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CURRICULUM VITAE
January 2018
Sarah Gehlert
117 Silver Wing Drive
West Columbia, SC 29169
EDUCATION
1991 Ph.D., Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, major in Social Work.
1982 M.S.W., University of Missouri-Columbia.
1979 M.A., University of Missouri-Columbia, Biological Anthropology.
1971 B.A., Southern Illinois University, major in Anthropology, minor in Zoology.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Health disparities
Women’s health and mental health
Adaptation to illness and traumatic injury
Community-based participatory research
Transdisciplinary research and team science
Gene and environment interactions
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2017-present Dean and University of South Carolina Educational Foundation Distinguished
Professor, College of Social Work, the University of South Carolina.
2017-present E. Desmond Lee Professor of Racial and Ethnic Diversity Emerita, George Warren
Brown School of Social Work, and Professor Emerita, Department of Surgery,
School of Medicine, Washington University in St. Louis.
2009-2017 E. Desmond Lee Professor of Racial and Ethnic Diversity, George Warren Brown
School of Social Work, and Professor, Department of Surgery, School of Medicine,
Washington University in St. Louis.
2011-2017 Co-Chair, Prevention and Control Program, the Alvin J. Siteman Comprehensive
Cancer Center, Washington University in St. Louis.
2016-2017 Senior Advisor, Center for Community Health and Partnerships, Institute for
Public Health, Washington University in St. Louis (merged with Center for
Community Engaged Research, see below).
2011-2016 Director, Center for Community Engaged Research, Institutes for Clinical and
Translational Sciences (a CTSA), Washington University in St. Louis.
2013-2015 Co-Director, Center for Community Health and Partnerships, Institute for Public
Health, Washington University in St. Louis (merged with Center for Community
Engaged Research).
2009-present Member (CCSG), Alvin J. Siteman Comprehensive Cancer Center, Washington
University in St. Louis.
1991-2009 Faculty, School of Social Service Administration, the University of Chicago
(Assistant Professor, 1991-1998, Associate Professor with tenure, 1998-2006,
Professor, 2006-2007, Helen Ross Endowed Professor, 2007-2009).
2003-2009 Director, University of Chicago Center for Interdisciplinary Health Disparities
Research.
2007-2009 Associate Director, University of Chicago Institute for Translational Medicine (a
CTSA).
2003-2007 Deputy Dean for Research, School of Social Service Administration, the University
of Chicago.
2003-2009 Professor, Department of Comparative Human Development, and the Institute for
Mind and Biology, the University of Chicago.
1991-2009 Senior Faculty, Center for Health Administration Studies and the Graduate
Program in Health Administration and Policy, and Member, the University of
Chicago Cancer Research Center.
1992-1998 Director, Maternal Child Health Training Program, the University of Chicago.
1989-1991 Project Director, AIDS Prevention in Adolescents Project, Washington University in
St. Louis (funded by the National Institute of Mental Health).
1990-1991 Field Instructor, George Warren Brown School of Social Work, Washington
University in St. Louis.
1989-1991 Teaching Fellow, George Warren Brown School of Social Work, Washington
University in St. Louis; Adjunct Assistant Professor, School of Social Work,
University of Missouri-Columbia.
1989 Teaching Assistant, George Warren Brown School of Social Work, Washington
University in St. Louis.
1988-1991 Research Associate, Department of Neurology, University of Missouri Health
Sciences Center, Columbia, Missouri.
1987-1988 Field Instructor, School of Social Work, University of Missouri-Columbia.
1985-1988 Coordinator, Epilepsy, Alzheimer’s, and Mental Retardation Programs,
Department of Neurology, University of Missouri Health Sciences Center,
Columbia, Missouri.
1984-1988 Coordinator, Parkinson’s Disease Information and Referral Service, University of
Missouri Health Sciences Center, Columbia, Missouri
1984-1985 Social Worker, Rehabilitation Unit, Deaconess Hospital, St. Louis.
1982-1984 Social Worker, Rusk Rehabilitation Center and the Departments of Neurology,
Child Health, and Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Missouri Hospital and
Clinics, Columbia, Missouri.
1981-1982 Program Evaluator, City of Columbia, Missouri.
1981-1988 Social Worker, Department of Child Health, University of Missouri Hospital and
Clinics, Columbia, Missouri (M.S.W. field placement).
1976-1977 Instructor, Department of Anthropology, Universidad Nacional Major de San
Marcos, Lima, Peru.
COURSES TAUGHT
Maternal and Child Health Research Seminar, 1996-1997
Social Work Interventions in Health Care Settings, 1994-1995
Social Intervention: Direct Practice, 1992-1993, 2002-2003
Social Intervention: Research and Evaluation, 1992-1993, 1995-1997, 1998-2001, 2004-2005, 2007-
2008
Social Work Issues in Health Care, 1992-1997, 2002-2004
Advanced Clinical Research, 1992-1994, 1999-2000
Treatment Evaluation, 1992
Clinical Research and Evaluation, 1990-1991
Analysis of Practice, 1989-1991
Health Policies and Programs: Physical Health, 1989
Health Promotion Economics (team taught across disciplines), 2005-2006
Dissertation Proposal Seminar, 2006-2007, 2008-2009
Cross-Cutting Themes in Public Health, 2009-2011
Principles of Clinical Intervention in Health, 2011-2013
Medical Terminology and Medical Communication, 2014-2016
Social Work Practice and Services in Health Care, 2014-2017
ADVISORY COMMITTEES AND OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
2017-2020 President, American Association of Social Work and Social Welfare.
2017-2020 Steering Committee, Grand Challenges for Social Work.
2017-2020 Member, Social Work Leadership Roundtable.
2016-2021 Member, Council for Extramural Grants, American Cancer Society, Atlanta.
2016-2019 Editor, Encyclopedia of Social Work.
2016-present Member, Steering Committee, California Breast Cancer Research Program.
2015-2017 Member, Expert Panel for the OBSSR Strategic Plan, Office of Behavioral and
Social Science Research, Office of the Director, National Institutes of Health,
Bethesda, Maryland.
2015-present External Advisory Board, RoBUST (Researchers of Biobehavioral Health in Urban
Settings Today) Program, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan.
2015-2017 Member, Advisory Committee, Human Research Protections Office, Washington
University.
2015 Chair, Quadrennial Review, Social and Behavioral Research Branch, National
Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health.
2015-2017 Member, Expert panel (Paradigm II Project) to develop multi-level model breast
cancer risk, (UCSF, Robert Hiatt, Principal Investigator). Funded by the California
Breast Cancer Research Program.
2012-2014 Member, Board of Directors, American Academy of Social Work and Social
Welfare (Chair Nomination and Election Committee, 2013 and 2014).
2014-present Secretary [2014-2017] and Executive Committee member, Board of Directors,
American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare.
2014-2017 Member, Review Committee KL2 Career Development Award, Washington
University.
2014 Guest editor, supplement to the American Journal of Preventive Medicine entitled,
“Opportunities for Cancer Prevention during Midlife” (46[3]), S1).
2014-2019 Member, editorial board, Race and Social Problems.
2014 National Advisory Committee, Social Work and The Affordable Care Act:
Maximizing the Profession’s Impact of Health Reform, sponsored by the Society
for Social Work and Research, Center for Health Administration and Policy,
the University of Chicago, College of Social Work, the University of South Carolina,
and George Warren Brown School of Social Work, Washington University in St.
Louis.
2014 Chair, Review Committee, New Paradigm/Ecological Model of Breast Cancer
Causation and Prevention, California Breast Cancer Research Program.
2013 Faculty, American Society of Clinical Oncology University, Cultural Competence
for Cancer Caregivers (slide-based on-line course for oncologists).
2013-2017 CCSG Member, Membership Committee, Siteman Cancer Center, Washington
University.
2013-2017 Steering Committee, Washington University Climate Change Initiative. (Dr. Peter
Raven, Chair).
2013-2015 Chair, Peer Review Committee on Oncology Social Work Training, American
Cancer Society.
2012-2017 Strategy Advisor, California Breast Cancer Research Program, California Breast
Cancer Prevention Initiatives (Population Health and Health Disparities Special
Research Initiatives).
2012-present Co-Editor-in-Chief, Transdisciplinary Journal of Engineering and Science.
2012-present Editorial Board, KOME (Hungarian Communication Studies Association).
2012-2015 External Advisory Board, University of Minnesota Clinical and Translational
Sciences Institute (Clinical Translational Science Award/CTSA).
2012-2014 Chair, Promotion and Tenure Committee, George Warren Brown School of Social Work
2013-present Grant reviewer, Health Research Board, Ireland.
2012-present Grant Reviewer, Marie Curie Cancer Care, London.
2012-2016 External Advisory Board, University of Minnesota Clinical and Translational
Science Institute (CTSA).
2011-2015 External Advisory Board, University of Kentucky Clinical and Translational
Sciences Institute (a CTSA).
2011 Chair, Quadrennial Review, Social and Behavioral Research Branch, National
Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health (NIH).
2010-2015 Board of Scientific Counselors, National Human Genome Research Institute,
National Institutes of Health (NIH) (appointment extended to 2016).
2010-2014 Co-Chair, Population Health Consortium Working Group, Office of Behavioral and
Social Science Research, the National Institutes for Health.
2010-2017 Executive Committee, Washington University in St. Louis Institute of Clinical and
Translational Science (Clinical Translational Science Award/CTSA).
2010-2014 Board of Directors, the Independence Center, St. Louis, Missouri.
2010-present Editorial Board, Health & Social Work.
2009-2017 Faculty Advisory Council, Institute for Public Health, Washington University in
St. Louis.
2009-2012 Advisory Panel, Inclusion Institute for Healthcare, the National Conference for
Community and Justice of Metropolitan St. Louis.
2009-2011 Advisory Board, Our Community, Our Health, Washington University in St. Louis
and St. Louis University.
2009-2016 External Advisory Board, Social Service Research.
2009 Designated Reviewer, Committee on Promotions and Tenure, Department of
Medicine, the University of Chicago.
2009 Chair, 2009 NIH Summer Institute, Community-Based Participatory Research
Targeting Medically Underserved Populations, New Orleans, LA.
2009 Selection Committee, Provost Career Enhancement Postdoctoral Scholarship
Program, the University of Chicago.
2009 Reviewer, Ohio Cancer Research Associates.
2009 Reviewer, Special Emphasis Panel, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, NIH.
2008-2009 Member, Committee on Clinical and Translational Science, the University of Chicago.
2008-2013 National Clinical Advisory Board, Humana Cares.
2008-2010 Board of Scientific Advisors, Center for Advancing Research and Communication
in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (ARC), National Opinion
Research Center (NORC).
