Associate Professor
Biography, Disciplines and Teaching Interests
Dr. Mayo-Gamble is an Associate Professor of Community Health in the Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health at Georgia Southern University. She is also the Public Health faculty preceptor for Inter-Professional Education and Practice.
Dr. Mayo-Gamble’s instruction is in health promotion, education, and behavior, and her specialized training is in the areas of community-engagement and chronic disease management. She earned her MA, MPH, and PhD from Indiana University. Dr. Mayo-Gamble also completed a postdoctoral research fellowship in Community Engagement from Community Engaged Research Core at Meharry Medical College. In addition to academic training, Dr. Mayo-Gamble is a Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES).
Dr. Mayo-Gamble’s research agenda includes implementing community engagement methods, health communication, health behavior, chronic disease self-management, sickle cell disease, and patient-centered care. In particular, her research agenda centers on increasing protective behaviors, such as self-care, for disease management in underserved populations, focusing on sickle cell disease. Dr. Mayo-Gamble is also an advocate for patients with rare diseases, serving on state and national level advisory committees.
Disciplines: Community Health, Behavior and Education
Teaching Interests: Research methods, social marketing, theory, health behavior
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About Tilicia Mayo-Gamble
Biography, Disciplines and Teaching Interests
Dr. Mayo-Gamble is an Associate Professor of Community Health in the Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health at Georgia Southern University. She is also the Public Health faculty preceptor for Inter-Professional Education and Practice.
Dr. Mayo-Gamble’s instruction is in health promotion, education, and behavior, and her specialized training is in the areas of community-engagement and chronic disease management. She earned her MA, MPH, and PhD from Indiana University. Dr. Mayo-Gamble also completed a postdoctoral research fellowship in Community Engagement from Community Engaged Research Core at Meharry Medical College. In addition to academic training, Dr. Mayo-Gamble is a Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES).
Dr. Mayo-Gamble’s research agenda includes implementing community engagement methods, health communication, health behavior, chronic disease self-management, sickle cell disease, and patient-centered care. In particular, her research agenda centers on increasing protective behaviors, such as self-care, for disease management in underserved populations, focusing on sickle cell disease. Dr. Mayo-Gamble is also an advocate for patients with rare diseases, serving on state and national level advisory committees.
Disciplines: Community Health, Behavior and Education
Teaching Interests: Research methods, social marketing, theory, health behavior
| Present | Faculty Member, Georgia Southern University ‐ Department of Health Policy & Community Health | |
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Disciplines
Research Interests
Clinical and translational research to reduce health disparities, Community and patient engaged approaches to improve patient health outcomes, Health communication strategies for healthcare delivery and services, Behavioral factors associated with health care utilization and improved patient outcomes, sickle cell trait education, and sickle cell disease
Grants
| 2021 - 2023 | PCORI Contract 20135-VU |
| Eugene Washington Engagement Capacity Building Award | |
| Capacity Building to Create a Patient-Centered Research Dissemination Model | |
| Role: Co-PI | |
| Colleague(s): Velma Murry (PI) | |
| $250,000 | |
| 2021 - 2022 | Seed Funding |
| Georgia Southern University | |
| Integrating Community Health Workers into a Patient Center Medical Home | |
| Role: PI | |
| $10,000 | |
| 2021 | Leveraging mHealth to Mitigate the Impact of COVID-19 in African American Communities |
| Association for Black Cardiologists | |
| Role: Co-PI | |
| Colleague(s): Lynch (PI) and Harris (Co-I) | |
| $25,000 | |
| 2020 - 2021 | Southeast Health District Evaluation Sub-Award |
| Coalition for a Health Appling County | |
| Role: PI | |
| $10,000 | |
| 2020 - 2021 | Student Research Funding |
| Georgia Southern University | |
| Role: PI and Supervisor | |
| $2,000 | |
| 2019 - 2021 | Programs to Increase Diversity among Individuals Engaged in Health Research (PRIDE) |
| National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute - R25 HL 106365 | |
| Role: Fellow | |
| Colleague(s): Pace (PI) | |
| 2020 | Research Supplements to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research |
| National Heart Lung and Blood Institute - 3U01HL134004-04S1 | |
| Implementation of Medical Homes for Evidence Based Care of Adolescents and Adults with Sickle Cell Disease | |
