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Julia McQuoid, PhD
Family and Preventive Medicine

Julia McQuoid, PhD

Assistant Professor

Health Promotion Research Center
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
655 Research Parkway, Suite 400
Oklahoma City, OK  73104

(405) 271-6872

Julia-McQuoid@ouhsc.edu

Dr. McQuoid is an Assistant Professor in the TSET Health Promotion Research Center and the Department of Family and Preventive Medicine. She is a health geographer who is interested in qualitative and mixed research methods that can explore the interplay of people, their everyday environments, and behaviors related to health and wellbeing. Her current research program focuses on: (i) understanding and addressing tobacco and other substance use disparities among sexual and/or gender minoritized individuals living in high stigma places, (ii) the use of multiple substances in rural communities, and (iii) examining how young adults interact with and perceive cannabis marketing in their everyday environments. Dr. McQuoid’s projects have employed Mobile Health survey data collection methods with qualitative mapping interviews to examine the everyday patterns, contexts, roles, and meanings of different substances for priority groups.

During her fellowship at the Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education at UCSF with Drs. Pamela Ling and Janice Tsoh, she researched place-embedded social practices of smoking within marginalized groups, such as young LGBTQ2S+ adults, in order to better understand the persistence of smoking within these groups and inform the design and effectiveness of tobacco control efforts. During her PhD, she explored experiences of time and space for individuals negotiating everyday life with chronic kidney disease, and collaborated with a research group focused on time and health at the National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health in Australia.

Dr. McQuoid is a director of the OUHSC Qualitative Methods Community of Practice. For more information and requests to join the list serv email contact-qmcop@ouhsc.edu

Dr. McQuoid is also a director of RainbOK: The LGBTQ2S+ Research Network of Oklahoma.  For more information please email Dr. McQuoid at julia-mcquoid@ouhsc.edu or register here to join the listserv.

Academic Section(s):

OUFMC Research Division

Education:

2012 – 2016:  Doctor of Philosophy, Geography,  University of New South Wales, Australia

2008 – 2010:  Master of Science, Human Geography and Planning, Utrecht University, the Netherlands

2000 – 2004:  Bachelor of Arts, Anthropology & Sociology, Mills College, USA

Fellowship:

2016 – 2020:  Postdoctoral Fellow, Tobacco Research, Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education, University of California, San Francisco

Clinical/Research Interests:

  • Health disparities
  • Vulnerable and underserved groups
  • Health behaviors
  • Service access
  • Community engagement
  • Qualitative & geographic mixed methods
  • Substance use
  • Chronic illness
  • mHealth

Funding:

Current Funding

01/01/2025 - 12/08/2028
Principal Investigator, American Cancer Society - Cancer Health Equity Research Center Research Scholar Grant (NOA pending) "Empowering smoking cessation for sexual and/or gender minoritized (SGM) people in Oklahoma and the ACS South Region." $1,080,000

12/01/2024 - 11/30/2027
Principal Investigator, National Institute on Drug Abuse (1R34DA060534-01A1) "Developing an Empowerment Theory-based smoking cessation intervention for sexual and/or gender minority people with community partners" (Co-PI Arturo Durazo) Direct Costs: $450,000

09/01/2024 - 08/30/2025
Co-Investigator, National Cancer Institute, Administrative Supplement (Parent trial R01CA275494) “Understanding Heterogeneity in Smoking and Cessation Behaviors Among Sexual and/or Gender Minority Individuals in Dual-Smoker Couples" (PI Michelle Van Dellen) Direct costs: $100,000

Completed Funding

05/01/2022 - 09/01/2024
Principal Investigator, Stephenson Cancer Center Pilot Grant, "Empowering sexual and/or gender minority tobacco cessation: A pilot study." Direct costs: $50,000

01/01/2021 - 12/31/2022
Principal Investigator, Stephenson Cancer Center, American Cancer Society-Institutional Research Grant (IRG-19-142-01), “Piloting a Mobile Health mixed method to understand rural cancer risk-related substance use behaviors: combining smartphone data collection with qualitative mapping.” Direct costs: $50,000

11/22/2020 - 06/30/2021
Co-Investigator, TSET Health Promotion Research Center Seed Grant Funding, “Project Trinity (Health, Hope, and Healing): The Oklahoman African American Health Cohort Study.” (PI: Alexander) Direct costs: $50,000

05/01/2020 - 04/30/2022
Co-Principal Investigator, Stephenson Cancer Center, Cancer Prevention and Control Pilot Grant Program. “Identifying factors associated with vaping lapse during a quit attempt.” (MPI: Hébert, Tackett, McQuoid) Direct costs: $49,877

03/01/2019 - 02/28/2021
Principal Investigator, Fellowship Award, California Tobacco-Related Disease Research Program (T29FT0436), "Everyday Smoking Contexts and Practices of Bisexual Young Adults." Direct costs: $135,392
Additional Information: Early termination for faculty position start July 31, 2020

2019 - 2020
Principal Investigator, NIH/National Institute on Drug Abuse, Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award, Individual Postdoctoral Fellowship (1F32DA047066-01A1), "Everyday Smoking Contexts and Practices of Bisexual Young Adults." Direct costs: $61,610
Additional Information: Awarded but declined due to overlapping funding.