2008-2009 Chair, Review Committee, New Paradigm/Ecological Model of Breast Cancer
Causation and Prevention, California Breast Cancer Research Program.
2008-2010 Mt. Sinai Social Work Clinical Practice Research Advisory Group, Mt. Sinai School
of Medicine, New York.
2008-2011 Board of Advisors, Oxford Bibliographies Online.
2008-2010 President, Society for Social Work and Research.
2008-2009 Chair, Steering Committee, Centers for Population Health and Health Disparities
Initiative, NIH.
2008-2009 Committee on Intellectual Property, the University of Chicago.
2009-2014 Chartered Member, Scientific Review Panel, Center for Scientific Review,
Community-Level Health Promotion Study Section, NIH.
2007 Chair, 2007 NIH Summer Institute, The Design and Development of Community-
Based Participatory Research in Health, Chicago, IL.
2007-2010 The Triple Helix Faculty Review Board (international student journal on science,
society, law).
2007-2009 Co-Chair, Executive Committee, the University of Chicago Program for Health
Disparities Research and Training.
2006-2011 Editorial Board, Research in Social Work Practice.
2006-2010 Chicago Breast Cancer Mortality Reduction Task Force.
2006-2008 Strategy Team, Special Research Initiatives, California Breast Cancer Research
Program.
2006-2009 External Advisory Board, Specialized Program of Research Excellence (SPORE) in
Breast Cancer, the University of Chicago.
2006-2007 Multidisciplinary Advisory Board, Prenatal Care: Wise or Wasteful? RWJ Health
Policy Investigators Award, Pritzker School of Medicine, the University of Chicago.
2006 External Reviewer, Quadrennial Review and Site Visit, Social and Behavioral
Research Branch, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes
of Health.
2005-2008 Executive Committee, Institute for Mind and Biology, the University of Chicago
(Space Committee, 2006-2010).
2005-2009 Member, Internal Advisory Committee, University of Chicago Cancer Research
Center.
2005-2006 Member, Search Committee, Associate Director for Cancer Prevention and
Population Science, University of Chicago Cancer Research Center.
2004-2007 Member, Executive Committee, the Chicago Center of Excellence in Health
Promotion Economics.
2004-2007 Multidisciplinary Advisory Committee, Novel Pain Assessment and Intervention
Network, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago.
2004-2009 Steering Committee, Community Health and Health Disparities Initiative, NIH (Co-
Chair, 2007-2008; Liaison, Evaluation Working Group, 2004-present).
2004-2005 Vice-President, the Society for Social Work Research (Vice-President Elect, 2003-
2004).
2004-2005 Dean’s Search Committee, School of Social Service Administration, University of
Chicago (elected).
2004-present Ad hoc Extramural Reviewer, National Institute for Mental Health (Special
Emphasis Panel SBIR/STTR in 2004, LRP Program in 2005, 2006, and 2009, and
ZMH1 ERB-M [C3] in 2005 and 2006); National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
(Special Emphasis Panel ZRG1 PSE A 02 M in 2009); National Institute of
Environmental Health Sciences/ National Cancer Institute (Special Emphasis Panel
ZES1 LKB-V [02] 2 [U01] in 2010); National Center for Minority Health and Health
Disparities (Panel to Review Revision Applications to Support Comparative
Effectiveness Research for Eliminating Disparities [ZMD1 PA 06] in 2010); Center
for Scientific Review, Special Emphasis Panel, Health of the Population (HOP)
Integrated Review Group in 2010; Stage 1 Reviewer, Recovery Act Limited
Competition: NIH Director’s Office Opportunity for Research in Three Thematic
Areas (RC4) in 2010; Nursing and Related Clinical Sciences Study Section in 2010
and 2011, Health Disparities and Equity Promotion Study Section, 2011, Special
CSR panel to check consistency across scientific review panels, 2013, R15 study
section, 2016 and 2017, ZMD1 MLS NIMHD Special Emphasis Panel, NIMHD
Research Centers in Minority Institutions (U54) .
2003-2007 National Research Advisory Council, Professional Advisory Board, the Epilepsy
Foundation of America.
2003-2014 Consulting Editor, Social Work Research.
2002-2003 Reviewer, Research Grants Program, Epilepsy Foundation of America.
1999-2003 Committee on Psychosocial Issues in Epilepsy, International League Against
Epilepsy.
1999-2008 Faculty Advisor, The Albert Schweitzer Fellowship Program (Kirsten Jennings,
SSA, 1999-2000; Michael Mendoza, the Pritzker School of Medicine, 2000-2001;
Kimya Barden, SSA, 2003-2004; Chastity Rolling, SSA, 2007-2008).
1996-2008 Corresponding Committee, Council on Social Work Education.
1996-2000 Consulting Editor, Social Work.
1995-2000 Secretary, Board of Directors, American Cancer Society-Chicago South Area.
1995-2002 International Task Force on Social Work and Epilepsy.
1994-present Steering Committee, Washington Park Children’s Free Clinic, the Pritzker School
of Medicine, the University of Chicago.
1998-1999 Chair, Clinical Faculty, School of Social Service Administration, the University of
Chicago.
1993-2003 Task Force, Family Support Program, the University of Chicago.
1993-1995 Program Chair, Social Work Section, American Public Health Association.
1992-2009 Professional Advisory Board, Epilepsy Foundation of Greater Chicago.
1992-2004 Faculty Search Committee, School of Social Service Administration, the University
of Chicago (Chair, 1998-1999, 2002-2003).
1991-2009 Internal review board, Social Service Review.
1991-present Ad hoc reviewer, Journal of General Internal Medicine, Archives of Obstetrics and
Gynecology, Psychiatry Research, Health Affairs, Epilepsy Research, Journal of Social
Science Research, Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society, Journal of
Clinical Epidemiology, Health & Social Work, BMC Complementary and Alternative
Medicine, Quality of Life Research, Clinical Cancer Research, Journal of Adolescent
Health, Children and Youth Services Review, Journal of Healthcare for the Poor and
Underserved, Psychology and Health, Rivista Tumori [Italy], Social Science and
Medicine, Cancer, Comprehensive Clinical Trials, Journal of Health Disparities
Research and Practice, Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, Progress in
Community Health Partnerships: Research, Education, and Action, and Genome
Medicine, the Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology, Journal of the National Medical
Association.
1990-1999 Reviewer, Research Grant Program, American Association of Spinal Cord Injury
Psychologists and Social Workers.
AWARDS
2015-2017 Neighborhood Significance in Breast Cancer Mortality among West African
Immigrants in Paris, France, Public Health Cubed (PH3) Grant, Institute for Public
Health, Washington University (Co-Principal Investigator)
2015 Converting County Health rankings to Zip Code in Missouri, County Health
Ranking Research Grant, Robert Wood Johnson and the University of Wisconsin
Population Health Institute (Senior Advisor to E. Nagasako, Principal Investigator)
2015 Intersection Issues of Structural Injustice, Inequalities, and Interpersonal Violence,
BYOI grant, Provost’s Fund, Washington University (Co-Investigator)
2014 The Invisible Woman: Helping Very Low SES Women in North St. Louis Obtain
Lymphedema Services and Support, grant from Siteman Cancer Center (Principal
Investigator)
2014 Implementation of Patient Navigation in Rural Areas after an Abnormal
Mammogram, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health (Co-
Investigator) (R21 CA181684-01)
2013 Specialized Program of Research Excellence (SPORE) in Leukemia, National Cancer
Institute, National Institutes of Health (Co-Investigator) (1 P50 CA171963-01A1)
2013 Inflammation Markers and Body Mass Index in Breast Cancer, sub-contract from
the University of Pennsylvania Cross-TREC (Subcontract Principal Investigator)
(U54 CA 155496 Cross-Site Developmental Award)
2012 Towards a Comparative Study of Breast Cancer in West African Immigrant
Populations, Provost’s Fund, Washington University in St. Louis (Co-Principal
Investigator)
2012 Breast Cancer Patient Navigator Program, awarded by The Susan G. Komen Breast
Cancer Foundation, Inc. (Principal Investigator)
2012 Supplement to the CTSA from the National Center for Research Resources,
National Institutes of Health to Michigan Institute for Clinical and Health Research
(MICHR) entitled, “Development of a Nationally Implementable, Locally
Deliverable Human Research Participants Training Workshop for Community-
Based Researchers, Collaborators and Staff” (Subcontract: Site PI: Dr. Shanley,
University of Michigan, PI)(UL1 TR000 448 CTSA Supplement Award)
2011 Communicating Multifactorial Genetic Risks to Underserved Populations: A
Mentored Research Scholar Grant, awarded by The American Cancer Society
(Mentor)
2011 Transdisciplinary Research on Energetics and Cancer (TREC): A Multilevel
Approach to Energy Balance and Cancer across the Lifecourse, funded by the
National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health (Co-Principal Investigator)
(U54 CA 155496)
2011 A Community-Based Participatory Approach to Improving Breast Cancer Services
for African-American Women Living in St. Louis, Missouri, Awarded by The Susan
G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, Inc. (Principal Investigator)
2011 Community Input to Reduce Disparities in Outcomes for Children with Asthma,
Clinical and Translational Research Funding Program, Barnes Jewish Hospital and
Washington University Institute of Clinical and Translational Sciences, CTSA (Co-
Investigator, Dr. Garbutt, PI) (KL2 Award UL1 TR000 448)
2011 Clinical and Translational Science Award from the National Center for Research
Resources, National Institutes of Health, Washington University (Director,
Community Engagement Core, Institute for Translational Medicine and Executive
Committee)(UL1 TR000 448)
2010 The Program for the Elimination of Cancer Disparities (PECaD) in the Siteman
Cancer Center, funded by the National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of
Health (Co-Investigator)(U54 CA 153460)
2010 Administrative supplement from the National Cancer Institute, Centers for
Population Health and Health Disparities (subcontract PI; T. Rebbeck, PI)(P50
ES012383 Cross-Center Developmental Award)
2009 ARRA supplemental funds from the National Cancer Institute for two projects for
the Center for Interdisciplinary Health Disparities Research (P50 ESO12383)
2008 Supplement to the CTSA from the National Center for Research Resources,
National Institutes of Health entitled, “360 Degrees of Human Subjects Protection in
Community-Based participatory Research” (Co-Principal Investigator with Dr.
