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Thomas A. LaVeist

Thomas A. LaVeist

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Social Sciences and Humanities

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74
Citations
23406
World Ranking
581
National Ranking
276

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2013 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)

Overview

Thomas A. LaVeist is affiliated with Tulane University in the United States and has contributed extensively to the fields of Medicine and Health Professions. Their research primarily addresses health disparities and outcomes, public health policies and education, food security and health in diverse populations, COVID-19 and healthcare impacts, insect and parasite interactions, allergic rhinitis and sensitization, as well as healthcare policy and management.

LaVeist's work is distributed across several main and subfields of study, including Medicine, Health Professions, General Health Professions, Health, Oncology, Clinical Psychology, and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

Their recent publications include:

  • "The Economic Burden of Racial, Ethnic, and Educational Health Inequities in the US" (2023, JAMA)
  • "Vicarious Racism and Vigilance During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Mental Health Implications Among Asian and Black Americans" (2021, Public Health Reports)
  • "Social determinants of health and premature death among adults in the USA from 1999 to 2018: a national cohort study" (2023, The Lancet Public Health)
  • "Assessment of risk factors, and racial and ethnic differences in hepatocellular carcinoma" (2020, JGH Open)
  • "Church Attendance and Mobility Limitation Among Black and White Men With Prostate Cancer" (2021, American Journal of Men's Health)

Frequent coauthors of LaVeist include A. C. Anderson, Roland J. Thorpe, Brigham Walker, Yixue Shao, and Kevin Callison.

LaVeist's publications appear most often in the following venues:

  • American Journal of Public Health
  • JAMA
  • Health Services Research
  • Public Health Reports
  • The Lancet Public Health

Awards include membership in the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) achieved in 2013.

Best Publications

  • Race and trust in the health care system.

    L. Ebony Boulware;L. Ebony Boulware;Lisa A. Cooper;Lisa A. Cooper;Lloyd E. Ratner;Thomas A. LaVeist

  • Health disparities and health equity: the issue is justice

    Paula Braveman;Shiriki K Kumanyika;Jonathan E. Fielding;Thomas A. LaVeist

  • Attitudes about Racism, Medical Mistrust, and Satisfaction with Care among African American and White Cardiac Patients

    Thomas A. LaVeist;Kim J. Nickerson;Janice V. Bowie

  • Is doctor-patient race concordance associated with greater satisfaction with care?

    Thomas A Laveist;Amani Nuru-Jeter

  • Mistrust of health care organizations is associated with underutilization of health services.

    Thomas A. LaVeist;Lydia A. Isaac;Karen Patricia Williams

  • Beyond dummy variables and sample selection: what health services researchers ought to know about race as a variable.

    T A LaVeist

  • Racial differences in attitudes toward professional mental health care and in the use of services

    M.P.H. Chamberlain Diala Ph.D.;Carles Muntaner M.D.;Christine Walrath;Kim J. Nickerson

  • Health risk and inequitable distribution of liquor stores in African American neighborhood.

    Thomas A LaVeist;John M Wallace

  • Disentangling race and socioeconomic status: a key to understanding health inequalities.

    Thomas A. LaVeist

  • Disparities in Diabetes: The Nexus of Race, Poverty, and Place

    Darrell J. Gaskin;Roland J. Thorpe;Emma E. McGinty;Kelly Bower

  • Segregation, poverty, and empowerment: health consequences for African Americans

    Thomas A. LaVeist

  • The legacy of Tuskegee and trust in medical care: is Tuskegee responsible for race differences in mistrust of medical care?

    Dwayne T Brandon;Lydia A Isaac;Thomas A LaVeist

  • Estimating the economic burden of racial health inequalities in the United States.

    Thomas A LaVeist;Darrell Gaskin;Patrick Richard

  • Minority Populations and Health: An Introduction to Health Disparities in the United States

    Thomas Alexis LaVeist

  • Race/ethnicity, the social environment, and health.

    Marsha Lillie-Blanton;Thomas Laveist

  • Place, Not Race: Disparities Dissipate In Southwest Baltimore When Blacks And Whites Live Under Similar Conditions

    Thomas LaVeist;Keshia Pollack;Roland Thorpe;Ruth Fesahazion

  • Health Inequalities: Trends, Progress, and Policy

    Sara N. Bleich;Marian P. Jarlenski;Caryn N. Bell;Thomas A. LaVeist

  • The Influence of Race and Religion on Abstinence from Alcohol, Cigarettes and Marijuana among Adolescents

    John M. Wallace;Tony N. Brown;Jerald G. Bachman;Thomas A. Laveist

  • Excess Risk of Chronic Kidney Disease among African-American versus White Subjects in the United States: A Population-Based Study of Potential Explanatory Factors

    Michelle E. Tarver-Carr;Neil R. Powe;Mark S. Eberhardt;Thomas A. LaVeist

  • The Association of Doctor-Patient Race Concordance With Health Services Utilization

    Thomas A LaVeist;Amani Nuru-Jeter;Kiesha E Jones

Frequent Co-Authors

Roland J. Thorpe
Roland J. Thorpe Johns Hopkins University
Steven R. Brant
Steven R. Brant Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Judith R. Lave
Judith R. Lave University of Pittsburgh
Roberta B. Ness
Roberta B. Ness The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Jennifer D. Allen
Jennifer D. Allen Tufts University
Gerard F. Anderson
Gerard F. Anderson Johns Hopkins University
Emma E. McGinty
Emma E. McGinty Cornell University
Michele K. Evans
Michele K. Evans National Institutes of Health
Kenneth I. Pargament
Kenneth I. Pargament Bowling Green State University
Dan E. Arking
Dan E. Arking Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

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