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Jeanette Gustat serves as Associate Professor and Director of the MPH Program in Epidemiology at Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, additionally co-directing the Tulane University Diversity in Translation and Implementation Research in Cardiovascular Disease program. Her research examines behavioral and environmental impacts on health outcomes with emphasis on physical inactivity, obesity, and cardiovascular risk factors.
Education
- PhD, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine
- MPH, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine
- BA, Valparaiso University
Her research program integrates chronic disease epidemiology with investigations into physical activity and obesity determinants across social, built environment, and policy domains. She actively addresses health disparities through community-engaged research and policy analysis, particularly examining how environmental factors shape population health outcomes in cardiovascular disease contexts.
Honors and Awards
- Excellence in Teaching Award, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine (2013)
- Research Seed Grant Award - US Play Coalition (2013)
- Young Faculty Research Award, American Federation for Medical Research/Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (2000-2002)
- Election to National Prevention Research Centers' Research and Evaluation Committee
- Chair, Delta Omega, Eta Chapter
Dr. Gustat has secured major funding from NIH, CDC, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Greater New Orleans Foundation, and Tulane Center for Public Service. She directs core epidemiology methods courses while teaching undergraduate nutrition/chronic disease and graduate-level epidemiology courses. Her community partnerships have produced physical activity interventions in New Orleans neighborhoods.
She co-investigates the Tulane Prevention Research Center and Bogalusa Heart Study, participates in CDC's Physical Activity Policy Research Network, and chairs the Equity Scorecard Committee within Tulane's Anti-racism Taskforce.