Lainie Ross)(CTSA Supplement UL1 TR000 430)
2008 Award from the Association for the Association for Prevention Teaching and
Research to plan and execute the Northern Midwest Community Engagement
CTSA Workshop (Principal Investigator)(CTSA Supplement)
2007 Clinical and Translational Science Award from the National Center for Research
Resources, National Institutes of Health, The University of Chicago (Associate
Director, Institute for Translational Medicine and Co-Chair, Community
Cluster)(UL1 TR000 430)
2007 The National Children’s Study, funded by the National Institute for Child Health
and Development, National Institutes of Health (Investigator, Chicago Study Team)
2007 Pilot grant from the RWJ Foundation for a study entitled, “Understanding Racial
Disparities in the Receipt of Adjuvant and Chemotherapy for Breast, Colon, and
Lung Cancer (Co-Principal Investigator with Dr. Blase Polite)
2006-2008 Research grant from the National Cancer Institute to direct an eight-center study of
data from the Population Health and Health Disparities initiative entitled “Social
Isolation, Stress, and Aggressiveness of Cancer” (Principal Investigator)
2006 Pilot grant from the Center for Health Administration Studies (the University of
Chicago) for a study entitled, “Understanding Racial Disparities in the Receipt of
Adjuvant and Chemotherapy for Breast, Colon, and Lung Cancer (Co-Principal
Investigator with Dr. Blase Polite)
2004-2007 Research grant from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention to Establish the
Chicago Center of Excellence in Health Promotion Economics (Co-Principal
Investigator with Dr. David Meltzer and Leader, Health Disparities and
Neighborhoods Core)(P30 CDC)
2003-2009 Research grant from the National Institutes of Health to establish the University of
Chicago Center for Interdisciplinary Health Disparities Research (Principal
Investigator and Director; P50 ES012382)
2003-2009 Research grant from the National Institutes of Health for a community based
participatory research study, entitled “Social Environment, Stress, and Health”
(Project Leader; P50 ES012382)
2001-2015 National Institutes of Health/National Cancer Institute, Cancer Center Support
Grant (Co-Program Leader; 5 P30 CA091842-13)
1997-2001 Research grant from the National Institutes of Mental Health for an epidemiological
study entitled, “The Prevalence of Premenstrual Disorder” (Principal Investigator;
1 R10 MH55226-01A2)
1996-1997 Research grant from the Sarah Jane Lind Fund, the University of Chicago for a
qualitative study entitled, “Ethnic Differences in the Psychosocial Outcomes of
Epilepsy” (Principal Investigator)
1993-1996 Research grant from the American Epilepsy Society/Epilepsy Foundation of
America for a study entitled “The Impact of Cognitive Restructuring on Pessimistic
Attributional Style in Adults with Epilepsy” (Principal Investigator)
1993-1994 Grant from the Home Health Care Research Grant Committee, Pritzker School of
Medicine, the University of Chicago for a study entitled “The Prevalence of Late
Luteal Phase Dysphoric Disorder: A Pilot Study” (Principal Investigator)
1993-1994 Research grant from the Public Research Action Group, Loyola University Chicago
for a study entitled “The New Integration: Pregnancy, STD, and HIV Prevention
Education and Services” (Principal Investigator)
1992-1997 Grant from the Maternal and Child Health Bureau of the United States Public
Health Service designating the School of Social Service Administration as a
Maternal and Child Health Training Center (Principal Investigator and Director)
1990-1991 Behavioral Sciences Student Fellowship, Epilepsy Foundation of America (Principal
Investigator; included funding for dissertation research)
1988-1990 University Fellowship, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Washington
University, St. Louis, Missouri
1980-1981 Title XX Stipend, School of Social Work, University of Missouri-Columbia
1977 Ford Foundation Grant for support of investigations of Inca demography, Lima,
Peru (Principal Investigator)
HONORS
2016 Presenter selected to represent the National Cancer Institute at the Inaugural
National Institutes of Health Behavioral and Social Sciences Research Festival,
Bethesda MD, December 2, 2016, “Transdisciplinary Research and Translating
Obesity Research to Practice."
2015 Helen Rehr Memorial Lecturer, Mt. Sinai Hospital, New York
2014 Rock Doc, Siteman Comprehensive Cancer Center, Washington
University
2014 Basarab Nicolescu Transdisciplinary Science & Engineering Award, Academy
of Transdisciplinary Learning and Advanced Studies (presented in Taichung,
Taiwan)
2013 Fellow, Society for Social Work & Research
2013 Distinguished Faculty Award, the George Warren Brown School of Social Work,
Washington University
2012 Fellow, the Academy of Transdisciplinary Learning & Advanced Studies
2010 Fellow, American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare
2009 Richard Lodge Prize, Adelphi University
2007 University-Wide Faculty/Alumni Award, University of Missouri
2007 Distinguished Service Award, College of Human Environmental Sciences,
University of Missouri-Columbia
2007 You’ve Made a Difference Award, Youth Unshackled Ministries, Chicago, Illinois
1999 Excellence in Caring Award, International Society for Social Work and Epilepsy
1985 Outstanding Achievement Award, American Parkinsons Disease Association
SELECTED INVITED PRESENTATIONS
2018 Speaker, Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL, April 12, 2018, “Working on
Transdisciplinary Teams in Cancer Research.”
2018 Keynote speaker, Integrated Health Interprofessional Education, University of
Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, March 20, 2018, “Understanding Epigenetics: When the
Environment Gets Under the Skin.”
2017 Faculty and provocateur, National Cancer Institute and Cancer Research U.K.,
Knowledge Integration Sandpit, April 24 and 25, 2017, Potomac, MD, “Developing
a Mental Model.”
2017 Discussant, American Society of Preventive Oncology (ASPO) Annual Meeting,
“The TREC Initiative: Building Transdisciplinary Science with Animals, Biology
and Public Health,” March 12, 2017, Seattle, WA, “The Whole is Greater than the
Sum of the Parts: Lessons Learned from TREC.”
2017 Keynote speaker, “The Future of Informed Consent in Research and Translational
Medicine: A Century of Law, Ethics & Innovation,” March 9, 2017, Minneapolis,
MN. “Frontiers Issues in Seeking Informed Consent in Engaged and Community-
Based Participatory Research.”
2016 Invited speaker representing the National Cancer Institute, NIH Inaugural
Behavioral and Social Sciences Research Festival, December 2, 2016, Bethesda, MD,
“Toward a Modern Science of Obesity at Washington University: How We Do it
and What is the Payoff?”
2016 Speaker, Genomics and Medicine Series, CRISPR-Cas9 Bioethics Roundtable
Discussion, November 16, 2016, Washington University, “Effects of Gene Editing on
Society.”
2016 Moderator, National Institute for Minority Health and Health Disparities/National
Human Genome Institute, “Use of Race and Ethnicity in Genomic and Biomedical
Research,” October 24 and 25, 2016, Rockville, Maryland, “What is the
Appropriate Use of SIRE and Genetic Ancestry Markers in Minority Health
Research and Health Disparities Research?”
2016 Lecturer, National Cancer Institute Cancer Prevention Fellowship Program’s
Cancer Prevention and Control Colloquium Series, May 31, 2016, Rockville, MD,
“The Effect of Social Influences on African-American Breast Cancer Patients.”
2016 Keynote speaker, Quick Start Program, California Breast Cancer Research
Program, April, 2016, San Francisco, “Social Influences on Breast Cancer.”
2016 Invited debate speaker, TREC Annual Scientific Meeting, April, 2016, “Debate on
the Potential of the Precision Medicine Initiative to Reduce the Nation’s Health
Disparities: A “Grey Skies” Perspective,” NIH, Washington DC.
2016 Faculty, Preconference Course: Precision Behavioral Medicine in Cancer:
Personalization Across the Cancer Care Continuum, Society of Behavioral
Medicine: 37th Annual Meeting, March, 2016, Washington DC.
2016 Keynote speaker, Annual Meeting, California Breast Cancer Research Program,
March, 2016, San Francisco, “Dissecting Breast Cancer Causation.”
2016 Guest speaker, Breast Cancer Disparities Course, Department of Medicine,
University of Chicago, March, 2016, “Effect of Social Influences on African-
American Breast Cancer Patients.”
2015 Invited speaker and moderator, AACR Conference: Science of Cancer Health
Disparities in Racial/Ethnic Minorities, November, 2015, Atlanta, “Forum of
Precision Medicine: Unique Opportunities and Challenges for Cancer Disparities
Research.”
2015 Helen Rehr Memorial Speaker, Mt. Sinai Hospital, New York, November, 2015,
“Maximizing the Social Work Role in Health Care Reform: Getting from Here to
There.”
2015 Keynote speaker, International Transdisciplinary Conference 2015/9th Annual
European Congress on Tropical Medicine and International Health, Basel,
“Transdisciplinary Research and Scientific Discovery: Lessons Learned from the
US Transdisciplinary Research Initiatives in Cancer” and Moderator, “Health,
Sustainability, and Transdisciplinarity.”
2015 Expert panelist, August 2015, Academy of Science, An Evening with the
Experts: DNA, Personalized Medicine, and You! St. Louis, “Liberty and Justice for
All? Precision Medicine Initiatives Impact and Health Disparities.”
2015 Invited speaker, July 2015, National Institutes of Health, Advisory Committee to
the Director (ACD), Precision Medicine Initiative Working Group Meeting,
Bethesda, “Inclusion and Engagement Goals Related to Health Equity.”
2015 Keynote speaker, July 2015, Shanghai International Medical (Health) Social Work
Conference, Shanghai, China, “Social Work in Health Care: Adapting to Social
Change Over Time.”
2105 Closing panelist, June 2015, National Institutes of Health, Science of Team Science
(SciTS) 2015 Conference, Bethesda, “The Future of Team Science: Setting a Course
for Future SciTS Research and Practice.”
2015 Invited speaker, May 2015, Annual Retreat, Breast Cancer Research Program,
Siteman Cancer Center, Washington University, St. Louis, “A Multi-Level Model of
Breast Cancer Disparities in St. Louis.”
