I am currently a Professor in the Department Epidemiology and Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at the University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health. I’ve held faculty positions at several other top-tiered Schools of Public Health including the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health and the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. I am an accomplished researcher having authored or co-authored over 130 scientific publications including journal articles, book chapters, and editorials. My current research agenda is the culmination of my 20+ years of experience working to understand the social/environmental determinants of chronic disease and implementing interventions to improve prevention and control. My research program is divided into three defined areas: 1) the social determinants of diabetes and obesity, 2) interventions to improve diabetes outcomes for Minority populations, and 3) translation of research findings to practice and real-world evaluation. I’ve held leadership positions in several national organizations including the American Diabetes Association (ADA), the American Public Health Association (APHA) and the Council on Black Health (CBH). I am now expanding my national and international reach to work on larger structural issues that will affect the nation’s progress toward understanding and eliminating health disparities.
BS, Pennsylvania State University
MHS, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
PhD, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
BCHS 2526 Health Equity Research Methods and Interventions, 2015-2019
EPIDEM 2250 Epidemiology Seminar Series, 1 credit (50+ students), Course Director
Ji M, Ren D, Gary-Webb TL, Dunbar-Jacob J, Erlen JA. Characterizing a Sample of Chinese Patients With Type 2 Diabetes and Selected Health Outcomes. Diabetes Educ. 2019 Feb;45(1):105-115. doi: 10.1177/0145721718811561.
Wint K, Elias TI, Mendez G, Mendez DD, Gary-Webb TL*. Experiences of Community Doulas Working with Low-Income, African American Mothers. Health Equity 2019. https://doi.org/10.1089/heq.2018.0045
Naqvi JB, Helgeson VS, Gary-Webb TL, Korytkowski MT, Seltman HJ. Sex, race, and the role of relationships in diabetes health: intersectionality matters. J Behav Med 2019. doi: 10.1007/s10865-019-00057-w. [Epub ahead of print]
Rupp K, Taverno Ross SE, Gary-Webb TL, Akiva T, Jakicic JM. Household Support for Physical Activity in Adolescent Girls Living in Primarily Low Socioeconomic Status Neighborhoods. Int J Exerc Sci. 2019 May 1;12(5):811-824.
Mendez DD, Sanders SA, Karimi HA, Gharani P, Rathbun S, Gary-Webb TL, Wallace ML, Gianakas JJ, Burke LE, Davis EM. Understanding Pregnancy and Postpartum Health Using Ecological Momentary Assessment and Mobile Technology: Protocol for the Postpartum Mothers Mobile Study.JMIR Res Proc 2019 Jun 26;8(6):e13569. doi: 10.2196/13569.
Helgeson V, Naqvi JB, Seltman H, Vaughn AK, Korytkowski M, Hausmann LR, Gary-Webb TL*. Links of Communal Coping to Relationship and Psychological Health in Type 2 Diabetes: Actor-Partner Interdependence Models Involving Role, Sex, and Race. Ann Behav Med 2019. [Epub ahead of print]
Cheyne K, Smith M. Felter EM, Orozco M, Steiner E, Park Y, Gary-Webb TL*. Food Bank-Based Diabetes Prevention Intervention to Address Food Security, Dietary Intake, and Physical Activity in a Food-Insecure Cohort at High risk for Diabetes. Prev Chronic Dis 2020. [Epub ahead of print]
Mendez DD, Sanders SA, Lai Y, Wallace ML, Rathbun SL, Gary-Webb TL, Davis EM, Burke LE. Ecological Momentary Assessment of Stress, Racism and Other Forms of Discrimination During Pregnancy Using Smartphone Technology.Paediatri Perinat Epidemiol 2020. [Epub ahead of print]
Gary-Webb TL, Egnot NS, Alivin N, Dubowitz T, Troxel M. Changes in Perceptions of Neighborhood Environment and Cardiometabolic Outcomes in Two Predominantly African American Neighborhoods. BMC Public Health 2020 (1): 52. [Epub ahead of print]
Troxel WM, Haas A, Ghosh-Dastidar B, Brooks Holliday S, Richardson AS, Schwartz H, Gary-Webb TL, Hale L. Buysse DJ, Buman MP, Dubowitz T. Broken Windows, Broken Zzs: Poor Housing and Neighborhood Conditions Are Associated With Objective Measures of Sleep Health.J Urban Health 2020. [Epub ahead of print]
Deveraj S, Steward A, Baumann S, Elias TI, Hershey TB, Barinas-Mitchell E, Gary-Webb TL*. Changes Over Time in Disparities in Health Behaviors and Outcomes by Race in Allegheny County: 2009 to 2015. J Racial Ethn Health Disparities 2020. [Epub ahead of print]
Mendez DD, Fabio A, Robinson T, Bear T, Keenan E, Schiff MD, Gary-Webb TL*. Green Grocer: Using Spatial Analysis to Identify Locations for a Mobile Food Market.Progress in Community Health Partnerships202014(1):109-115. doi: 10.1353/cpr.2020.0013.
