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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- PhD
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (2016)
- MPH
- Columbia University (2010)
- AB
- Dartmouth College (2003)
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Community Health; HIV/AIDS; Mental Health; Substance Use, Addiction; Health Equity, Disparities, Social Determinants and Justice
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0000-0001-9240-1212
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Yusuf Ransome, MPH, DrPH
Kate Nyhan, MLS
Lydia Aoun-Barakat, MD
Michael Virata, MD, FACP, FIDSA
Sheela Shenoi, MD, MPH, FIDSA
Yu-Tien Hsu
20Publications
36Citations
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2026
Developing and assessing acceptability of a shared decision-making tool for selecting among HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis options in the United States of America
Davis W, Mantsios A, Metzner A, Talan A, Kwait J, Rodriguez H, Karver T, Wilhite D, Barker S, Suarez A, Fernandez R, Rodriguez-Diaz C, Taggart T, Oglesby A, Wohl D, Barrington C, Kerrigan D. Developing and assessing acceptability of a shared decision-making tool for selecting among HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis options in the United States of America. PLOS Global Public Health 2026, 6: e0005557. PMID: 42154727, PMCID: PMC13186337, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0005557.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAltmetricAdverse Childhood Experiences and Behaviors Associated with HIV Acquisition Among Adult Sexual Minority Men in the United States.
Jones M, Erenrich R, Taggart T, Talan A, Rendina H. Adverse Childhood Experiences and Behaviors Associated with HIV Acquisition Among Adult Sexual Minority Men in the United States. JAIDS Journal Of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes 2026 PMID: 41916263, DOI: 10.1097/qai.0000000000003875.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSystems-Level Interventions to Disrupt Structural Racism and Improve Black Adolescent Health Outcomes: A Scoping Review
Taggart T, Sawyer S, Mitchell C, Ekanayake-Weber M, Faris R, O’Shea N, Robinson L, Woodard B, Lin W, Xu Y, Gao Y, Nyhan K, Espelage D. Systems-Level Interventions to Disrupt Structural Racism and Improve Black Adolescent Health Outcomes: A Scoping Review. Societies 2026, 16: 112. PMID: 42239663, PMCID: PMC13229574, DOI: 10.3390/soc16040112.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchThe 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 Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsSocial 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, PMCID: PMC13082441, DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2026.121235.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitations“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, PMCID: PMC13081004, DOI: 10.1097/jnc.0000000000000616.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
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, PMCID: PMC13235801, DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2025.118811.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricIncreasing 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, PMCID: PMC13261566, DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2025.103580.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsBeyond 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 ResearchCommunity-controlled research for disruption-resilient partnerships
Taggart T. Community-controlled research for disruption-resilient partnerships. The Lancet 2025, 406: 2216-2217. PMID: 41206160, DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(25)01952-x.Commentaries, Editorials and LettersCitations
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