2015 NCI-sponsored invited speaker, April 2015, Annual Meeting of the American
Association of Cancer Research, Philadelphia, “Resources for Achieving Truly
Transdisciplinary Science: Current Models for NCI-Funded Initiatives”
2015 Invited special session speaker (with S. Conzen and M. McClintock), March 2015,
Annual Meeting of the American Psychosomatic Society, Savannah,
“Transdisciplinary Approaches to Targeting Health Disparities: Linking Upstream
Determinants to Downstream Interventions”
2014 Opening keynote speaker, November 2014, Annual Extended Environmental
Exposures Conference, Breast Cancer and the Environment Research Program
(NIEHS, NCI, & Avon Foundation), San Francisco, “Capturing the Complexity of
Breast Cancer.” Panel member, “Future Directions in Breast Cancer and the
Environment”
2014 Invited presenter, December 2014, Annual Grantees’ Meeting, National Center for
Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD/NIH), National Harbor, MD,
”Collaboration Models in Addressing Health Disparities”
2014 Invited presenter, November 2014, American Academy of Cancer Research
Seventh Annual Conference on Cancer Health Disparities in Racial/Ethnic
Minorities and the Medically Underserved, San Antonio, TX, “Integrated Multilevel
Interventions to Address the African American and White Disparity in Breast
Cancer Mortality: A Tale of Two Cities”
2014 Invited presenter, July 2014, Roundtable in Grand Challenges and
Science in Social Work, Islandwood, WA. “Social Work and Science”
2014 Keynote presenter, July 2014, Training in Community-Based Participatory
Research, California Breast Cancer Research Program, Oakland, CA, “The Role of
Social Factors in Breast Cancer”
2014 Breakout Session Lead Speaker, February 2014, Social Work and the Affordable
Care Act: Maximizing the Profession’s Impact on Health Reform, Chicago, Illinois,
“Widening the Lens to Include Prevention in the Mainstream of Health Social
Work.”
2014 Keynote speaker, January 2014, Israeli Ministry of Health, Jerusalem, Israel,
“Social Work in Health care: Adapting to Societal Change over Time.”
2013 Keynote speaker, September 2013, American College of Epidemiology,
Louisville, Kentucky, “The Future of Team Science.”
2013 Keynote speaker, June 2013, Pathways to Client-Centered Care, the 7th
International Conference on Social Work in Health and Mental Health, Los
Angeles, California, “Social Work in Client-Centered Care: Adapting to Social
Change over Time.”
2013 Keynote speaker, May 2013, Convegno Internazionale Sanità a Multiculturalismo,
The European Union, Palermo, Italy, “The Interaction of Societal Factors and
Disease: African-American Women and Breast Cancer in Chicago.”
2013 Keynote speaker, May 2013, From Research to Action: Two Decades of Change,
California Breast Cancer Research Program, University of California Office of
the President, and the University of California Irvine School of Medicine, Costa
Mesa, California, “Social and Cultural Factors in Breast Cancer Risk.”
2013 Invited speaker, April 2013, Translational Science 2013, Society of Clinical and
Translational Science, Washington DC, “Challenges and Benefits of Current
Transdisciplinary Initiatives.”
2013 Edna L. Fritz Lecturer, April 2013, The Ohio State University, “Breast Cancer and
Social Interactions: Identifying Multiple Environments that Regulate Gene
Expression.”
2013 Invited speaker, March 2013, American Society for Preventive Oncology, Memphis,
“What’s Next? The Value of the Transdisciplinary Approach to Solving Current
And Future Problems in Cancer Control Research.”
2012 Invited speaker, October 2012, American Public Health Association Annual
Meeting, San Francisco, “The Role of the Social Environment in Cancer Risk.”
2012 Speaker, November 2012, 2012 Health Disparities Summit: The Science of
Eliminating Health Disparities, National Harbor, Maryland, “Design, Evaluation
and Policy Implications of Multilevel Interventions to Address Health Disparities in
Community-based Studies.”
2012 Keynote speaker, September 2012, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Center for
Health Policy at the University of New Mexico, Advancing Equity: (Re-) Emerging
Perspectives on Health and Health Policy, “The Role of Social Factors in Breast
Cancer.”
2012 Keynote Speaker, the Academy of Transdisciplinary Learning and Advanced
Studies, June 2012, Taichung, Taiwan, “Shaping Education and Training to
Advance Transdisciplinary Health Research.”
2011 Expert Panelist and Speaker, CDC’s Division of Cancer Prevention and Control,
August 2011, Atlanta, GA, Identifying Opportunities for Cancer Prevention during
Preadolescence and Adolescence Workshop.
2011 Speaker, Community-Engaged Research: Exploring the Unique Community-
Academic Research Relationship, September 2011, sponsored by the Office of
Human Research Protections National Community Research Forum, St. Louis, MO,
“Essential Elements of Design: Partnerships, Funding, and Evaluation.”
2011 Keynote speaker, NCI Center to Reduce Health Disparities, Cancer Health
Disparities Program Meetings, July 2011, Rockville, MD, “Defining Community in
Community-Based Participatory Research.”
2011 Panelist, Rural Health Journalism Workshop, Association of Healthcare
Journalists, June 2011, St. Louis, MO, Panel Title: “What Drives Rural Health
issues? Looking for the Answers.”
2011 Speaker, Health Equity Symposium, Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research,
May 2011, Boston, MA, “A Trandisciplinary Approach to Addressing Health
Disparities.”
2011 Speaker, Master of Science in Clinical Investigation (MSCI) Career Development
Seminar – Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, “Translation
in Health Disparities Research.”
2011 Speaker, Center for Clinical Research Ethics of the Institute for Clinical and
Translational Sciences and the Human Research Protection Office, 2011 Ethics
Series, Washington University in St. Louis, MO, “Community Engagement in
Genomics Research.”
2011 Keynote speaker, Puerto Rico Clinical and Translational Research Consortium.
Translational Science to Reducing Health Disparities, San Juan, Puerto Rico,
“Translational Science to Reduce Health Disparities.”
2010 Keynote speaker, GenoCommunity: Think Tank: First National Meeting (convened
by the Prevention Research Centers, CDC Office of Public Genomics, and National
Human Genome Research Institute), St. Louis, MO.
2010 Session Chairperson and Speaker, Team Science and Transdisciplinarity in Cancer
Prevention Research within and Across Institutions. American Academy of Cancer
Research, Ninth Annual International Conference on Frontiers in Prevention
Research, Philadelphia, PA.
2010 Speaker, Grand Rounds, Institute on Multicultural Health, Henry Ford Health,
Detroit, MI.
2010 Speaker, Grand Rounds, Department of Biostatistics and Research Epidemiology,
Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI, “Breast Cancer and Social Interactions:
Identifying Multiple Environments that Regulate Gene Expressions”
2010 Speaker, Grand Rounds, Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, Moffitt
Cancer Center, Tampa, FL, “A Transdisciplinary Approach to Addressing Breast
Cancer Disparities.”
2010 Keynote speaker, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea, 125th Anniversary.
2010 Invited speaker, Race in America: Restructuring Inequality, University of
Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA.
2010 Keynote speaker, Midwest Consortium (CTSA), Rural Health and Health
Disparities Research in the Heartland, Kansas City, KS.
2010 Speaker, National DNA Day-Breast Cancer Symposium, Genomics, Disparities, and
Prevention, The Genome Center at Washington University, St. Louis, MO.
2010 Panelist, Developing Ethics Standards for Community-Engaged Research, Clinical
and Translational Research and Education Meeting, Association Clinical Research
Training/Society for Clinical and Translational Science Annual Meeting,
Washington, DC.
2010 Keynote speaker, Investigating Social Determinants of Health, University of Illinois
at Urbana-Champaign, IL.
2009 Keynote speaker, Transdisciplinary Cancer Research, Dana-Farber Cancer Center
retreat, Harvard University, Boston, MA.
2009 Speaker, Office of Behavioral and Social Science Research, Office of Behavioral and
Social Science Research (OBSSR) Lecture Series, National Institutes of Health,
Bethesda, MD.
2009 Keynote speaker, Staff Training in Extramural Program (STEP), The Nuts-and-
Bolts of Community Engagement, Office of the Director, National Institutes of
Health, Bethesda, MD.
2009 Speaker, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary’s Advisory
Committee on Genetics, Health, and Society, Washington, DC.
2009 Speaker, Annual Meeting, American Indian Physicians of America, Alexandria, VA.
2009 Speaker, “Breast Cancer and Social Interactions: Identifying Multiple
Environments that Regulate Gene Expression,” National Cancer Advisory Board,
the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD.
2009 Speaker, Grand Rounds, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences,
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY.
2009 Speaker, “A New Paradigm for Understanding Excess Cancer Risk in Underserved
and Minority Populations: The Centers for Population Health and Health
Disparities Experience,” Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer
Research.
2009 Panelist, Getting Closer to the Clinic: PhDs in Translational Research, Annual
Meeting, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), Chicago,
IL.
2009 Speaker, The Role of Social Experience in the Health of African Americans, Annual
Meeting of the American Association for Affirmative Action, Chicago, IL.
2009 Speaker, From Cells to Society: Transdisciplinary Approaches to Addressing
Cancer Health, Annual Meeting of the American Society of Preventive Oncology,
Tampa, FL.
2009 Keynote Speaker, the Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center Annual
Scientific Meeting, Columbus, OH.
2008 Speaker, NIH Summit: The Science of Eliminating Health Disparities, National
Harbor, MD.
2008 Moderator, Understanding the Role of Genomics in Health Disparities: Toward a
New Research Agenda, National Human Genome Research Institute, National
Institutes of Health, College Park, MD.
2008 Speaker (Best Practices), Building Institutional Infrastructure to Conduct Health
Disparities Research, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health
and Development, Washington, DC.
2008 Beals Ferguson Lecturer, University of Washington, Seattle, WA.
2008 Speaker, Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Breast Cancer, Society for Epidemiological
Research, Chicago, IL.
2008 Speaker, Chicago Convenes, the University of Chicago, IL.
2008 Speaker, Cells to Society, Overcoming Health Disparities, NIH, Bethesda, MD.
2007 Session Chairperson and Speaker, First American Association for Cancer Research
Conference, the Science of Cancer Health Disparities in Racial/Ethnic Minorities
and the Medically Underserved, Atlanta, GA.
2007 Kickoff Speaker, Breast Cancer and the Environment Research Centers’
Integration Meeting, Practicing Transdisciplinary Science, Washington, DC.
2007 Speaker, the Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbus, OH.
2007 Grand Rounds, Social and Behavioral Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine,
New York, NY.
2006 Inaugural Lillian Wachtel Memorial Lecture, Children’s Memorial Hospital,
Chicago, IL.
2006 Presentation representing exemplary research funded by the National Institute for
Environmental Health Sciences, Office of Behavioral and Social Science Research
(NIH) 10th Anniversary, Bethesda, MD.
2005 Keynote Speaker, Annual Meeting, Group for the Advancement of Doctoral
Education, Tuscaloosa, AL.
2005 Speaker, Health Care Disparities in Minority Communities in Chicago, U.S.
Commission on Civil Rights, Chicago, IL.
2005 Speaker, Women’s Board, University of Chicago Cancer Research Foundation,
Chicago, IL.
2004 Speaker, Grantsmanship Day, the University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia,
MO.
