About the Authors

Irene A. Doherty

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Software, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Julius L. Chambers Biomedical Biotechnology Research Institute, North Carolina Central University, Durham, NC, United States of America

William Pilkington

Roles Data curation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Julius L. Chambers Biomedical Biotechnology Research Institute, North Carolina Central University, Durham, NC, United States of America

Laurin Brown

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Software, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Julius L. Chambers Biomedical Biotechnology Research Institute, North Carolina Central University, Durham, NC, United States of America

Victoria Billings

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Resources

Affiliation Julius L. Chambers Biomedical Biotechnology Research Institute, North Carolina Central University, Durham, NC, United States of America

Undi Hoffler

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration

Affiliation Division of Research and Sponsored Programs, North Carolina Central University, Durham, NC, United States of America

Lisa Paulin

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Project administration

Affiliation Department of Mass Communication, North Carolina Central University, Durham, NC, United States of America

K. Sean Kimbro

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Julius L. Chambers Biomedical Biotechnology Research Institute, North Carolina Central University, Durham, NC, United States of America

Brittany Baker

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Nursing, North Carolina Central University, Durham, NC, United States of America

Tianduo Zhang

Roles Data curation, Project administration, Software, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Mass Communication, North Carolina Central University, Durham, NC, United States of America

Tracie Locklear

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Software, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, North Carolina Central University, Durham, NC, United States of America

Seronda Robinson

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision

Affiliation Department of Public Health Education, North Carolina Central University, Durham, NC, United States of America

Deepak Kumar

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

dkumar@nccu.edu

Affiliations Julius L. Chambers Biomedical Biotechnology Research Institute, North Carolina Central University, Durham, NC, United States of America, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, North Carolina Central University, Durham, NC, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.