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photo Gretchen E White, PhD

General Internal Medicine

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Email: gew22@pitt.edu

Phone: 412-246-6959

Contact
Office: 200 Meyran Ave
Suite 300
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
 
Phone: 412-246-6959
Fax:
E-mail: gew22@pitt.edu
Education and Training
Education
BA, Providence College, 2006
MPH, Drexel Dornsife School of Public Health, 2009
PhD, University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, 2018
Research Interest
Dr. White’s research is diverse and spans the topics of bariatric surgery outcomes, obesity, alcohol use, substance use, and occupational lung disease. She has an overarching interest in epidemiological methods, particularly those related to the design, conduct, and analysis of observational studies, clinical trials, and complex surveys. Dr. White has worked as an epidemiologist for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, as an analyst for the Epidemiological Data Center in the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, as a Senior Research Analyst providing technical and statistical expertise in the Department of Surgery at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, and as a Project Scientist on multiple randomized controlled trials in the Institute for Clinical Research Education at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Dr. White has published over 30 peer-reviewed articles in well-respected, high-impact journals.
Educational Interest
Dr. White is involved in teaching courses in the ICRE related to clinical research methods and medical writing.
Publications
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Notable Achievements
Delta Omega, 2019
Evelyn H Wei Scholarship Award, 2018
University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health Dean's Day Departmental Award, 2016
Integrated Health Research Award, first place, 33rd annual meeting ofthe American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery, 2016
Two papers ranked as Top Ten Papers,33rd Annual Meeting of the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery, 2016
NIOSH Director’s Diversity Awards, 2013
Drexel University School of Public Health Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics Community Based Master’s Project Poster Award, 2009