2004 Speaker, Chicago Convenes, the University of Chicago, Chicago, IL.
2004 Speaker, New Trends in the Management of Breast and Cervical Cancer, Medical
Women’s Association of Nigeria, Lagos, Nigeria.
2003 Speaker, the Health Services Research and Seminar Series, Northwestern
University, Chicago, IL.
2003 Speaker, Faculty Workshop on Medicine and the Social Sciences, the University of
Chicago, Chicago, IL.
2000 Speaker, 75th Anniversary of the George Warren Brown School of Social Work,
Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO.
1999 Speaker, 1999 Georgia Epilepsy Symposium: Life Between the Seizures, Atlanta,
GA.
1996 Respondent, “Exploring the Development of Social Work Practice in the Early
Twentieth Century,” School of Social Service Administration, the University of
Chicago, IL.
1995 Panelist, “Innovations in Social Work Practice,” 70th Anniversary of the George
Warren Brown School of Social Work, Washington University, St. Louis, MO.
1995 Faculty, Annual Meeting of the Society for Social Work Administrators in Health
Care (American Hospital Association), Philadelphia, PA.
1994 Keynote speaker, European Congress of Epileptology, Oporto, Portugal.
PUBLICATIONS
Peer-reviewed journal articles
In press:
Walling, E.B., Fiala, M., Connelly, A., Drevenak, A., & Gehlert, S. (in press). Distance to pediatric
cancer center and impact on treatment experience: A qualitative study. Journal of Oncology
Practice.
Hogan, P.G., Mork, R.L., Boyle, M.G., Muenks, C.E., Morelli, J.J., Thompson, R.M., Sullivan,
M.L., Gehlert, S.J., Merlo, J.R., McKenzie, M.G., Wardenburg, J.B., Zhetsky, A.,
Burnham, C.D., & Fritz, S. (in press). Interplay of personal, pet, and environmental
colonization in households affected by community-associated Methicillin-Resistant
Staphylococcus aureus. Lancet Infectious Disease.
In print:
Mork, R.L., Hogan, P.G., Muenks, C.E., Boyle, M.G., Morelli, J.J., Sullivan, M.L., Gehlert, S.J.,
Ross, D.G., Yn, A., Bubeck, Wardenburg, J., Rzhetsky, A., Burnham, C.D., Fritz, S.A.,
(2018). Comprehensive modeling reveals proximity, seasonality, and hygiene practices as key
determinants of MRSA colonization in exposed households. Pediatric Research. 84, 668-676.
Gehlert, S., & Mozersky, J. (2018). Seeing beyond the margins: Challenges to informed inclusion of
vulnerable populations in research. Journal of Law, Medicine, and Ethics. 46(1), 30-43.
Muenks, C.E., Sewell, W.C., Hogan, P.G., Thompson, R.M., Ross, D.G., Wang, J.W., Morelli, J.J.,
Gehlert, S.J., & Fritz, S.A. (2018). Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: Its effects
are more than skin deep. Journal of Pediatrics. [E-pub ahead of print, May 8, 2018/doi:
10.1016/j.peds.2018.04.002]/ PMID:29759849.
Dean, L.T., Gehlert, S., Neuhouser, M., Oh, A., Zanetti, K., Goodman, M., Thompson, B.,
Visvanathan, K., & Schmitz, K.S. (2018). Social factors matter in cancer risk and
survivorship. Cancer Causes & Control, 29(7), 611-618.
Mork, R., Hogan, P., Muenks, C., Boyle, M., Thompson, R., Morelli, J., Sullivan, M., Gehlert, S.,
Ross, D., Yn, A., Wardenburg, J., Zhetsky, A., Burnham, C., & Fritz, S. (2018).
Comprehensive modeling reveals proximity, seasonality, and hygiene practices as key
determinants of MRSA colonization in exposed households. Pediatric Research. [E-pub
ahead of print, July 5, 2018/doi: 10.1038/s41390-018-xxxx-y].
Williams, F., Colditz, G.A., Hovmand, P., Gehlert, S. (2018). Combining community-engaged
research with group model building to address racial disparities in breast cancer mortality
and treatment. Journal of Health Disparities Research and Practice, 11(1), 160-178.
Plunk, A., & Gehlert, S. (2018). What’s trust got to do with it? Ensuring meaningful community
engagement. American Journal of Bioethics, 18(4). 53-55/doi:
10.1080/15265161.2018.1431325.
Dy, T., Lewis, E.M., Murugan, V., Gehlert, S, Taylor, J., Garbutt, J., Bacharier, L.B., Castro, M., &
Sumino, K. (2018). Caregiver and pediatric provider perspectives on symptom-based
inhaled corticosteroid therapy in asthma. Respiratory Medicine, 137, 201-205/doi:
10.1016/j.rmed.2018.03.001.
Philpott, S., Gehlert, S., & Waters, E. (2018). Smokers’ unprompted comments on cigarette
additives during conversations about the genetic basis for nicotine addiction: A focus group
study. BMC Public Health, 18, 1-7/doi: .org/10.1186/s12889-018-5395-8.
Nagasako, E., Waterman, B.M., Reidhead, M.C., Lian, M., & Gehlert, S.J. (2018). Measuring sub-
county differences in population health using hospital and census-derived data sets: The
Missouri ZIP Health rankings project. Journal of Public Health Management & Practice,
24(4), 340-349/doi:10.1097/PHH.0000000000000578].
Gehlert, S., Lee J.A., Gill, J., Colditz, G., Patterson, R., Schmitz, K., Nebeling, L., Hu, F.,
McLerran, Lowry, D., the TREC Collaboration and Outcomes Working Group, &
Thornquist, M. (2017). The structure of distributed scientific research teams affects
collaboration and research output. Transdisciplinary Journal of Engineering and Science, 8, 1-
19/doi: 10.22545/2017/00083.
Linnenbringer, E., Gehlert, S., & Geronimus, A. (2017). Black-white disparities in breast cancer
subtype: The intersection of socially patterned stress and genetic expression. AIMS Public
Health, 4(5), 526-556.
Thompson, B.*, Gehlert, S.*, & Paskett, E.M. (2017). Extreme population-level events: Do they
have an impact on cancer? Cancer, 123(17), 3226-3228/doi:10.1002/cncr.30778. (*indicates
co-first authorship).
Gehlert, S., Hall, K.L., & Palinkas, L.A. (2017). Preparing our next generation scientific work force
to address the Grand Challenges in Social Work. Journal of the Society for Social Work and
Research, 8(1), 119-136/doi:10.1086/jssr.
Waters, E., Ball, L., & Gehlert, S. (2017). Acceptance and skepticism of genetic health information
among African-American and white smokers. Social Science and Medicine, 184, 153-
160/doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2017.04.053.
Lynch, S.M., Mitra, N., Ravichandran, K., Mitchell, J., Spangler, E., Zhou, W., Paskett, E.D.,
Gehlert, S., DeGraffinried, C., Stowe, R., Dubowitz, T., Riethman, H., Branas, C.C., Peek,
M. K., & Rebbeck, T.R. (2017). Telomere length and neighborhood circumstances:
Evaluating biological response to unfavorable exposures. Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers,
and Prevention, 26(4), 553-560/doi:10:1158/1055-9965. ERI-16-0054.
Moro, T., Savage, T.A., & Gehlert, S. (2017). Service delivery for end-of-life care for adults with
intellectual and developmental disabilities in our-of-home, non-institutional community
residences: A literature review. Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities,
30(6), 1045-1056/doi/10.1111/jar.12374].
Nurius, P.S., Kemp, S.P., Köngeter. S., & Gehlert, S. (2017). Next generation social work research:
Fostering transdisciplinary readiness. European Journal of Social Work. [EPub ahead of
print, April 29, 2017/doi:10.1080/13691457.2017.1320530].
Garbutt, J.M., Patterson, D., Gehlert, S., & Strunk, R. (2016). Insights from parents can guide
asthma care for urban, minority children. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology.
[EPub ahead of print, November 22, 2016/doi:10.1016/j-jaip.20006.09.039].
Drake, B.F., Brown, K.M., Gehlert, S., Wolf, L.E., DuBois, J., Seo, J., Woodward, K., Perkins, H.,
Goodman, M., & Kaphingst, K. (2016). Development and testing of plain language
supplemental materials for the biobank informed consent process. Journal of Cancer
Education, 1-9.
Lynch, S.M., Mitra, N., Peek, M.K., Ravichandran, K., Branas, C., Spangler, E., Zhou, W., Paskett,
E., Gehlert, S., DeGraffinreid, C., Dubowitz, T., & Rebbeck, T.R.. (2016). Race, ethnicity,
psychosocial factors, and telomere length in a multi-center setting. PLOS One, 11(1),
e0146723.
Connors, S.K., Goodman, M.S., Margenthaler, J., Myckatyn, T., Sharma, K., & Gehlert, S. (2016).
Determinants of breast reconstruction after mastectomy at a National Cancer Institute-
designated comprehensive cancer center. SpringerPlus, 5(1), 1-9.
Schmitz, K., Gehlert, S., Patterson, R., Colditz, G., Chavarro, J., Hu, H.B., Neuhouser, M.L.,
Sturgeon, K., Thornquist, M., Tobias, D., & Nebeling, L. (2016). TREC to where?
Transdisciplinary research on energetics and cancer. Clinical Cancer Research, 22(7) 1565-
1571/doi:10.1158/1078-0432. CCR-14-1214.
Colditz, G., Gehlert, S., Bowen, D., Carson, K., & Hovmand, P. (2016) Toward a modern science of
obesity at Washington University: How we do it and what is the payoff? Cancer Prevention
Research. [Published OnlineFirst, April 8, 2016/doi:10.1158/1940-6207.CAPR-15-0060].
Brown, K.M., Drake, B.F., Gehlert, S., Wolf, L.E., DuBois, J., Seo, J., Woodward, K., Perkins, H.,
Goodman, M., & Kaphingst, K. (2016). Differences in preferences for models of consent for
biobanks between Black and White women. Journal of Community Genetics, 7(1), 41-
49/doi:10.1007/s12687-015-0248-y.
Werner-Lin, A., McCoyd, J.L.M, Doyle, M., & Gehlert, S. (2016). Leadership, literacy, and
translational expertise in genomics: Challenges and opportunities for social work. Health &
Social Work. [Published ahead of print on June 7, 2016/doi: 10.1093/hsw/hlw022].
Polite, B., Cipriano-Steffens, T., Hlubocky, F., Digman, J., Ray, R., Smith, D., Undevia, S., Sprague,
E., Olopade, O, Daugherty, C., Fitchett, G., & Gehlert, S. (2016). An evaluation of
psychosocial and religious belief differences in a diverse racial and socioeconomic urban
cancer population. Journal of Racial and Ethnic Disparities. 1-9/doi:10.1007/540615-016-
0211-6.
