About

Dr. Michelle Rogers is an Assistant Professor (Research) in the Department of Behavioral and Social Sciences at the School of Public Health. She serves as the Deputy Director of the Survey, Qualitative, and Applied Data (SQuAD) Research Core. Dr. Rogers holds a PhD in Sociology with a concentration in Demography from Brown University. Her research interests focus on child and adolescent health and well-being, chronic health conditions, and social determinants of health. Her primary expertise lies in complex data management and analysis, supporting her work in survey design, data collection, and statistical methods. She is involved in teaching survey research methods, emphasizing the theory and application of primary data collection to public health research.

Research topics

• Immunology
• Medicine
• Virology
• Environmental health
• Internal medicine

Selected publications

• A Indirect Internalizing Pathway to Adolescent Alcohol Use and The Moderating Role of Parenting Behaviors

  Open MIND · 2026-01-01

  otherOpen access

  The externalizing pathway to adolescent substance use, which is strongly backed by years of research, demonstrates that externalizing behaviors during adolescence (e.g., aggression, delinquency) are consistent predictors of deviant peer affiliation and subsequent substance use (Brook et al., 2011; De Geronimo et al., 2024; Rudolph et al., 2013). However, evidence substantiating a direct internalizing pathway to adolescent substance use remains inconsistent, with some researchers finding symptoms predictive (Gonzales et al., 2018; Hussong et al., 2017; Hussong et al., 2011) and others finding them protective against use (Colder et al., 2012; Rieselbach et al., 2024; Winters et al., 2008). The internalizing model of adolescent substance use (Hussong et al., 2011) and recent research suggest an indirect internalizing pathway, where internalizing symptoms increase risk for substance use by initially contributing to the development of externalizing behaviors, which subsequently predict association with deviant peers (Rothenberg et al., 2020; Willis et al., 2022). Although the links between externalizing behaviors, deviant peer affiliation, and alcohol use have been well established (Brook et al., 2011; Bülow et al., 2025; Gonzales et al., 2018; Siennic et al., 2016), few studies have tested the full indirect internalizing pathway looking at internalizing symptoms to externalizing behaviors to deviant peers to alcohol use and the role of parenting behaviors on this trajectory. Evidence reveals that several parenting behaviors can be powerful moderators of the relationship between internalizing and externalizing behaviors (Bülow et al., 2025; Chassin et al., 2005; Gorostiaga et al., 2019; Hou et al., 2013; King & Chassin, 2004; Pinquart, 2016; van der Sluis et al., 2015; Willis et al., 2022). Using longitudinal data collected from adolescents and parents, the current study will test the indirect internalizing pathway to adolescent alcohol use. Specifically, we will examine whether internalizing symptoms prospectively predict externalizing symptoms, which will predict deviant peer affiliation, which in turn predict alcohol use and willingness to use alcohol. Parental warmth and parent-child conflict will be analyzed as moderators of the internalizing-to-externalizing link, with warmth expected to weaken and conflict expected to exacerbate the relationship. By examining emotional, behavioral, social, and familial domains, this project aims to clarify a potential developmental pathway to adolescent alcohol use and identify novel targets for family-based prevention and intervention.

  PublisherDOI

• Telehealth Use by Home Health Agencies Before, During, and After <scp>COVID</scp>‐19

  Health Services Research · 2025-05-22 · 2 citations

  articleOpen access

  OBJECTIVE: To examine telehealth adoption and discontinuation by home health agencies (HHAs) during the COVID-19 pandemic in the context of telehealth pre-pandemic diffusion into the industry and its continued use once the pandemic abated. STUDY SETTING AND DESIGN: HHAs nationally, serving the most patients with dementia (averaging 33% of the agency's patients) were surveyed during October 2023 to November 2024. Key variables included the agency's adoption and discontinuation of specific telehealth technologies by year, the reasons for discontinuation, and the reasons for not adopting any telehealth technology, either before or during the pandemic. DATA SOURCES AND ANALYTIC SAMPLE: Data were collected via a web-based survey with telephone follow-ups. We received 791 responses (37% response-rate) and provide descriptive statistics of responses and graphics. PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: By 2019, prior to COVID-19, 183 (23%) of HHAs used telehealth, increasing to 446 (56%) by 2021. Growth occurred mainly in virtual visits. Of those HHAs adopting telehealth, 96 (19%) discontinued use later in the pandemic. Key concerns were about the appropriateness of the patient population and reimbursement. CONCLUSIONS: Patterns of adoption and discontinuation suggest that COVID-19 interrupted the innovation diffusion process of telehealth into home health. Telehealth's future will depend on information about cost-effectiveness and Medicare reimbursement policies.

