Postdoctoral Studies: Public Health/Health Disparities. Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Hopkins Center for Health Disparities Solutions. Department of Health, Behavior and Society, Baltimore, MD 2017

PhD:  Biomedical Sciences. Meharry Medical College, Center for AIDS Health Disparities Research, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Nashville, TN 2014

Certificate. Health Policy:  Meharry Medical College, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Center for Health Policy. School of Graduate Studies and Research. Nashville, TN 2014

B.Sc. Biology: City University of New York-Medgar Evers College, Department of Biology Brooklyn, NY 2005

Dr. Ballington Kinlock  is an interdisciplinary health scientist, community activist and staunch health equity advocate with numerous peer-reviewed publications. He has an intimate understanding of the lived experiences of people living in disinvested marginalized communities.

Dr. Kinlock mastered the molecular underpinnings of health and disease while earning his Ph.D. in Biomedical Sciences from Meharry Medical College at the Center for AIDS Health Disparities Research. His work focused on the initial events in HIV-1 transmission to women. He also earned a certificate in Health Policy through the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Center for Health Policy at Meharry Medical College.

Dr. Kinlock expanded his research capabilities beyond the laboratory to include population/community health. He continued his training at Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health in the Department of Health, Behavior and Society and the Hopkins Center for Health Disparities Solutions as a Postdoctoral research fellow. Dr. Kinlock has a myriad of research interests that transcends scientific disciplines while remaining squarely focused on racial disparities in health.

Additionally, Dr. Kinlock is the founding director of Scientific Research Consultants and serves as a member of the Baltimore Social-Environmental Collaborative Equitable Pathways Steering Committee. He strongly believes we all do better when everyone thrives; thus, he approaches his work through an anti-racist process and is passionate about using science as a tool in the quest to achieve a healthier, more just society.

PUBLICATIONS:

Jia X, Shao Q, Chaudhry RA, Kinlock BL, Izban MG, Zhang H, Villalta F, Hildreth JE, Medroxyprogesterone acetate (MPA) enhances HIV-1 accumulation and release in primary cervical epithelial cells by inhibiting lysosomal activity. Pathogens. 2021

Kinlock BL, Parker LJ, Bowie JV, Howard DL, LaVeist TA, Thorpe RJ. High Levels of Medical Mistrust are Associated with Low Quality of Life among Black and White Men with Prostate Cancer. Cancer Control Journal. 2017 January ;24(1):72-77

Kinlock BL, Parker LJ, Howard DL, Bowie JV, LaVeist TA, Thorpe RJ. Prevalence & Correlates of Depression among Black Men with Prostate Cancer. Ethnicity & Disease. 2017 December 7;27(4):429-436

Kinlock BL, Thorpe RJ, Howard DL, Bowie JV, Ross LE, Fakunle DO, et al. Racial Disparity in Time Between First Diagnosis and Initial Treatment of Prostate Cancer. Cancer Control. 2016 January 01;23(1):47-51.

Ross LE, Howard DL, Bowie JV, Thorpe RJ, Kinlock BL, Burt C, et al. Factors Associated with Men's Assessment of Prostate Cancer Treatment Choice. J Cancer Educ. 2016 June 01;31(2):301-7.

Bowie JV, Bell CN, Ewing A, Kinlock BL, Ezema A, Thorpe RJ, et al. Religious Coping and Types and Sources of Information Used in Making Prostate Cancer Treatment Decisions. Am J Mens Health. 2017 February 01:1557988317690977.

Parker LJ, Kinlock BL, Chisolm D, Furr-Holden D, Thorpe RJ. Association Between Any Major Discrimination and Current Cigarette Smoking Among Adult African American Men. Subst Use Misuse. 2016 October 14;51(12):1593-9.

Vargas ED, Sanchez GR, Kinlock BL. The Enhanced Self-Reported Health Outcome Observed in Hispanics/Latinos Who are Socially-Assigned as White is Dependent on Nativity. J Immigr Minor Health. 2015 December 01;17(6):1803-10.