| Role: Supplement PI | |
| Colleague(s): Kutlar (PI) and Gibson (Co-PI), | |
| $346,346 | |
| 2020 | South East Health District Evaluation Sub-Award |
| Georgia Health Foundation | |
| Role: Evaluation Contract | |
| $10,000 | |
| 2020 | Student Research Funding |
| Georgia Southern University | |
| Role: PI and Supervisor | |
| $1,000 | |
| 2020 | Student Research Funding |
| Georgia Southern University | |
| Role: PI and Supervisor | |
| $500 | |
| 2017 - 2018 | Adapting a Sickle Cell Curriculum for Future Health Care Providers |
| Meharry Translational Research Center | |
| Role: Project PI | |
| Colleague(s): Adunyah (PI) | |
| $10,000 | |
| 2017 - 2018 | Meharry Vanderbilt Alliance |
| Use of a Multimodal Strategy for Community-Engaged Dissemination of Community Research Needs, Priorities, and Recommendations | |
| Role: Co-PI | |
| Colleague(s): Cunningham-Erves (PI) | |
| $10,000 | |
| 2016 - 2017 | Exploring Patient and Provider Perceptions of Sickle Cell Trait Patient Needs |
| National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences - UL1 TR000445 | |
| Colleague(s): Bernard (PI) | |
| $10,000 | |
| 2016 - 2017 | Raising Community Awareness about the Importance of Sickle Cell Trait Testing |
| Meharry-Vanderbilt Community Engaged Research Core | |
| Role: Consultant | |
| Colleague(s): Scott (PI) | |
| $10,000 | |
| 2015 - 2017 | Trans-Institutional Partnerships |
| Vanderbilt University | |
| Role: Co-I | |
| Colleague(s): Murry (PI) and DeBaun (Co-PI) | |
| $200,000 | |
| 2014 - 2017 | PCORI Contract 1107-VU |
| Eugene Washington PCORI Engagement Award: Tennessee Sickle Cell Disease Network | |
| Role: Co-PI | |
| Colleague(s): Murry (PI) and DeBaun (Co-PI) | |
| $250,000 |
Professional Service and Affiliations
| 2021 - Present | Member, Bulloch County Violence Prevention Task Force | 2021 - Present | President, Faculty Assembly, JPHCOPH, GSU | 2021 - Present | College Alternate, Graduate Committee, GSU | 2021 - Present | Health Chair, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) | 2020 - Present | Chair, Annual Performance Review Committee, GSU | 2020 - Present | President Elect, Faculty Assembly, JPHCOPH, GSU | 2019 - Present | College Representative, Admissions Committee, GSU | 2019 - Present | Partner/Consultant, My Three Sicklers | 2018 - Present | Faculty Preceptor, Area Health Education Center Scholars, GSU | 2017 - Present | Faculty Co-Advisor, Eta Sigma Gamma, GSU | 2015 - Present | Partner/Consultant, Breaking the SSickle Cell Cycle | 2015 - Present | Partner/Consultant, Sickle Cell Foundation of Tennessee | 2018 - 2020 | College Alternate, Graduate Committee, GSU | 2018 - 2020 | College Representative, Student Success Committee, GSU | 2018 - 2020 | Member, Teaching Evaluation Committee, GSU | 2014 - 2015 | Graduate Student Representative, Committee on Diversity and Inclusion, IU | 2014 - 2015 | Graduate Student Representative, Research Committee, IU | 2011 - 2015 | Volunteer/Advocate, Martin Center Sickle Cell Initiative | 2013 - 2014 | Graduate Student Representative, Graduate Studies Grievance Committee, IU | 2013 - 2014 | Board Member, Inaugural School of Public Health Student Government, IU |
Honors and Awards
- Recipient, Marion County Public Health Department Employee Leadership Award (2011)
- Recipient, AmeriCorps VISTA Volunteers in Service to America Education Award (2013)
- Recipient, Indiana University School of Public Health Dissertation Research Award (2014)
- Recipient, Translational Science 2016: Burroughs-Wellcome Fund Trainee Travel Award (2016)
- Recipient, Selected Scholar, 2017-2018 Class, Leading Diverse Scientists to Success Program (2016)
- Recipient, Best in Category, Community-Engaged Research, Sickle Cell Disease Association of America (2017)
- Recipient, Leading Emerging and Diverse Scientists to Success Travel Award (2017)
- Recipient, Best in Category, Community-Engaged Research, Sickle Cell Disease Association of America (2018)
- Recipient, Moment of Recognition, Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (2018)
- Recipient, Journal of Genetic Counseling Best Trainee Paper Award (2020)
- Recipient, Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health Instruction and Mentoring Award (2020)
- Recipient, Research and Discovery & Innovation, University Awards of Excellence (2021-2022)
| 2015 - 2017 | Post-Doctoral Fellowship, Meharry Medical College | |
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| 2015 | Ph.D., Indiana University | |
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| 2012 | M.P.H., Indiana University | |
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| 2010 | M.A., Indiana University | |
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| 2006 | B.A., Butler University | |
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Contact Information
Georgia Southern University
P.O. Box 8015
Phone: (912) 478-2674
Office: Hendricks Hall
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