John Pateña, MPH, MA is a global mental health implementation researcher with a passion for promoting mental wellbeing and bridging the research-to-practice gap. His public health practice focuses on implementing scalable mental health interventions to diverse communities globally and effecting systems-level change in public health organizations through adaptive leadership.
Mr. Pateña has a dual background in public health and counseling psychology, integrating his clinical training with a prevention framework. He graduated from Brown University School of Public Health (MPH ’14) concentrating in behavioral and social sciences interventions. He has conducted global mental health research and capacity building trainings in the adaptation of task-sharing mental health interventions in Nigeria and with refugee populations displaced in the United States. Mr. Pateña has also developed and tested digital health interventions for behavioral health disorders and violence prevention at large academic medical centers. He has extensive experience collaborating with community-based organizations, health departments, and health clinics to implement public health programs/initiatives in the areas of tobacco cessation, lung health, and chronic disease management.
Mr. Pateña currently leads the Section on Advancing the Science of Implementation in Global Settings for the Implementing Sustainable Evidence-based interventions through Engagement (ISEE) Lab at NYU School of Global Public Health. In this role, he evaluates the effectiveness of implementation strategies for the adoption, scale-up, and adaptation of evidence-based interventions in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Mr. Pateña is simultaneously earning a Doctor of Public Health (DrPH) as part of the 2021 inaugural DrPH cohort at NYU School of Global Public Health. He completed his advanced applied practice experience with the NIH Fogarty International Center where he investigated the scale, scope, and approaches to community engagement to advance dissemination and implementation outcomes in LMICs. His dissertation explores the acceptability and feasibility of adopting task-sharing mental health interventions for people living with Sickle Cell Disease in Nigeria.
About
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Education
DrPH candidate | New York University
MPH | Brown University
MA, Counseling Psychology | Boston College
BA, Psychology | Boston University-
Publications
1. Shenoy S, Sharma P, Rao A, Aparna N, Adenikinju D, Iloegbu C, Patena JV, Vieira D, Gyamfi J, Peprah E. Evidence-based interventions to reduce maternal malnutrition in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review. Front Health Serv. 2023 Oct 25; 3: 1155928. [DOI: 10.3389/frhs.2023.1155928] [PMCID: PMC10634505] [PMID: 37954061]
2. Fitzpatrick R, Pant S, Li J, Ritterman R, Adenikinju D, Iloegbu C, Patena JV, Vieira D, Gyamfi J, Peprah E. Implementation of non-insulin dependent diabetes self-management education (DSME) in LMICs: A systematic review of cost, adoption, acceptability, and fidelity in resource-constrained settings. Front Health Serv. 2023 June 13; 3: 1155911. [DOI: 10.3389/frhs.2023.1155911] [PMCID: PMC10294677] [PMID: 37383485]
3. Karbasi A, Fordjuoh J, Abbas M, Iloegbu C, Patena JV, Adenikinju D, Vieira D, Gyamfi J, Peprah E. An evolving HIV epidemic in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region: A scoping review. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2023 Feb 21; 20(5): 3844. [DOI: 10.3390/ijerph20053844] [PMCID: PMC10001308] [PMID: 36900856]
4. Fraser HSF, Cohan G, Koehler C, Anderson J, Lawrence A, Patena JV, Bacher I, Ranney ML. Evaluation of diagnostic and triage accuracy and usability of a symptom checker in an emergency department: Observational study. JMIR Mhealth Uhealth. 2022 Sep 19; 10(9): e38364. [DOI: 10.2196/38364] [PMCID: PMC9531004] [PMID: 36121688]
