Dr. LaVeist's research and writing has focused on three broad thematic research questions: 1) What are the social and behavioral factors that predict the timing of various related health outcomes (e.g. access and utilization of health services, mortality, entrance into nursing home? 2) What are the social and behavioral factors that explain race differences in health outcomes?; and 3) What has been the impact of social policy on the health and quality of life of African Americans? His work has included both qualitative and quantitative analysis. Dr. LaVeist seeks to develop an orienting framework in the development of policy and interventions to address race disparities in health-related outcomes. Specific areas of expertise include: U.S. health and social policy, the role of race in health research, social factors contributing to mortality, longevity and life expectancy, quantitative and demographic analysis and access, and utilization of health services.

Health Policy, Management, Health Disparities, Health Inequality, Race, Ethnicity, socioeconomic status, Social Factors, culture, community health, minority health, medical sociology, Behavior and Health, social epidemiology, population, demography, population center

Innovation Award, National Institutes of Health – National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NCMHD), 2008

Delta Omega – Honorary Society in Public Health (faculty inductee), Alpha Chapter – Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 2006

Knowledge Award, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Minority Health, 2006

Who’s Who in America, 2001, 2003, 2005

Who's Who among African Americans, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006

Dean's Lecture, Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health, @ April 1994

Distinguished Alumni Citation, National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education (NAFEO), 1994

Outstanding Young Alumnus Award, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, 1994

Who's Who in the East, 1994

Keynote Speaker, Randolph Evans Foundation Scholarship Award Banquet, June 1993

The Dreamkeeper Award, University of Michigan, Office of Minority Affairs, 1993

Brookdale National Fellow, 1991

Roberta G. Simmons Dissertation Award, American Sociological Association, Medical Sociology Section, 1989

Paul B. Cornely Sr. Fellowship, University of Michigan, School of Public Health, 1988-1990

PAST 5 YEARS

Lee, Rosilyn, TA LaVeist and M Ensminger (2005) The responsibility continuum: never primary, coresident and caregiver--heterogeneity in the African-American grandmother experience International J. Aging and Human Development, Vol. 60 (4) 295-304,

Gross S, Gary T, Browne D & LaVeist TA (2005) Gender Differences in Self-Perception of Body Size and Body Satisfaction among Graduating Seniors form a Historically Black College Journal of the National Medical Association Dec;97(12):1608-19.

Isaac LA, Brandon DT, LaVeist TA (2005) The Legacy of Tuskegee and Trust in Medical Care: Is Tuskegee Responsible for Race Differences in Mistrust of Medical Care? Journal of the National Medical Association Jul;97(7):951-6.

LaVeist, TA. (2005) Disentangling Race and Socioeconomic Status: A Key to solving health disparities Journal of Urban Health Jun;82(2 Suppl 3):iii26-34.

Gary TL, Gross S, Browne D & LaVeist TA (2006) “The College Health and Wellness Study: Baseline Correlates of Overweight Among African Americans Journal of Urban Health Mar; 83(2):253-65.

Airhihenbuwa CO, LaVeist TA. (2006) Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health (REACH) 2010” Health Promotion Practice Jul;7(3 Suppl):174S-5S.

Gregory PC, LaVeist TA, Simpson C (2006) Racial Disparities in Access to Cardiac Rehabilitation” Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Sep;85(9):705-10.

Nguyen GC, LaVeist TA, Gearhart S, Bayless TM, Brant SR. (2006) Racial and Geographic Variations in Colectomy Rates in Hospitalized Ulcerative Colitis Patients. Clinical Gasteroenterology Hepatology. Dec;4(12):1507-1513.

Gary TL, Stark SA, LaVeist TA (2007) Neighborhood Characteristics and Mental Health among African Americans and Whites living in an Racially Integrated Urban Community” Health and Place Jun;13(2):569-75.

Casagrande SS, Gary, TL, LaVeist TA, Gaskin DJ, Cooper, LA. (2007) Perceived Discrimination and Adherence to Medical Care in a Racially Integrated Community. Journal of General Internal Medicine Mar;22(3):389-95.

Gibbons MC, Brock M, Alberg AJ, Glass T, Laveist TA, Baylin S, Levine D, Fox CE. (2007) The Sociobiologic Integrative Model (SBIM): Enhancing the Integration of Sociobehavioral, Environmental, and Biomolecular Knowledge in Urban Health and Disparities Research. Journal of Urban Health. Mar;84(2):198-211

Downing RA, LaVeist TA, Bullock HE (2007) “Are low-income women discouraged from having children? Intersections of ethnicity and social class in perceptions of reproductive health care” American Journal of Public Health Oct;97(10):1803-7

LaVeist TA, Thorpe RJ, Mance GA, Jackson J. (2007) “Overcoming confounding of race with socioeconomic status and segregation to explore race disparities in smoking” Addition Oct;102 Suppl 2:65-70.

Nguyen GC, Tuskey A, Bayless TM, LaVeist TA, Brant SR. (2007) “Community-based Health Preferences for Proctocolectomy: A Race Comparison” Dig Dis Sci.Sep 1

Nguyen GC, LaVeist TA, Brant SR. (2007) The utilization of parenteral nutrition during the inpatient management of inflammatory bowel disease in the United States - a national survey. Aliment Pharmacol Ther. Oct 11

LaVeist, T., Bowen-Reid, T., Jackson, J., Gary, T., Thorpe, R., Gaskin, D., Browne, D. (2008) “Exploring Health Disparities in Integrated Communities: Overview of the EHDIC Study” Journal of Urban Health Jan;85(1):11-21.

Gaskin DJ, Spencer CS, Richard R, Anderson G, Powe NR, LaVeist TA (2008) “Do hospitals provide lower quality care to minorities compared to whites?” Health Affairs Mar-Apr;27(2):518-27.

LaVeist TA, Relosa R, Sawaya N. (2008) “The COA360: a tool for assessing cultural competency of Healthcare Organizations” Journal of Healthcare Management 53:4 July/August

Nuru-Jeter A, Williams CT, LaVeist TA. (2008) “A methodological note on modeling the effects of race: The case of psychological distress” Stress and Health DOI:10.1002/smi.1213

Thorpe, R., Brandon, D., and LaVeist, TA. (2008) “Social Context as an explanation for race disparities in hypertension: Findings from the Exploring Health Disparities in Integrated Communities (EHDIC) Study” Social Science and Medicine Nov;67(10):1604-11. Epub Aug 12.

Nguyen GC, Laveist TA, Segev DL, Thuluvath PJ. (2008) “Race is a predictor of in-hospital mortality after cholecystectomy, especially in those with portal hypertension” Clinical Gasteroenterology Hepatology. Oct;6(10):1146-54.

Becker D, Klassen AC, Koenigc MA, LaVeist TA, Sonensteinc FL, Tsui AO (in press) “Women’s perspectives on family planning service quality: An exploration of differences by race, ethnicity and language” Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health.

Nguyen GC, Sam J, Murthy SK, Kaplan GG, Tinmouth JM, Laveist TA. (in Press) “Hospitalizations for inflammatory bowel disease: Profile of the uninsured in the United States” Inflamm Bowel Dis.