Noel, L., Connors, S., Goodman, M., & Gehlert, S. (2015) Improving breast cancer services for
African-American women living in St. Louis. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment, 154(1),
5-12. doi:10.1007/s10549-015-3584-z.
Ferrera, M., Winitzer, R., Walker, W., & Gehlert. (2015). Embedded mistrust among African
Americans in Chicago. Critical Public Health. [Published ahead of print on December 17,
2015]. Doi:10.1080/09581596.2015.1117576.
Canin, K., Freund, K.M., Ganz, P.A., Hershman, D.L., Paskett, E.D., et al. (2015). Disparities in
breast cancer care and research: report from a Breast Cancer Research Foundation
sponsored workshop, 9-10 October 2014. npg Breast Cancer, 1,
15013/doi:10.1038/npgbcancer.2015.13; published online October 2015.
Drake, B., Carter, K., Boyd, D., Gehlert, S., & Thompson, V. (2015). Barriers and strategies to
participation in tissue research among African-American men. Journal of Cancer
Education. [Published ahead of print on September 5, 2015]/ PMID: 26341221.
Gehlert, S., Carothers, B., Lee, J.A. Gill, J., Luke, D., & Colditz, G. (2015). A social network
analysis approach to diagnosing and improving the functioning of transdisciplinary teams
in public health. Transdisciplinary Journal of Engineering and Science, 6, 16-23.
Gehlert, S., Walters, K., Uehara, E., & Lawlor, E. (2015). The case for a national health social work
practice-based research network in addressing health equity. Health & Social Work.
[Published ahead of print on August 25, 2015]/ doi:10.1093/hsw/hlv060.
Xiang, X., An, R., & Gehlert, S. (2015). Trends in antidepressant use among cancer survivors in the
US: 1999-2012. Psychiatric Services, 66(6), 564-564.
Gehlert, S., Collins, S., Golden, R., & Horn, P. (2015). Social work participation in Accountable
Care Organizations under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Health & Social
Work. [Published ahead of print on August 12, 2015]/ doi:10.1093/hsw/hlv054.
Benesh, E.C., Lamb, L.E., Connors, S.K., Farmer, G.W., Fuh, K.C., Hunleth, J., Montgomery,
K.L., Ramsey, A.T., Moley, K.H., Colditz, G.A., & Gehlert, S.J. (2015). A case study
approach to train early-stage investigators in transdisciplinary research. Transdisciplinary
Journal of Engineering and Science, 6, 13-22.
Gehlert, S. (2015). Social work and science. Research in Social Work Practice. [Published ahead of
print on February 9, 2015]/ doi: 10.1177/104973151557013B.
Connors, S. J, Goodman, M. S., Noel, L., Chavakula, N.N., Butler, D., Kenkel, S., Oliver, C.,
McCullough, I., & Gehlert, S. (2014). Breast cancer treatment among African American
women in North St. Louis, Missouri. Journal of Urban Health, 92(1), 67-82.
doi:10.1007/s11524-014-9884-5.
Gehlert, S., Hall, K., Vogel, A., Hohl, S., Hartman, S., Nebeling, L., Redline, S., Schmitz, K.,
Thornquist, M., & Thompson, B. (2014). Advancing transdisciplinary research: The
Transdisciplinary Research on Energetics and Cancer Initiative. Journal of Translational
Medicine and Epidemiology, 2(2): 1032.
Liu, Y., Colditz, C., Gehlert, S., & Goodman, M. (2014). Racial disparities in risk of second breast
tumors after Ductal Carcinoma in Situ. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment. 148(1), 163-
173. doi:10.1007/s10549-014-3151-z.
James, A., Gehlert, S., Bowen, D.J., & Colditz, G. (2014). A framework for training
transdisciplinary scholars in cancer prevention and control. Journal of Cancer Education,
30(4), 664-669. doi:10.1007/s13187.014-0771-2.
Waters, E.A., Ball, L., Carter, K. & Gehlert, S. (2014). Smokers’ beliefs about the tobacco control
potential of ‘a gene for smoking.” BMC Public Health, 14, 1218. doi:10.1186/1471-2458-14-
1218.
Johnson, K. I. & Gehlert, S. (2014). Return of results from genomic sequencing: A policy
discussion. Journal of Cancer Policy, 2(3), 75-80/doi:10.1016/j.jcpo.2014.05.001.
Plunk, A. & Gehlert, S. (2014). Ensuring that we promote participation in health for everyone.
American Journal of Bioethics, 14(6), 19-20.
Gehlert, S. (2014). Forging an integrated agenda for primary cancer prevention during midlife.
American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 46(3), S104-S109.
Balan, S., Widener, G., Chen, H.-J., Hudson, D., Gehlert, S, & Price, R.K. (2014). Motherhood,
psychological risks and resources in relation to alcohol use disorder: Are their differences
between black and white women? ISRN Addiction, 2014, 1-9. doi:10.1155/2014/437080.
Post, D. M., Gehlert, S., Hade, E. M., Reiter, P. L., Ruffin, M., & Paskett, E. D. (2013). Depression
and SES in Women from Appalachia. Journal of Rural Mental Health, 31(1), 2-15.
Gehlert, S. (2013). Turning disciplinary knowledge into solutions. Journal of Adolescent Health,
52(5S), S98-S102.
Gehlert, S. & Hudson, D. (2013). Introduction to the special issue. Race and Social Problems, 5(2),
79-80.
Andrews, C.M., Darnell, J.S., McBride, T.D., & Gehlert, S. (2013). Social work and implementation
of the Affordable Care Act. Health & Social Work, 38(2), 67-71. doi: 10.1093/hsw/hlt002.
Patterson, R.E., Colditz, G., Wu, F., Schmitz, K., Anima, R.S., Brownson, R., Carson, K.,
Chavarro, J.E., Chodosh, L., Gehlert, S., Gill, J., Glanz, K., Haire-Joshu, D., Herbst, K.,
Hoehner, C., Hovmand, P., Irwin, M., Jacobs, L., James, A., Jones, L.W., Kerr, J., Kibel,
A.S., King, I., Ligibel, J., Meyerhardt, J., Natarjan, L., Neuhouser, M., Olefsky, J., Proctor,
E.K., Redline, S., Rock, C.L., Rosner, B., Sarwer, D., Schwartz, J.S., Sears, D., Sesso, H.,
Stampfer, M., Subramanian, S.V., Taveras, E., Tchou, J., Thompson, B., Troxel, A.,
Wessling-Resnick, M., Wolin, K., & Thornquist, M. (2013). The 2011-2016
Transdisciplinary Research in Energetics and Cancer (TREC) initiative: Rational and
design. Cancer Causes and Control, 24(4), 695-704. doi 10.1007/s10552-013-0150-z.
Hall, K., Vogel, A., Stipelman, B., Stokols, D., Morgan, G., & Gehlert, S. (2012). A four-phase
model of transdisciplinary team-based research: Goals, team processes, and strategies.
Translational Behavioral Medicine, 2(4), 415-430.
Gehlert, S. (2012). Shaping education and training to advance transdisciplinary health research.
Transdisciplinary Journal of Engineering & Science, 3, 1-10.
Colditz, G., Wolin, K., & Gehlert, S. (2012). Applying what we know to accelerate cancer
prevention. Science Translational Medicine, 4, 127rv4.
Dookeran, K.A., Dignam, J.J., Holloway, N., Ferrer, K., Sekosan, M., McCaskill-Stevens, W., &
Gehlert, S. (2012). Race and the prognostic influence of p53 in women with breast cancer.
Annals of Surgical Oncology, 19(7), 2334-2444.
Gehlert, S. (2011). Chicago team explores links of environment and biology. Health Affairs, 30(10),
1902-1903.
Gehlert, S., & Colditz, G. (2011). Cancer disparities: Unmet challenges in the elimination of
disparities. Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers, and Prevention, 20(9), 1809-1814.
Gehlert, S., Murray, A., Sohmer, D., McClintock, M, Conzen, S., & Olopade, O. (2010). The
importance of transdisciplinary collaborations for understanding and resolving health
disparities. Social Work in Public Health, 25(3), 408-422.
Gehlert, S., Chang, C.-H., & Song, I.H. (2010). The clinical utility of premenstrual dysphoric
disorder: Offspring or orphan of the premenstrual syndrome. Irish Psychiatrist, 11(1), 12-
15. [Manuscript commissioned by the College of Psychiatry of Ireland]
Dookeran, K.A., Dignam, J.J., Ferrer, K., Sekosan, M., McCaskill-Stevens, W., & Gehlert, S.
(2010). p53 as a marker of prognosis in African-American women with breast cancer.
Annals of Surgical Oncology, 17, 1398-1405.
Gehlert, S., & Coleman, R. (2010). Using community-based participatory research to ameliorate
health disparities. Health & Social Work, 35(4), 302-309.
Gorin, S.H., Gehlert, S.J., & Washington, T.A. (2010). Health care reform and health disparities:
Implications for social workers. Health & Social Work, 35(4).243-247.
Ross, L.R., Loup, A., Nelson, R. M., Botkin, J.R., Kost, R., Smith, Jr., G.R., & Gehlert, S. (2010).
Human subjects protections in community-engaged research: A research ethics framework.
Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics, 5(1), 5-17.
Ross, L.R., Loup, A., Smith, Jr., G. R., Kost, R., Botkin, J.R., Nelson, R.M., & Gehlert, S. (2010).
The challenges of collaboration for academic and community partners in a research
partnership: Points to consider. Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics,
5(1), 19-31.
Ross, L.R., Loup, A., Kost, R., Botkin, J.R., Nelson, R.M., Smith, Jr., G.R., & Gehlert, S. (2010).
Nine key functions for a human subjects protection program for community-engaged
research: Points to consider. Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics, 5(1)
33-47.
Gehlert, S., Song, I.H., Chang, C.H., Hartlage, S.A. (2009). The prevalence of Premenstrual
Dysphoric Disorder. Psychological Medicine, 39, 129-136.
Masi, C.M. & Gehlert, S. (2009). Perceptions of breast cancer and its treatment among African-
American women and men: A qualitative study. Journal of General Internal Medicine, 24(3),
408-414.
Gehlert, S., Mininger, C., Sohmer, D., & Berg, K. (2008). (Not so) gently down the stream:
Choosing targets to ameliorate health disparities. Health & Social Work, 33, 163-167.