Select Publications:

The full list of Dr. McQuoid's publications is available at: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/myncbi/julia.mcquoid.1/bibliography/public/

  1. McQuoid, J, Regan, T, Devkota, J, Cheney, MK, Kumar, V, Oehlers, J, Lopez-Paguyo, K, Nguyen, N, Meacham, MC, Ling, PM, Johannes Thrul (In press). Situations and roles of cannabis versus cigarette use: Integrating ecological momentary assessment with qualitative mapping interviews, Journal of Health & Place.
  2. Warner, E.A., Azizoddin, D., Frank-Pearce, S., Ford, L., Bradley, D., Cohn, A., Businelle, M., Spicer, P., Appleseth, H., McQuoid, J. (In press). “It frees your body from that pain thought”: A mixed methods exploration of patterns, contexts, and experiences of cannabis use for pain in rural communities. Journal of Pain. 
  3. Patterson J, McQuoid JM, Heffner J, Ye O, Ennis A, Ganz O, Tan A. (In Press). Resonating with Pride: Considerations for Tailoring Tobacco Interventions for LGBTQ+ Communities. Nicotine and Tobacco Research. DOI: 10.1093/ntr/ntae087
  4. Romm KF, Ehlke S, Smith MA, Vogel EA, McQuoid J, Kendzor DE, Cohn AM. (2024). Cannabis use differences among sexual minority versus heterosexual females and males in Oklahoma: The roles of mental health, cannabis perceptions, and cannabis marketing exposure. Substance Abuse, 45(1), 101-113. DOI: 10.1177/2976734223120851
  5. Vogel EA, McQuoid J, Romm KF, Kendzor DE, Cohn AM. (2024). Unmet healthcare needs and medical cannabis use among sexual and gender minoritized adults in a high-stigma environment. Journal of Homosexuality, 1-19. DOI: 10.1080/00918369.2024.2302427
  6. McQuoid JM, Lowery B, Wright LS, Cohn A. Outdoor medical cannabis advertising in Oklahoma: Examining regulatory compliance and social meanings in billboard content. Substance Use and Misuse, 2023; 58(1): 1425-1437. doi: 10.1080/10826084.2023.2223299
  7. Cohn AM, Alexander AC, Ehlke SJ, Smith MA, Lowery B, McQuoid JM, Kenzor D. Seeing is believing: How cannabis marketing exposure is associated with cannabis use attitudes and behavior in a permissive medical cannabis policy environment. The American Journal on Addictions, 2023; 32(4): 333-342. doi: 10.1111/ajad.13390 
  8. Nolan M, Waring JJC, Noble B, Bradley DM, Olurotimi O, Fronheiser J, Sifat M, Boozary LK, McQuoid JM, Kenzor DE, Alexander AC. The Association of Cultural Identification with Obesity among African Americans. Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities, 2023. doi: 10.1007/s40615-023-01615-4
  9. Cohn AM, Sedani A, Niznik T, Alexander A, Lowery BC, McQuoid JM, Campbell J. Population and neighborhood correlates of cannabis dispensary density in Oklahoma. Cannabis, 2023; 6(1): 99-113. doi: 10.26828/cannabis/2023.01.008 
  10. McQuoid JM, Durazo A, Mooney E, Heffner J, Tan AS, Kong AY, Horn E. Tobacco cessation and prevention interventions for sexual and/or gender minority-identified people and the theories that underpin them: A scoping review. Nicotine and Tobacco Research, 2023; 25(6): 1065–1073. doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntad018 
  11. Brewer K, Waring JJC, Noble B, Bradley D, Olurotimi O, Fronheiser J, Sifat MS, Ehlke SJ, Boozary LK, McQuoid J, Kendzor DE, Alexander AC. Pandemic-related stress may be associated with symptoms of poor mental health among African Americans. Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities. 2023; 10(4): 2028-2038.  doi: 10.1007/s40615-022-01383-7  PMID: 35953609
  12. Alexander AC, Waring JJC, Noble B, Bradley D, Olurotimi O, Fronheiser J, Sifat M, Ehlke SJ, Boozary LK, McQuoid J, Kendzor DE. Perceptions of mental health and exploring the role of social activism among African Americans exposed to media coverage of police brutality and protests. Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities 2023; 10(3):1403-1413. doi: 10.1007/s40615-022-01326-2  PMID: 35595915
  13. Holmes LM, McQuoid J, Shah A, Cruz T, Akom A, Ling PM. Piloting a spatial mixed method for understanding neighborhood tobacco use disparities. Social Science & Medicine. 2021; 291: 114460. doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2021.114460
