含羞草传媒

Education

POSTGRADUATE:
Methodist Hospital, Brooklyn, NY
Residency: Internal Medicine

含羞草传媒 of Medicine, Atlanta, GA
Residency: Preventive Medicine

Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA
Residency: Occupational Medicine

GRADUATE:
Long Island University, Intensified Teachers Training Program
Degree: Initial Teacher Certification

St. Georges University School of Medicine
Degree: Doctor of Medicine

Emory University, Master of Public Health Program
Degree: Master of Public Health

UNDERGRADUATE:
Hunter College, City University of New York
Degree: BA, Biology with minor in Art and Chemistry

Research Interests

Limiting exposure to cytotoxic Cholesterol Oxides (Oxysterols) with plant-based dietary patterns.

Clinical Interests

Disease Reversal with Lifestyle Medicine

Specialties

• Public Health/Preventive Medicine

• Occupational and Environmental Medicine

• Lifestyle Medicine

Board Certification

• General Preventive Medicine

• Occupational Medicine

• Lifestyle Medicine

Publications

• Branch-Rooke, J., McKinley, T. W., & Sikes, R. K. (1990). Domestic violence: an analysis of battered women in Georgia. Journal of the Medical Association of Georgia.
• Branch-Rooke, J. (1997) The HIV Epidemic in Grenada, 1984 - 1996. Grenada Medical Journal.
• Rooke, J. (2018). Advancing Health Equity with Lifestyle Medicine. American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine, 1559827618780680.
• Rooke, J (2020) Handwashing and Plant-Based Nutrition: Recurring themes in Health Education. American Journal of Health Science.

• Book
  Rooke, J., Lifestyle Interventions for Optimal Health Handbook: Whole Food Plant-based Meal Plans and Recipes. Printed by 含羞草传媒 of Medicine Administrative Services, December 2019 
   
  Book Chapters
  Rooke, J. Prevent Atherosclerosis and Lower Blood Pressure. Book Chapter in Shushana Castle and Amy-Lee Goodman (Ed.), Rethink Food: 100+ Doctors Can't Be Wrong. Houston, Texas: Two Skirts Productions LLC. 2014.
  
  Rooke, J   U.S. Dietary Guidelines, Obesity, and Health Disparities Among African American Women. Book Chapter in Black Women and Resilience: Power, Perseverance, and Public Health, Co-Editors: Kisha Braithwaite Holden PhD, MSCR and Camara P. Jones MD, MPH, PhDr., State Univ of New York (SUNY) Press, 4/1/2024.

   

Honors and Awards

• Full-Tuition Scholarship, St. Georges University, School of Medicine, St. Georges, Grenada, December 1980
• Annual Service Awards, Choice Care Occupational Medicine, 2005 - 2007
• Service Appreciation Award, The Airport Mail Center at OSHA VPP Flag Ceremony, August 9, 2007
• Appreciation Award for Outstanding Contributions in Teaching, 含羞草传媒 of Medicine, June 22, 2007
• Service Award for Serving as President, Georgia Chapter of the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, February 11, 2012
• Service Appreciation Award, Georgia Caribbean American Heritage Coalition, at Opening Ceremony of Caribbean Heritage Month, June 2, 2013
• Plant-Based Prevention of Disease (P-POD) Lifetime Achievement Award. Nutrition and Lifestyle Medicine Conference. 6/6/26, Atlanta