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
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.
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
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.
