Tamara Taggart, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor Adjunct of Public Health (Social & Behavioral Sciences)DownloadHi-Res Photo
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Assistant Professor Adjunct of Public Health (Social & Behavioral Sciences)
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Dr. Taggart conducts socioepidemiologic studies to examine the contextual (e.g., neighborhoods and social networks) and cultural (e.g., religiosity, racial identity, and masculinity) determinants of health, and then uses CBPR methods to develop and implement interventions to reduce HIV risk and substance use among racial/ethnic minority and socioeconomically disadvantaged adolescents and emerging adults. Her current work focuses on two areas: (1) Applying a community engaged framework to examine systems level factors associated with PrEP uptake among adolescents; and (2) Utilizing activity space assessments and biopsychosocial models of stress to examine the mechanisms connecting discriminatory neighborhood environments and HIV-related behaviors. Dr. Taggart is an Assistant Professor at George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health.
Last Updated on April 07, 2025.
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- Yale School of Public Health
- Yale-UPR Integrated HIV Basic and Clinical Sciences Initiative
Education & Training
- PhD
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (2016)
- MPH
- Columbia University (2010)
- AB
- Dartmouth College (2003)
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Substance Use, Addiction; Mental Health; HIV/AIDS; Health Equity, Disparities, Social Determinants and Justice; Community Health
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0000-0001-9240-1212
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Yusuf Ransome, MPH, DrPH
Lydia Aoun-Barakat, MD
Michael Virata, MD, FACP, FIDSA
Sheela Shenoi, MD, MPH, FIDSA
18Publications
15Citations
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2026
The Role of Community Health Workers in Tobacco Cessation: A Scoping Review.
Woodruff D, Sawyer S, Taggart T. The Role of Community Health Workers in Tobacco Cessation: A Scoping Review. American Journal Of Health Promotion 2026, 8901171261433812. PMID: 41808606, DOI: 10.1177/08901171261433812.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCommunity health workersSocial determinants of healthTobacco cessationSocial determinantsHealth workersCommunity health workers' engagementProvision of medical therapyDeterminants of healthTobacco cessation programsIntervention characteristicsPsychosocial supportPublic housing residentsScoping ReviewCessation programsMental healthRacial/Ethnic MinoritiesCessation aidsStudy characteristicsCessation outcomesStudy designResultsTwenty studiesPrimary outcomeStudy inclusionDiverse populationsComprehensive programSocial connectedness dimensions are associated with lower psychological distress among middle-aged Black Americans
Hsu Y, Song Z, Villalonga Olives E, Rice B, Taggart T, Williams D, Ransome Y. Social connectedness dimensions are associated with lower psychological distress among middle-aged Black Americans. Journal Of Affective Disorders 2026, 401: 121235. PMID: 41621445, DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2026.121235.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsAssociated with lower psychological distressAssociated with psychological distressNeighborhood social cohesionDimensions of social connectednessLower psychological distressPsychological distressSocial connectednessBlack adultsKessler-6 scalePsychological distress scoresFamily/friend supportKessler-6Distress scoresNeighborhood cohesionFamily supportAmerican adultsBlack American adultsDistressContinuous outcomesSocial cohesionConnectedness dimensionBlack AmericansMultiple dimensionsAdultsSocial integration“In God's Hands”: Qualitative Study of Religion/Spirituality and HIV-Related Intersectional Stigma Among Black Women Living With HIV in Washington, DC
Taggart T, Jones M, Habib M, Price N, Kerr G, Magnus M, Abdullah K. “In God's Hands”: Qualitative Study of Religion/Spirituality and HIV-Related Intersectional Stigma Among Black Women Living With HIV in Washington, DC. Journal Of The Association Of Nurses In AIDS Care 2026, 37: 227-237. PMID: 41505628, DOI: 10.1097/jnc.0000000000000616.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsAdherence to antiretroviral therapyART adherenceIntersectional stigmaQualitative studyCisgender Black womenSemi-structured interviewsHIV epidemicHIV-relatedHIV treatmentStigmaBlack womenBWLWHHIVAdherenceAntiretroviral therapyBlack communityInterviewsSpiritualityGod's handsProtective roleCareWomenIntervention
2025
Measuring the spatial scale of structural racism and discrimination: Consequences for estimated life expectancy
