927875 15736628
Contributors: Sunil, T.S.; Spears, W.D.; Hook, L.; Castillo, J.; Torres, C.
Source: Self-asserted source
Thankam Sunil via Scopus - Elsevier

Religious influences on teenage childbearing among Brazilian female adolescents: A research note

Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion
2010 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-5906.2010.01544.x
EID:

2-s2.0-78649836733

Part of ISBN:

00218294 14685906
Contributors: Ogland, C.P.; Bartkowski, J.P.; Sunil, T.S.; Xu, X.
Source: Self-asserted source
Thankam Sunil via Scopus - Elsevier

An assessment of fetal loss among currently married women in india

Journal of Biosocial Science
2009 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1017/S0021932008003222
EID:

2-s2.0-67650324322

Part of ISBN:

00219320 14697599
Contributors: Rajaram, S.; Zottarelli, L.K.; Sunil, T.S.
Source: Self-asserted source
Thankam Sunil via Scopus - Elsevier

Effects of socio-economic and behavioural factors on childhood malnutrition in Yemen

Maternal and Child Nutrition
2009 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8709.2008.00174.x
EID:

2-s2.0-67649105256

Part of ISBN:

17408709 17408695
Contributors: Sunil, T.S.
Source: Self-asserted source
Thankam Sunil via Scopus - Elsevier

Individual, household, programme and community effects on childhood malnutrition in rural India

Maternal and Child Nutrition
2007 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8709.2007.00086.x
EID:

2-s2.0-33947174737

Part of ISBN:

17408695 17408709
Contributors: Rajaram, S.; Zottarelli, L.K.; Sunil, T.S.
Source: Self-asserted source
Thankam Sunil via Scopus - Elsevier

Influence of parental and socioeconomic factors in stunting in children under 5 years in Egypt

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal
2007 | Journal article
DOI: 10.26719/2007.13.6.1330
EID:

2-s2.0-41949133815

Part of ISBN:

10203397
Contributors: Zottarelli, L.K.; Sunil, T.S.; Rajaram, S.
Source: Self-asserted source
Thankam Sunil via Scopus - Elsevier

Social and religious support on treatment adherence among HIV/AIDS patients by race/ethnicity

Journal of HIV/AIDS and Social Services
2007 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1300/J187v06n01_06
EID:

2-s2.0-34247148061

Part of ISBN:

15381501 1538151X
Contributors: Sunil, T.S.; McGehee, M.A.
Source: Self-asserted source
Thankam Sunil via Scopus - Elsevier

United States' international retirement migration: The reasons for retiring to the environs of Lake Chapala, Mexico

Ageing and Society
2007 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1017/S0144686X07005934
EID:

2-s2.0-34548619902

Part of ISBN:

0144686X 14691779
Contributors: Sunil, T.S.; Rojas, V.; Bradly, D.E.
Source: Self-asserted source
Thankam Sunil via Scopus - Elsevier
Items per page:
Page 1 of 2
How many people are using ORCID?