  PublisherOA PDFDOI

• Opportunities to Improve End-of-Life Care in Assisted Living: Results From a National Survey of Administrators

  Journal of the American Medical Directors Association · 2025-11-24

  articleOpen access
  PublisherOA PDFDOI

• The impact of early childhood adversity on adult cognitive performance: The mediating roles of childhood cognitive ability and educational attainment

  Social Science & Medicine · 2025-07-21

  article
  PublisherDOI

• Working with others at university

  2025-02-19

  book-chapterSenior author

  A ONE STOP SHOP of accessible information for all early years students to help you succeed in your degree, increase your employability skills and develop as an ethical and critically reflective practitioner. Part one gives guidance for students about learning in HE specifically in the context of early childhood education and care, including course requirements, academic skills and core knowledge. Chapters cover students’ roles and responsibilities, safeguarding, understanding policy, and prof

  PublisherDOI

• Temporal Patterns of Eating and Diet Composition of Night Shift Workers Are Influenced More by Shift Type than by Chronotype

  Nutrients · 2025-11-14 · 1 citations

  articleOpen access

  Background/Objectives: Shift work and chronotype influence timing and type of food consumed, yet their combined influence is unclear. This study determined differences between temporal patterns of eating (times of first (FEO), last (LEO), and largest eating occasions (LarEO), duration of eating window (DEW), eating frequency) and nutrient intake of night shift workers on and off shift and the additional influence of chronotype. Methods: Participants (46.6 ± 10.2 years, BMI: 33.9 ± 5.6 kg/m2, male/female: 57/72) completed work/sleep/food diaries, and the Composite Scale of Morningness. Dietary profiles were characterized by day type as follows: morning shift (MS), 1st night shift (1stNS), subsequent night shifts (SNS), 1st day off after night shifts (1stDONS), or other days off (DO). Results: Across day types, there were significant differences in FEO (p &lt; 0.001), LEO (p &lt; 0.001), LarEO (p = 0.025), DEW (p &lt; 0.001), eating frequency (p = 0.003), total energy (p = 0.022), and fibre intake (p &lt; 0.001). Compared to MS, all night shifts had later FEO, LEO, and LarEO; 1stNS had longer DEW and higher fibre but no differences in frequency, energy, and macronutrient intake. Greater morningness was associated with earlier FEO, LEO, LarEO, and lower %energy from fat and saturated fat. Effect of chronotype on temporal eating patterns was not different across day types; there was a significant, positive relationship between morningness and %energy from carbohydrate (%EnergyCHO) on MS (p = 0.004) and 1stDONS (p = 0.040). Conclusions: Dietary habits of night shift workers vary by shift schedule and degree of morningness. Further studies will confirm if shift schedule is more influential than chronotype on shift workers’ dietary habits.

  PublisherOA PDFDOI

• Adolescent Misperceptions of Peer Cannabis Posts on Social Media and Cannabis Willingness and Use

  2025-11-11

  preprintOpen access

  Social media behaviors may play an important role in the development of cannabis attitudes and behaviors, given the large amount of time adolescents spend on social media. Considering the importance of social interactions during adolescence, perceptions of peer cannabis-related posting may serve as a risk factor for adolescent cannabis use. This study compared perceived friend, typical person, and an adolescent’s own posting of cannabis-related content to social media, and examined how these perceptions were prospectively associated with cannabis willingness and use. This longitudinal study included 435 adolescents in 11th and 12th grade (M age=16.91, 60% female sex assigned at birth, 76% White, 13% Latine) who completed measures of cannabis-related social media posts, perceived peer cannabis use, cannabis willingness, and cannabis use at two time points, 3 months apart. Consistent with the Focus Theory of Normative Conduct, adolescents significantly overestimated how often their friends (28.7%) and the typical person their age (58.8%) posted cannabis content compared to how often they posted cannabis content (8.0%) on social media. Self, but not perceived peer, cannabis-related content posting predicted greater willingness to use cannabis, even after controlling for multiple social media behaviors and offline peer influence. The only significant prospective predictors of cannabis use were prior cannabis willingness and use. Given the results from the present study, prevention efforts may benefit from identifying adolescents who post cannabis content online as they are most likely to be willing to use cannabis, and implementing strategies that address misperceptions of peer cannabis posting behaviors.

  PublisherDOI

• “You Can Talk to Me About Your Pregnancy”: Exploring the Perspectives of Health-Care Providers on Cannabis Use During Pregnancy and Breastfeeding

  The Journal of Perinatal Education · 2025-11-25

  articleSenior author
  PublisherDOI

• The influence of chronotype on temporal patterns of eating and diet composition in shift and non-shift workers