Holliday SB, Troxel W, Haas A, Ghosh-Dastidar B, Gary-Webb T, Collins R, Beckman R, Baird M, Dubowitz T. Do Investments in Low-Income Neighborhoods Produce Objective Change in Health-Related Neighborhood Conditions?Health and Place 2020, 64:102361.
Dong L, Dubowitz T, Haas A, Ghosh-Dastidar M, Holliday SB, Buysse DJ, Hale L, Gary-Webb TL, Troxel WM. Prevalence and correlates of obstructive sleep apnea in urban-dwelling, low-income, predominantly African-American women. Sleep Med 2020, 78:187-195.
Baird M, Schwartz H, Hunter G, Gary-Webb TL, Ghosh-Dastidar B, Dubowitz T, Troxel W. Does Large-Scale Neighborhood Reinvestment Work? Effects of Public-Private Real Estate Investment on Local Sales Prices, Rental Prices, and Crime Rates. Hous Policy Debate 2020, 30 (2):164-190.
Hill-Briggs F, Adler NE, Berkowitz SA, Chin MH, Gary-Webb TL, Navas-Acien A, Thornton PL, Haire-Joshu D (2020). Social Determinants of Health and Diabetes: A Scientific Review. Diabetes Care 2020, 44(1): 258-79.
Elliott JP, Christian SN, Doong K, Hardy HE, Mendez DD, Gary-Webb TL*. Pharmacist Involvement in Addressing Public Health Priorities and Community Needs: The Allegheny County Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health (REACH) Project. Preventing Chronic Disease 2021, 18:E07.
Richardson AS, Collins RL, Ghosh-Dastidar B, Ye F, Hunter GP, Baird MD, Schwartz H, Sloan JC, Nugroho A, Beckman R, Troxel WM, Gary-Webb TL, Dubowitz T. Improvements in Neighborhood Socioeconomic Conditions May Improve Resident Diet. Am J Epidemiol 2021, 190(5): 798-806.
Gharani P, Karimi HA, Syzdykbayev M, Burke LE, Rathbun SL, Davis EM, Gary-Webb TL, Mendez DD. Geographically-explicit Ecological Momentary Assessment (GEMA) Architecture and Components: Lessons Learned from PMOMS. Inform Health Soc Care 2021, 46(2): 158-177.
Helgeson VS, Naqvi JB, Gary-Webb T, Korytkowski M. Observed couple interactions among White and Black persons with type 2 diabetes.J Fam Psychol 2021 Dec;35(8):1117-1127.
Bloom EL, Bogart A, Dubowitz T, Collins RL, Ghosh-Dastidar B, Gary-Webb TL, Troxel W. Longitudinal Associations Between Changes in Cigarette Smoking and Alcohol Use, Eating Behavior, Perceived Stress, and Self-Rated Health in a Cohort of Low-Income Black Adults. Ann Behav Med 2021, doi: 10.1093/abm/kaab029. Online ahead of print
Schiff MD, Mendez DD, Gary-Webb TL, Inman JJ, Fabio A. A Decade of Drinking: Temporal Trends in Apparent Household Beer Intake and Standard Drink Consumption in the United States. Subst Use Misuse.2021;56(9):1363-1373.
Troxel WM, Bogart A, Holliday SB, Dubowitz T, Ghosh-Dastidar B, Baird MD, Gary-Webb TL*. Mixed Effects of Neighborhood Revitalization on Residents' Cardiometabolic Health. Am J Prev Med. 2021 Nov;61(5):683-691.
Omowale SS, Casas A, Lai YH, Sanders SA, Hill AV, Wallace ML, Rathbun SL, Gary-Webb TL, Burke LE, Davis EM, Mendez DD. Trends in Stress Throughout Pregnancy and Postpartum Period During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Longitudinal Study Using Ecological Momentary Assessment and Data From the Postpartum Mothers Mobile Study.JMIR Ment Health. 2021 Sep 21;8(9):e30422. doi: 10.2196/30422.
Deveraj SM, Miller RG, Orchard TJ, Kriska AM, Gary-Webb T, Costacou T. Data Driven Patterns of Nutrient Intake and Coronary Artery Disease Risk in Adults with Type 1 Diabetes.J Diabetes Complications 2021, 35(10): 108016. doi: 10.1016/j.jdiacomp.2021.108016. Epub 2021 Aug 4.
