| Thomas Arcury, PhD |
Professor and Vice Chair for Research
Department of Family & Community Medicine
 “With my children out of the house, I enjoy my time with my wife. We spend time together pursuing our hobbies of cooking, traveling, walking, reading and following the area’s college and minor league athletic teams.” |
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Interests |
Rural Health, Minority Health, Immigrant Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Community-Based Research |
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Education |
1975 | Duquesne University
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
B.A. Degree, Sociology |
1978 | University of Kentucky
Lexington, Kentucky
M.A. Degree, Anthropology |
1983 | University of Kentucky
Lexington, Kentucky
Ph.D. Degree, Anthropology
Dissertation: Household Structure and Economic Change in a Rural Community: 1900 to 1980 |
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Postdoctoral Training |
1994 – 1996 | NRSA Postdoctoral Fellow
Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
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Academic Career |
1994 | Assistant Research Professor
Department of Preventive Medicine and Environmental Health
University of Kentucky |
1993 – 1994 | Research Coordinator for Rural Health
College of Medicine
University of Kentucky |
1996 – 1999 | Senior Research Associate
Center for Urban and Regional Studies
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
1999 – 2002 | Associate Professor and Research Director
Department of Family and Community Medicine
Wake Forest University School of Medicine |
2002 – present | Professor and Research Director
Department of Family and Community Medicine
Wake Forest University School of Medicine |
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Current Projects |
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Occupational Skin Disease among Minority Farmworkers |
Source | National Institute of Environmental Sciences
(R01 ES012358) |
Funding | $1,684,697 |
Role | Principal Investigator |
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La Familia: Reducing Farmworker Pesticide Exposure |
Source | National Institute of Environmental Sciences
(R01 ES08739) |
Funding | $1,956,517 |
Role | Principal Investigator |
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Differences in CAM Use Among Minority Older Adults |
Source | National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
(R21 AT002241) |
Funding | $312,000 |
Role | Principal Investigator |
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Selected Publications |
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Arcury TA, Quandt SA, Rao P, Doran AM, Snively BM, Barr DB, Hoppin JA, Davis SW. Organophosphate Pesticide Exposure in Farmworker Family Members in Western North Carolina and Virginia: Case Comparisons. Human Organization forthcoming. [View Details] |
Arcury TA, Preisser JS, Jr., Gesler WM, Powers JM. Access to Transportation and Health Care Utilization in a Rural Region. Journal of Rural Health 21(1): 2005, 31-38. [View Details] |
Arcury TA, Gesler WB, Pressier JS, Sherman J, Spencer J, Perin J. The Effects of Geography and Spatial Behavior on Health Care Utilization Among the Residents of a Rural Region. Health Services Research 40:117-137, 2005. [View Details] |
Arcury TA, Skelly AH, Gesler WM, Dougherty MC. Diabetes Meanings Among Those Without Diabetes: Explanatory Models among Immigrant Latinos in Rural North Carolina. Social Science & Medicine 59:2185-2193, 2004. [View Details] |
Quandt SA, Doran AM, Rao P, Hoppin JA, Snively BM, Arcury TA. Reporting Pesticide Assessment Results to Farmworker Families: Development, Implementation and Evaluation of a Risk Communication Strategy. Environmental Health Perspectives 112(5):636-642, 2004. [View Details] |
Arcury TA, Preisser JS, Jr., Gesler WM, Sherman JE. Complementary and Alternative Medicine Use Among Rural Residents in Western North Carolina. Complementary Health Practice Review 9(2):93-102, 2004. [View Details] |
Quandt SA, Arcury TA, Rao P, Mellen BG, Camann DE, Doran AM, Yau AY, Hoppin JA, Jackson DS. Agricultural and Residential Pesticides in Wipe Samples from Farmworker Family Residences in North Carolina. Environmental Health Perspectives 112(3):382-387, 2004. [View Details] |
Arcury, TA, Quandt SA. Pesticides at Work, Pesticides at Home: Exposure for Farmworkers and Their Families. The Lancet 362:2021, 2003. [View Details] |
Arcury TA, Qandt SA, Mellen BG. An Exploratory Analysis of Occupational Skin Disease Among Latino Migrant and Seasonal Farmworkers in North Carolina. Journal of Agricultrual Safety and Health. 9:221-232, 2003. [View Details] |
Arcury TA, Quandt SA, Preisser JS, Wang J, Norton D, Bernert JT. High Levels of Transdermal Nicotine Exposure Produce Green Tobacco Sickness in Latino Farmworkers. Nicotine & Tobacco Research 5:315-321, 2003. [View Details] |
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