Hipp J, Wang Y, O'Shea N, Faris R, Espelage D, Valido A, Taggart T. Measuring the spatial scale of structural racism and discrimination: Consequences for estimated life expectancy. Social Science & Medicine 2025, 389: 118811. PMID: 41313904, DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2025.118811.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsStructural racism measuresStructural racismRacism measuresNeighborhood blightMeasures of structural racismLife expectancyMeso-levelLow average life expectancyAverage life expectancyBlack-white inequalityResidential segregationPersistent social disparitiesBlack neighborhoodsBlack/White inequalityHousing vacanciesEviction ratesRacial inequalityRacismLiquor storesSocial disparitiesMultilevel linear modelsMacro levelHealth disparitiesNeighborhoodMultilevel interventionsIncreasing equity to mental health treatment by adapting churches as alternative facilities: a location-allocation analysis
Luan H, Song I, Taggart T, Arnold K, Rice B, Ransome Y. Increasing equity to mental health treatment by adapting churches as alternative facilities: a location-allocation analysis. Health & Place 2025, 96: 103580. PMID: 41252805, DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2025.103580.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchBeyond Neighbors: Social Capital and Self-Empowerment Among Older Adults Diagnosed with HIV Late
Chantre C, Vu T, Lee M, Wang M, Girma M, Dunham K, Lin-Schweitzer A, Aoun-Barakat L, Shenoi S, Virata M, Taggart T, Ransome Y. Beyond Neighbors: Social Capital and Self-Empowerment Among Older Adults Diagnosed with HIV Late. AIDS And Behavior 2025, 30: 942-953. PMID: 41175146, DOI: 10.1007/s10461-025-04946-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsParticipants' mean ageOlder peopleQuality of lifeSocial connectednessSelf-empowermentNeighborhood social capitalHIV clinical outcomesChronic disease treatmentHIV stigmaHIV careHIV preventionOlder adultsHIV clinicThematic analysisMedication ratesChronic diseasesStructural interventionsSocial capitalGrounded TheoryAfrican AmericansHIVNew HavenMean ageCareThemesA comparison of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis accessibility by public transit- and drive-time in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, 2024
Luan H, Ransome Y, Taggart T, Chow J, Mancuso N, Grant M, Huang P, Sullivan P. A comparison of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis accessibility by public transit- and drive-time in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, 2024. Health & Place 2025, 96: 103550. PMID: 40986968, DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2025.103550.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsConceptsChallenges to Adolescent Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) Uptake: an Exploration of Black and Latino American Parents’ Beliefs, Attitudes, and Receptivity to PrEP
Albritton T, Coulibaly K, Taggart T, Bartholomew Z, Oridota O, Springer E, Munoz-Laboy M, Pina P. Challenges to Adolescent Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) Uptake: an Exploration of Black and Latino American Parents’ Beliefs, Attitudes, and Receptivity to PrEP. Journal Of Racial And Ethnic Health Disparities 2025, 1-12. PMID: 40779140, DOI: 10.1007/s40615-025-02567-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAltmetricConceptsPrEP uptakeMedical mistrustLack of PrEP awarenessHIV prevention initiativesBackgroundPre-exposure prophylaxisPre-exposure prophylaxisTeen Health ClinicsPrEP awarenessHealth practicesHealth clinicsLatino adolescentsFocus groupsImpact of family factorsPrevention initiativesEmergent themesLatino communitiesPrEPNew York CityFinancial burdenFamily factorsMinoritized communitiesParental beliefsYork CityParental consentAdolescents“Am I Truly Invisible?”: A Qualitative Study on Black Women's Experiences of and Coping With Intersectional Invisibility in Uterine Fibroid Treatment
Malekzadeh A, Zota A, Lyons M, Taggart T. “Am I Truly Invisible?”: A Qualitative Study on Black Women's Experiences of and Coping With Intersectional Invisibility in Uterine Fibroid Treatment. Women's Health Issues 2025, 35: 342-349. PMID: 40628590, PMCID: PMC12243959, DOI: 10.1016/j.whi.2025.05.005.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsConceptsHealth care settingsCare settingsIntersectional invisibilityBlack women's experiencesBlack womenWomen's experiencesThematic analytic approachSocial-structural inequitiesHealth inequalitiesHealth outcomesSocial supportSuperwoman SchemaBlack women’s voicesGendered RacismHealthWomen's voicesObservational researchParticipantsRacismInvisibilitySexismWomenProjection strengthFibroid treatmentInequalityLeveraging U = U in Interventions for Black Women Living With HIV: A Scoping Review and Call To Action
Jones M, Sawyer S, Bowman I, Habib M, Wassertzug D, Taggart T. Leveraging U = U in Interventions for Black Women Living With HIV: A Scoping Review and Call To Action. AIDS And Behavior 2025, 29: 2077-2087. PMID: 40029580, PMCID: PMC12862894, DOI: 10.1007/s10461-025-04670-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetric
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