5. Peprah E, Myers B, Kengne AP, Peer N, El-Shahawy O, Ojo T, Mukasa B, Ezechi O, Iwelunmor J, Ryan N, Sakho F, Patena JV, Gyamfi J. Using a syndemics framework to understand how substance use contributes to morbidity and mortality among people living with HIV in Africa: A call to action. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Jan 19; 19(3): 1097. [DOI: 10.3390/ijerph19031097] [PMCID: PMC8834153] [PMID: 35162121]
6. Kutok ER, Doria N, Dunsiger S, Patena JV, Nugent NR, Riese A, Rosen RK, Ranney ML. Feasibility and cost of using Instagram to recruit adolescents to a remote intervention. J Adolesc Health. 2021 Nov; 69(5): 838-846. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2021.04.021] [PMID: 34059428]
7. Kutok ER, Dunsiger S, Patena JV, Nugent NR, Riese A, Rosen RK, Ranney ML. A cyberbullying media-based prevention intervention for adolescents on Instagram: Pilot randomized controlled trial. JMIR Ment Health. 2021 Sep 15; 8(9): e26029. [DOI: 10.2196/26029] [PMCID: PMC8482167] [PMID: 34524103]
8. Shandhi MMH, Goldsack JC, Ryan K, Bennion A, Kotla AV, Feng A, Jiang Y, Wang WK, Hurst T, Patena JV, Carini S, Chung J, Dunn J. Recent academic research on clinically relevant digital measures: Systematic review. J Med Internet Res. 2021 Sep 15; 23(9): e29875. [DOI: 10.2196/29875] [PMCID: PMC8482196] [PMID: 34524089]
9. Burke TA, Kutok ER, Dunsiger S, Nugent NR, Patena JV, Riese A, Ranney ML. A national snapshot of U.S. adolescents’ mental health and changing technology use during COVID-19. Gen Hosp Psychiatry. 2021 Jul-Aug; 71: 147-148. [DOI: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2021.05.006] [PMCID: PMC9754300] [PMID: 34090695]
10. Scherzer CR, Ranney ML, Jain S, Bommaraju SP, Patena JV, Langdon K, Nimaja E, Jennings E, Beaudoin FL. Mobile peer-support for opioid use disorders: Refinement of an innovative machine learning tool. J Psychiatr Brain Sci. 2020; 5(1): e200001. [DOI: 10.20900/jpbs.20200001] [PMCID: PMC7059630] [PMID: 32149192]
11. Ranney ML, Patena JV, Dunsiger S, Spirito A, Cunningham RM, Boyer EW, Nugent NR. A technology-augmented intervention to prevent peer violence and depressive symptoms among at-risk emergency department adolescents: Protocol for a randomized control trial. Contemp Clin Trials. 2019 Jul; 82: 106-114. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cct.2019.05.009] [PMCID: PMC6606356] [PMID: 31129373]
12. Thorsen MM, Patena JV, Guthrie KM, Spirito A, Ranney ML. Using high-risk adolescents’ voices to develop a comprehensive cognitive behavioral therapy-based text-message program. Behav Med. 2018 Apr-Jun; 44(2): 89-99. [DOI: 10.1080/08964289.2016.1223597] [PMCID: PMC5336547] [PMID: 27594559]
13. Ranney ML, Patena JV, Nugent NR, Spirito A, Boyer EW, Zatzick DF, Cunningham RM. PTSD, cyberbullying, and peer violence: Prevalence and correlates among adolescent emergency department patients. Gen Hosp Psychiatry. 2016 Mar-Apr; 39: 32-38. [DOI: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2015.12.002] [PMCID: PMC4779373] [PMID: 26786845]
14. Ranney ML, Thorsen MM, Patena JV, Cunningham RM, Boyer EW, Walton MA, Spirito A, Zatzick DF, Morrow K. “You need to get them where they feel it”: Conflicting perspectives on how to maximize the structure of text-message psychological interventions for adolescents. Proc Annu Hawaii Int Conf Syst Sci. 2015 Jan; 2015: 3247-3255. [DOI: 10.1109/HICSS.2015.391] [PMCID: PMC4669198] [PMID: 26640419]
15. Roberts C. Patena JV, Pearlman DN. Rhode Island youth tobacco use: Implications for pediatricians and family physicians. RI Med J. 2013 May; 96(5): 48-51. [PMID: 23641465]