Paskett, E.D., Reeves, K.W., McLaughlin, J.M., Katz, M., Sheck McAlearney, A., Ruffin, M.T.,
Hughes Halbert, C., Merete, C., Davis, F., & Gehlert, S. (2008). Recruitment of minority
and underserved populations in the United States: The Centers for Population Health and
Health Disparities Initiative. Contemporary Clinical Trials, 29(6), 847-861.
Warnecke, R.B., Oh, A., Gehlert, S., Lurie, N., Rebbeck, T., Paskett, E., Tucker, K., Goodwin, J.,
Flack, J., Hiatt, R., Kerner, J., Heurtin-Roberts, S., Abeles, R., Tyson, F., & Patmios, G.
(2008). Approaching health disparities from a population perspective: The NIH Centers for
Population Health and Health Disparities. American Journal of Public Health, 98, 1608-
1615.
Holmes, J.H., Ferketich, A.K., Hade, E., Lehmann, A., Gehlert, S., Rauscher, G., Abrams, J., &
Bird, C. (2008). Challenges to multi-level health disparities research. American Journal of
Preventive Medicine, 35, S182-S192.
Gehlert, S., Sohmer, D., Sacks, T., Mininger, C., McClintock, M., & Olopade, O. (2008). Targeting
health disparities: A model for linking upstream determinants of downstream interventions.
Health Affairs, 27, 339-349.
Salant, T., & Gehlert, S. (2008). Collective memory, candidacy, and victimization: Community
epidemiology of breast cancer risk. Sociology of Health and Illness, 30(4), 599-615.
Furumoto-Dawson, A., Gehlert, S., Sohmer, D., Olopade, O., & Sacks, T. (2007). Early life
conditions and mechanisms of population health vulnerabilities. Health Affairs, 26, 1238-
1248.
Grushko T., McClintock M., Conzen, S., Gehlert, S., Masi, C., & Olopade, O. (2006). Mechanisms
of environmental influence on mammary gland cancer gene expression: Achievements and
prospects of research. Postmethodika, 7, 274-280 (Russ).
Grushko T., McClintock M., Conzen, S., Gehlert, S., Masi, C., & Olopade, O. (2006). Biological
consequences of psychosocial isolation: A report of interdisciplinary team research.
Scientific Bulletin Melitopol State Pedagogical University. Issue: Pedagogics. Melitopol, 7, 63-
75 (Russ).
Gehlert, S. Chang, C.-H., Bock, D.R., & Hartlage, S.A. (2006). The WOMQOL instrument
measured quality of life in women of reproductive age with no known pathology. Journal of
Clinical Epidemiology, 59, 525-533.
McClintock, M., Conzen, S., Gehlert, S., Masi, C., & Olopade, O. (2005). Mammary cancer and
social interactions: Identifying multiple environments that regulate gene expression
throughout the life span. Journal of Gerontology, 60B (Special Issue I), 32-41.
Chang, C.-H., & Gehlert, S. (2003). Psychometric evaluation of the Washington Psychosocial
Seizure Inventory (WPSI) using the dichotomous Rasch model. Seizure: European Journal
of Epilepsy, 12, 261-267.
Hartlage, S., Arduino, K., & Gehlert, S. (2001). Premenstrual dysphoric disorder and risk for
major depressive disorder: A preliminary study. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 57, 1571-
1578.
Hartlage, S.A., Breaux, C., Gehlert, S., & Fogg, L. (2001). Rural and urban Midwestern United
States contraception practices. Contraception, 63, 319-323.
Hartlage, S., & Gehlert, S. (2001). Differentiating premenstrual dysphoric disorder from
premenstrual exacerbations of other disorders: A methods dilemma. Clinical Psychology:
Science and Practice, 8, 242-253.
Gehlert S., Hartlage S., Chang C., Breaux C., Hinz J.G. (2000). Development of a Women's Quality
of Life Questionnaire. Quality of Life Research 9(3), 303.
Gehlert, S., DiFrancesco, A., & Chang, C.-H. (2000). Black-white differences in the psychosocial
outcomes of epilepsy. Epilepsy Research, 42, 63-73.
Breaux, C., Hartlage, S., & Gehlert, S. (2000). Relationship of premenstrual dysphoric disorder to
major depression and anxiety disorders: A re-examination. Journal of Psychosomatic
Obstetrics and Gynecology, 21, 17-24.
Gehlert, S., Chang, C-H., & Hartlage, S. (1999). Symptom patterns of premenstrual dysphoric
disorder as defined in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-IV.
Journal of Women’s Health. 8, 75-85.
Gehlert, S., & Chang, C-H. (1998). Factor structure and dimensionality of the Multidimensional
Health Locus of Control scales in measuring adults with epilepsy. Journal of Outcome
Measurement, 2, 173-190.
Gehlert, S., Chang, C-H., & Hartlage, S. (1997). Establishing the diagnostic validity of
premenstrual dysphoric disorder using Rasch analysis. Journal of Outcome Measurement, 1,
2-18.
Gehlert, S., & Hartlage, S. (1997). A design for studying the DSM-IV research criteria of
premenstrual dysphoric disorder. Journal of Psychosomatic Obstetrics and Gynecology, 18,
36-44.
Gehlert, S. (1996). Attributional style and locus of control in adults with epilepsy. Journal of Health
Psychology, 1, 469-477.
Gehlert, S., & Lickey, S. (1995). Social and health policy concerns raised by the introduction of the
contraceptive Norplant. Social Service Review, 69, 323-337.
Gehlert, S.J. (1994). Perceptions of control in adults with epilepsy. Epilepsia, 35, 81-88.
Gehlert, S.J. (1994). The applicability of generalizability theory to social work research and
practice. The Journal of Social Service Research, 18, 73-88.
Slonim-Nevo, V., Auslander, W., Gehlert, S.J., & Ozawa, M.N. (1993). AIDS prevention for
teenagers at risk: Training social work students as leaders. The Journal of Teaching in
Social Work, 7, 89-106.
Stout, S.D., & Gehlert, S.J. (1982). Effects of field size when using Kerley’s histological method for
determination of age at death. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 58, 123-125.
Stout, S.D., & Gehlert, S.J. (1979). Histomorphological identification of individuals among mixed
skeletons. Current Anthropology, 20, 803-805.
Stout, S.D., & Gehlert, S.J. (1979). The relative accuracy and reliability of histological aging
methods. Forensic Science International, 15, 181-190.
(books and NIH publications, book chapters and encyclopedia entries, peer-reviewed journal articles,
book reviews, abstracts, newspaper essays, and reports are listed under separate headings)
Books and NIH publications
Ertas, A., Nicolescu, B. & Gehlert, S., Eds. (2018). Transdisciplinary Knowledge and Approaches to
Education and Public Health. Grandview, TX: TheATLAS Publishing.
Gehlert, S., & Browne, T.A., Eds. (2014). The Handbook of Health Social Work. Hoboken, NJ: John
Wiley & Sons. [Korean language edition].
Gehlert, S., & Browne, T.A., Eds. (2013). The Handbook of Health Social Work. Hoboken, NJ: John
Wiley & Sons. [Mandarin Chinese language edition].
Gehlert, S., & Browne, T.A., Eds. (2011). The Handbook of Health Social Work. Hoboken, NJ: John
Wiley & Sons.
Gehlert, S., Rebbeck, T., Lurie, N., Warnecke, R., Paskett, E., Goodwin, J., Tucker, K.L., & Flack,
J. (2007). Cells to Society: Overcoming Health Disparities. National Cancer Institute, U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services.
Gehlert, S., & Browne, T.A., Eds. (2006). The Handbook of Health Social Work. Hoboken, NJ: John
Wiley & Sons.
Gehlert, S.J. (1980). Curation in the Small Museum: Human Bones. Columbia, Missouri: University
of Missouri Press.
Book chapters, encyclopedia entries, and annotated bibliographies
In press:
Gehlert, S. Developing a shared mental model in the context of a center initiative. In K. Hall, R.
Croyle, & A. Vogel (Eds.), Advancing social and behavioral health through cross-
disciplinary team science: Principles for success.
Gehlert, S., Bowen, D.J., Martinez, M.E., Hiatt, R., C. Marx, & Colditz, G.A. The value of advisory
boards to the science. In K. Hall, R. Croyle, & A. Vogel (Eds.), Advancing social and
behavioral health through cross-disciplinary team science: Principles for success.
In print:
Sewell, W.C., Key, W., & Gehlert, S. (2018). Analyzing the problem: Gender disparities in
behavioral and mental health care. In C.D. Moriz & S. H. Gorin (Eds.), Behavioral and
mental health care policy and practice: A biopsychosocial perspective (pp. 170-183). New
York: Routledge.
Wells, A., Estrada Martinez, L., Hudson, D., & Gehlert, S. (2015). Oncology and health care
disparities. In G. Christ, C. Messner, & L. Behar (Eds.), Handbook of Oncology Social Work
(pp. 21-26). New York: Oxford University Press.
Schmitz, K.J. Agurs-Collins, T., Neuhouser, M.L., Pollack, L., & Gehlert, S. (2014). Impact of
obesity, race, and ethnicity on cancer survivorship. In D.J. Bowen, G.V. Denis, and N.A.
Berger (Eds.), Impact of energy balance on cancer disparities (pp. 63-90). New York:
Springer Press.
Hudson, D., & Gehlert, S. (2014). Considering the role of social determinants of health in black-
white breast cancer disparities. In, R. Bangs & L. E. Davis (Eds.), Race and social problems:
Restructuring inequality (pp. 227-246). New York: Springer Press.
Gehlert, S., Moro, T, & Noel, L. (2014). The family with socioeconomic and cultural issues. In D.
Kissane & F. Parnes (Eds.), Bereavement care for families (pp. 266-277). London: Routledge
Press.
Gehlert, S., & Browne, T. (2013). Transdisciplinary training and education. In D. Haire-Joshu & T.
McBride (Eds.), Transdisciplinary public health: Research, education, and practice (pp. 31-
51). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Gehlert, S. (2013). Shaping education and training transdisciplinary to advance health research. In
B. Nicolescu & A. Ertas (Eds.), Transdisciplinary theory & practice (pp. 1-16). Grandview,
TX: TheATLAS Publishing.
Gehlert, S. (2013). Preface. In S. Gehlert & T. Browne (Eds.), The handbook of health social work
(pp. xx) (Mandarin Chinese language edition). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley & Sons.
Morrow-Howell, N., & Gehlert, S. (2012). Social engagement for an aging society. In L. Anderson,
L. Prohaska, & R. Binstock (Eds.), Public health and aging (pp. 205-227). Baltimore: Johns
Hopkins University Press.