Helgeson VS, Naqvi J, Korytowski MT, Gary-Webb TL*. A Closer Look at Racial Differences in Diabetes Outcomes Among a Community Sample: Diabetes Distress, Self-care, and HbA1c.Diabetes Care 2021, 44(11): 2487-2492.
Corona G, Dubowitz T, Troxel WM, Ghosh-Dastidar M, Rockette-Wagner B, Gary-Webb TL*. Neighborhood Food Environment Associated with Cardiometabolic Health among Predominantly Low-income, Urban Black Women. Ethnicity & Disease 2021, 31(4): 537-546.
Hill-Briggs F, Ephraim PL, Vrany EA, Davidson KW, Peckmezaris R, Salas-Lopez D, Alfano CM, Gary-Webb T*. Social Determinants of Health, Race, and Diabetes Population Health Improvement: Black/African Americans as a Population Exemplar.Curr Diab Rep. 2022 Mar;22(3):117-128. doi: 10.1007/s11892-022-01454-3. Epub 2022 Mar 3.
Troxel WM, Ann Haas, Dubowitz T, Ghosh-Dastidar B, Butters M, Gary-Webb TL, Weinstein A, Rosso AL. Sleep disturbances, changes in sleep, and cognitive function in low-income, African American.J Alzheimers Dis. 2022 May 4. doi: 10.3233/JAD-215530.
Rouch S, Terhorst L, Skidmore ER, Rodakowski J, Gary-Webb TL, Leland NE. Examining Real-World Therapy Practice of Cognitive Screening and Assessment in Post-Acute Care. J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2023 Feb;24(2):199-205.e2. doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2022.11.007
Rosso AL, Troxel WM, Gary-Webb TL, Weinstein AM, Butters MA, Palimaru A, Ghosh-Dastidar B, Wagner L, Nugroho A, Hunter G, Parker J, Dubowitz T. Design of the think PHRESH longitudinal cohort study: Neighborhood disadvantage, cognitive aging, and alzheimer's disease risk in disinvested, black neighborhoods. BMC Public Health. 2023 Apr 3;23(1):636. doi: 10.1186/s12889-023-15381-9
Geffel KM, Christian SN, Casas AD, Dyer HP, Gary-Webb TL, Hardy HE, Harris R, Mendez DD. Perspectives on flu vaccination advertisement messaging in the era of COVID-19: Thematic analysis centering adult Black voices. Published, Journal of Health Disparities Research and Practice 2023 Vol. 16: Iss. 2, Article 4 (epub before print).
Xie L, O’Conner J, Albert S, Gary-Webb T, Sharbaugh M, Donohue JM, Ennis M, Hutcheson D, Cole ES. Churn in SNAP: Changes in Medicaid Expenditure and Acute Care Utilization. Medical Care 2023 62(2): 3-10.
Gary-Webb TL, Dyer H, Mckenzie J, Younger-Coleman N, Tulloch-Reid M, Blake A, Govia I, Bennett NR, McFarlane SR, Wilks RJ, Williams D, Ferguson TS. Community Stressors (Violence, Victimization, and Neighborhood Disorder) with Cardiometabolic Outcomes in Urban Jamaica. Frontiers in Public Health 2023; 11:1130830.
Hill AV, Dyer HP, Gianakas J, Howze R, King A, Gary-Webb TL, Mendez DD. Correlates of COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake in Black Adults Residing in Allegheny County, PA. Health Equity 2023; 7(1): 419-429.
Sanders SA, Wallace ML, Burke LE, Tapia AL, Rathbun SL, Casas AD, Gary-Webb TL, Davis EM, Mendez DD. Examining Demographic and Psychosocial Factors related to Self-Weighing Behavior During Pregnancy and Post-partum periods. Prev Med Rep 2023; 35:102323.
Gary-Webb TL, Christian SN, Casas AD, Hardy HE, Wilkerson A, Feldmiller J, Scott S, Harris R, Mendez DD. Comprehensive, Community-Based Coalition to Address Racial Disparities in Chronic Disease: REACH (Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health) in Allegheny County, PA. Progress in Community Health Partnerships 2023 17(3):465-476.
Rubio D, Maseru M, Miller L, Geraci M, Cooper G, Gary-Webb TL*. Diversity Supplements: An Underutilized Opportunity to Improve the Diversity of the Health Sciences Research Workforce. Journal of Clinical and Translational Science 2024, 8(1): e37.
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