  14. McQuoid J. Engaging with Drug, Set, and Setting to Understand Nicotine Use Practices. In: Geoffrey Hunt, Tamar M.J. Antin, Vibeke Asmussen Frank (Eds), Routledge Handbook of Intoxication. In Press.
  15. McQuoid J, Thrul J, Lopez-Paguyo K, Ling PM. Exploring multiple drug use by integrating mobile health and qualitative mapping methods - An individual case study. International Journal of Drug Policy. 2021, 97 doi.10.1016/j.drugpo.2021.103325
  16. McQuoid J, Kean H, Ling PM. Purposeful play: Exploring a bar-based anti-tobacco intervention for young adults. Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy. 2021, 1-14. doi.org/10.1080/09687637.2021.1932753
  17. Sargent G, McQuoid J, Dixon J, Banwell C, Strazdins L. Routines, rhythms, and rituals: How working time flexibility and predictability influence health practices. Work, Employment & Society. 2021, 35(2) 277–295. doi.10.1177/0950017020954750
  18. Dermody S, Heffner J, Hinds J, McQuoid J, Quisenberry A, Tan A, Vogel E. We’re in this together: Promoting health equity, diversity, and inclusion in tobacco research for sexual and gender minority populations. Nicotine & Tobacco Research, 2020 April 24. doi.10.1093/ntr/ntaa070. PMID: 32335682.
  19. Toledo G, McQuoid J, Ling PM. “It’s not too aggressive”: Key features of Social Branding anti-tobacco interventions for high-risk young adults. Health Promotion Practice, 2020 Feb 28. doi.10.1177/1524839920910372. PMID: 32111139.
  20. Keamy-Minor E, McQuoid J, Ling PM. Use and perceptions of nicotine delivering pod devices among young adults. BMJ Open, 2019 Apr; doi.10.1136/ bmjopen- 2018-026306. PMID: 30948599.
  21. McQuoid J, Thrul J, Ozer E, Ramo D, Ling PM. Tobacco use in the sexual borderlands: The smoking contexts and practices of bisexual young adults. Health and Place, 2019 Jan 10. doi.10.1016/j.healthplace.2018.12.010. PMID: 30639203.
  22. McQuoid J, Keamy-Minor E, Ling PM. A practice theory approach to understanding poly-tobacco use. Critical Public Health, 2018 Nov 01. doi.10.1080/09581596.2018.1541226.
  23. Nguyen N, McQuoid J, Ramo D, Holmes LM, Ling PM, Thrul J. Real-time predictors of smoking among sexual minority and heterosexual young adults: An Ecological Momentary Assessment study. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 2018 Aug 30; 192: 51-58. doi.10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2018.07.021. PMID: 30212756.
  24. McQuoid J, Thrul J, Ling PM. A geographically explicit ecological momentary assessment (GEMA) mixed method for understanding substance use. Social Science & Medicine, 2018 Apr; 202:89-98. doi.10.1016/j.socscimed.2018.02.014. PMID: 29518701.
  25. Benowitz-Fredericks C, McQuoid J, Sheon N, Olson S, Ling PM. Voluntary smoke-free measures among Oklahoma nightlife owners: Barriers and facilitators. Health Promotion Practice, 2018 Mar 01; doi.10.1177/1524839918764897. PMID: 29606038.
  26. McQuoid J. Finding joy in poor health: The leisure-scapes of chronic illness. Social Science & Medicine, 2017; 183:88-96. DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2017.04.044. PMC5507015.
  27. McQuoid J, Jowsey T, Talaulikar G. Contextualising renal patient routines: Everyday space-time contexts, health service access, and wellbeing. Social Science & Medicine, 2017;183; 142-150. doi.10.1016/j.socscimed.2017.04.043. PMC5512548.
  28. McQuoid J, Welsh J, Strazdins L, Griffin AL, Banwell C. Integrating paid work and chronic illness in daily life: A space-time approach to understanding the challenges. Health & Place, 2015; 34: 83-91. doi.10.1016/j.healthplace.2015.04.001.
  29. McQuoid J, Dijst M. Bringing emotions to time geography: The case of mobilities of poverty. Journal of Transport Geography, 2012;23:26-34. doi.10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2012.03.019.
  30. Griffin A, McQuoid J. At the intersection of maps and emotion: The challenge of spatially representing experience. Kartographische Nachrichten. 2012; 62(6): 291-299.