  Proceedings of The Nutrition Society · 2024-04-01 · 1 citations

  articleOpen access

  When and what you eat can be linked to circadian preference (i.e., chronotype) and occupation (e.g., shift worker). Evening chronotypes, with a later circadian preference, tend to have meals later, distribute energy intake toward the end of the day (1) , and more unhealthy eating habits than morning chronotypes (2) ; whereas night shift work is associated with later mealtimes and poor diet quality as a result of circadian disruption due to their work (3) . What is unclear is whether chronotype influences the occupation-induced dietary patterns observed in shift workers. This study aimed to investigate associations between chronotype, temporal patterns of eating and diet composition in shift and non-shift workers. Adults from shift (SW) and non-shift (N-SW) populations were recruited. A Chrononutrition Questionnaire captured chronotype, duration of eating window (DEW), time of first eating occasion (FEO) and last eating occasion (LEO) while diet composition (energy, protein, total fat, saturated fat, carbohydrate, fibre, alcohol) was extracted from 7-day food diaries. Associations between chronotype and DEW/FEO/LEO, and between DEW/FEO/LEO and diet composition were determined by Spearman Rank Coefficients. 95 participants were enrolled (N-SW: n = 39; SW: n = 56); predominantly female (71%), morning chronotype (37%), on average 40.46 ± 15.08 years with BMI of 27.04 ± 5.77kg/m 2 . 84 returned food diaries. Later chronotype was positively associated with later times of FEO (N-SW: r = ,50, SW: r = ,69) and LEO (N-SW: r = ,63, SW: r = ,54) on free (non-work) days (p≤.002), and longer DEW (r = ,42) and later LEO (r = ,60) on workdays for non-shift workers (p&lt;.01). However, there were no significant differences in diet composition by day/shift type between chronotypes across the study population. On afternoon shifts, longer DEW was associated with greater energy (r = ,60) and total fat intake (r = ,60) and later LEO with greater alcohol intake (r = ,59) (p&lt;.05). On night shifts, a longer DEW was associated with lower alcohol intake (r=-.45, p&lt;.05). Amongst non-shift workers, later FEO was associated with lower fibre intake on workdays (r=-.58, p&lt;.001). Additionally, non-shift workers who were later chronotypes had later LEO, which on workdays associated with lower fibre (r=-.45) and alcohol intake (r=-.43); and on work-free days, associated with lower alcohol intake (r=-.45) (p&lt;.05). Not surprisingly, evening chronotypes across the study population had longer and/or later eating windows on work-free days (i.e., free of constraints), as did non-shift workers on workdays, while the influence of chronotype on DEW, FEO, and LEO across shifts were less clear. Hence, for shift workers, occupation appeared to be a greater driver of temporal eating patterns than chronotype. Additionally, later eating times of evening chronotypes was not associated with negative diet composition. The exception was lower fibre intake amongst non-shift workers; but regardless of chronotype, shift workers may benefit from having a shorter and earlier DEW on afternoon shifts to minimise energy, fat, and alcohol intake.

  PublisherOA PDFDOI

• High‐risk neighbourhoods and behaviour outcomes in children born extremely preterm

  Acta Paediatrica · 2024-04-10 · 2 citations

  articleOpen access

  AIM: Study the association between neighbourhood risk and behaviour in extreme preterm (EPT) children. We hypothesised that EPT children living in high-risk neighbourhoods have increased risk of clinical range behaviour problems at age 30-36 months. METHODS: Retrospective analyses of Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL)scores for 739 EPTs born 2005-2016. Addresses were geocoded to identify census block groups and create high versus low-risk groups. Regression analyses assessed the impact of neighbourhood risk on behaviour. RESULTS: Children from high-risk (N = 272, 39%) and low-risk (N = 417, 61%) neighbourhoods were compared. In adjusted analyses, odds of clinical range scores remained greater in high-risk neighbourhoods for Emotionally Reactive (OR: 4.32, CI: 1.13, 16.51), Somatic Complaints (2.30, CI 1.11,4.79), Withdrawn (OR: 2.56, CI: 1.21, 5,42), Aggressive Behaviour (OR: 4.12, CI: 1.45, 11.68), Internalising (OR: 1.96, CI: 1.17, 3.28), and Total score (OR: 1.86, OR: CI: 1.13, 3.07). Cognitive delay was higher in high-risk neighbourhoods and a risk factor for Attention Problems (2.10,1.08, 4.09). Breast milk was protective for Emotionally Reactive (OR: 0.22, CI: 0.06, 0.85) and Sleep Problems (OR: 0.47, CI:0.24, 0.94). CONCLUSION: Neighbourhood risk provided an independent contribution to preterm adverse behaviour outcomes with cognitive delay an additional independent risk factor. Breast milk at discharge was protective.

  PublisherOA PDFDOI

Frequent coauthors

• Patrick M. Vivier

  Providence College

  69 shared

• Melissa A. Clark

  Providence College

  60 shared

• Kristina M. Jackson

  Pacific Institute For Research and Evaluation

  34 shared

• Stephen L. Buka

  28 shared

• Dennis P. Hogan

  27 shared

• Gareth R. Dutton

  University of Alabama at Birmingham

  25 shared

• Melissa A. Napolitano

  Milken Institute

  25 shared

• Bess H. Marcus

  Brown University

  25 shared

Labs

• Rogers, MichellePI

Education

• Ph.D., Sociology with a concentration in Demography

  Brown University

  2002