Gehlert, S. (2012). The relationship of practice, policy, and research in breast cancer disparities. In
B. Clarke (Ed.), Social work matters: The power of linking policy and practice (pp. 245-250).
Washington, DC: NASW Press.
McClintock, M.K., Gehlert, S., Conzen, S., Olopade, O., & Krausz, T. (2011). Overcoming health
disparities: The power of a transdisciplinary approach to environmental regulation of gene
expression. In L. Maheu & R. A. Macdonald (Eds.) Challenging genetic determinism: New
perspectives on the gene in its multiple environments (pp. 225-248). Papers previously
presented at the Fall 2007 Symposium of the Royal Society of Canada Symposium. Ottawa:
McGill-Queens Press.
Gehlert, S. (2011). Forward. In G. Almgren & R. Lindhorst (Eds.), Health care at the margins: The
safety-net health care system (pp. ix-x). New York: Springer Publishing Company.
Gehlert, S., Kye-Price, S., & Bekteshi, V. (2011). Community-based participatory research. In E.
Mullen (Ed.), Oxford Bibliographies Online. Retrieved from
http://www.oxfordbibliographiesonline.com./display/id/obo-9780195389678-0029.
Gehlert, S., Small, E., & Bollinger, S. (2011) African American Women and Breast Cancer:
Interventions in Multiple Settings. In A. Lemelle, W. Reed, & S. Taylor (Eds.), Handbook of
African American Health: Social and behavioral interventions (pp. 165-179). New York:
Springer Science.
Gehlert, S. (2011). Transdisciplinarity. In E. Mullen (Ed.), Oxford Bibliographies Online. Retrieved
from http://www.oxfordbibliographiesonline.com./display/id/obo-9780195389678-0028
Gehlert, S., & Moro, T. (2011). Palliative care with vulnerable populations. In T. Altilio & S. Otis-
Green (Eds.), Oxford textbook of palliative social work (pp. 369-378). London: Oxford
University Press.
Gehlert, S. (2010). Health disparities. In E. Mullen (Ed.), Oxford Bibliographies Online. Retrieved
from http://www.oxfordbibliographiesonline.com./display/id/obo-9780195389678-0029.
Gehlert, S., Mininger, C., & Cipriano-Steffens, C.M. (2010). Placing biology in breast cancer research.
In L.M. Burton, S.A.D. Matthews, S. Kemp, & D. Takeuchi (Eds.), Communities,
neighborhoods, and health: Expanding the boundaries of place (pp. 57-72). New York: Springer.
Gehlert, S. (2010). Health social work. In E. Mullen (Ed.), Oxford Bibliographies Online. Retrieved
from http://www.oxfordbibliographiesonline.com./display/id/obo-9780195389678-0027
Gehlert, S., & Sohmer, D. (2009). Cancer, adulthood and later life. In D. Blanchfield (Ed.),
Encyclopedia of the Life Course and Human Development (pp. 55-58). Farmington Hills, MI:
Gale Cengage Learning.
Suskind, D., Kenna, M., & Gehlert, S. (2009). Working with children from lower SES families:
Understanding health disparities. In L. Eisenberg (Ed.), Clinical Management of Children
with Cochlear Implant (pp. 555-571). Plural Publishing.
Gehlert, S., Kovac, K., Song, I.H., & Hartlage, S.A. (2006). Understanding mental health services
use among rural women. In R. T. Coward, L.A. Davis, C.H. Gold, H. Smiciklas-Wright,
L.E. Thorndyke, & F.W. Vondracek (Eds.), Rural Women’s Health: Mental, Behavioral, and
Physical Issues (pp. 147-162). New York: Springer Verlag.
Gehlert, S. (2006). The conceptual underpinnings of health social work. In S. Gehlert & T.A. Browne
(Eds.), The Handbook of Health Social Work (pp. 3-22). Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons.
Gehlert, S. (2006). Health communication. In S. Gehlert & T.A. Browne (Eds.), The Handbook of
Health Social Work (pp. 179-193). Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons.
Gehlert, S. (2006). Theories of health behavior. In S. Gehlert & T.A. Browne (Eds.), The Handbook
of Health Social Work (pp. 252-281). Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons.
Gehlert, S.J., & Benfer, R.A. (1977). Los habitantes precolombinos de al Paloma: Un estudio
osteologico. In R. Matos M. (Ed.), El hombre y la cultura andina. Segunda serie de las actas
y trabajos dell III congreso peruano del hombre y la cultura (pp. 792-801).
Book Reviews
Gehlert, S. (2006). [Review of the book Breast Cancer: Daughters Tell Their Stories]. Social Service
Review, 80, 553-555.
Published Abstracts
Dy, T., Murugan, V., Gehlert, S., Taylor, J., Garbutt, J., Baharier, L.B., Castro, M., & Sumino, K.
(2016). Caregiver perspectives on symptom-based inhaled corticosteroid therapy in asthma.
American Journal of Respiratory Critical Care Medicine, 193, A1387.
Gehlert, S.J. (March, 2016). Maximizing the benefits of precision medicine for cancer disparities.
Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers, and Prevention, 25, 1A40/doi:10.1158/1538-7755. DISP15-
1A40.
Sumino, K., Gehlert, S., Garbutt, J., Bacharier, L.B., & Castro, M. (2015). The pediatric provider’s
perspective on symptom-based inhaled corticosteroids therapy in asthma. American Journal
of Respiratory Critical Care Medicine, 191, A4243.
Stewart, K., Brown, K., Drake, B., Gehlert, S., Wolf, L.A., Dubois, J., Perkins, H., Lyons, S.,
Goodman, M., & Kaphingst, K.A. (April, 2016). An examination of intention to donate
biospecimen among women considering consent models and health care discrimination.
Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers, and Prevention, 25, C12-C12/doi:10.1158/1538-7755.
DISP15-C12.
Brown, K., Drake, B., Perkins, H., Wolf, L., DuBois, J., Gehlert, S., Goodman, M., & Kaphingst, K.
(2015). Differences in preferences for models of informed consent may affect racial
comparison of biobanks. Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers, and Prevention, 24, A04/doi:
10.1158/1538-7755. DISP14-A04.
Noel, L., Goodman, M., Connors, S.K., Butler, D., McMullen, R., Oliver, C., McCullough, I, &
Gehlert, S. (2014). Identifying system-level barriers to breast cancer treatment which lead
to health disparities for vulnerable communities: A qualitative approach. Cancer
Epidemiology, Biomarkers, and Prevention, 23, A86/doi:10.1158/1538-7755.DISP13-A86.
Connors, S.K., Goodman, M.S., Noel, L., Chavakula, N., Noel, L., & Gehlert, S. (2014). Treatment
delay among African-American women in St. Louis, Missouri. Cancer Epidemiology,
Biomarkers, and Prevention, 23, C49/doi:10.1158/1538-7755.DISP13-C49.
Gehlert, S., Beers, C., & Colditz, G.A. (2011). Coordinated care model to reduce rural disparities in
breast cancer mortality. Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, B65-B65/doi:
10.1158/1055-9965. Disp-11-B65.
Dookeran, K.A., Dignam, J.J., Kerrer, K., Sekosan, M., Radeke, E. K., Lad, T.E., Holloway, N.,
McCaskill-Stevens, W.J., & Gehlert, S. (2010). Race and the influence of p53 as a marker of
prognosis in women of lower SES with breast cancer. Journal of Clinical Oncology, 28(15S I
and II), S10590.
Polite, B.N., Smith, D.M., Ray, M., Hlubocky, F.J., Olopade, O.I., Daugherty, C., & Gehlert, S.J.
(2010). Evaluating psychosocial and belief differences in a diverse racial and socioeconomic
cancer population. Journal of Clinical Oncology, 28(15S I and II), S6036.
Gehlert, S.J., Polite, B.N., Grushko, T.A., Cipriano, T., Charoenthammaraksa, S., Franklin, Z.,
Conzen, S.D., McClintock, M. Olopade, O.I. (2010). Social, biological, and tumor
characteristics of 139 African American (AA) women with newly diagnosed breast cancer in
Chicago. Journal of Clinical Oncology, 28(15S I and II), S6064.
Polite, B.N., Gehlert, S., Hlubocky, F., Smith, D., & Daugherty, C (2006). Using qualitative data to
examine disparities in cancer outcomes. Results from interviews with African American
(AA) and white (W) patients regarding health beliefs and perceptions of chemotherapy.
Journal of Clinical Oncology, 2006 ASCO Annual Meeting Proceedings, Part 1, 24 (18s),
16016.
Gehlert, S., & Chang C.-H. (2003). Development and validation of the Women’s Quality of Life
Questionnaire (WOMQOL). Quality of Life Research, 12, 740.
Hartlage, S., Arduino, K., & Gehlert, S. (1997). Premenstrual dysphoric disorders and past
psychiatric disorders. Biological Psychiatry, 41, 119s.
Gehlert, S., & Chang, C.-H. (1997). Racial differences in quality of life in epilepsy [Abstract #121].
Quality of Life Research, 6(7/8), 648-649.
Gehlert, S., & Di Francesco, A. (1996). Ethnic differences in the psychosocial outcomes of epilepsy.
Epilepsia, 37 (Suppl. 4), 56.
Gehlert, S. (1995). Cognitive restructuring for psychosocial problems in epilepsy. Epilepsia, 36
(Suppl. 3), S190.
Gehlert, S. (1995). Cognitive restructuring for psychosocial problems in epilepsy. Epilepsia, 36
(Suppl. 4), S140.
Gehlert, S.J. (1994). Perceptions of control in patients with epilepsy. Epilepsia, 35 (Suppl. 7), S45.
Gehlert, S.J. (1991). Perceptions of control in adults with epilepsy. Epilepsia, 32 (Suppl. 3), 28.
Newspaper essays
Gehlert, S. (2007, May 26). Research project on deadly breast cancer among black women reaps
understanding. Chicago Sun-Times, p. 11.
Gehlert, S. (2000, March 15). Santos’ good deed: Bringing attention to PMS. Chicago Tribune,
Section 8, p.7.
Reports from private organizations
Gehlert, S. (1999). Clinical social work issues in health care. In V. Carr Copeland, V. Jackson, L.
Jarman-Rohde, A.J. Rosen, & G. Stone (Eds.), Approaches to teaching health care in social
work: A compendium of model syllabi (pp. 101-107). Alexandria, VA: Council on Social
Work Education.
Reports from universities
Browne, Y., Andrews, C., Allen, H., Coffey, D.C., Gehlert, S., Golden, R., et al. (2015). Social Work
and the Affordable Care Act: Maximizing the Profession’s Role in Health Reform.
Available at http://works.bepress.com/teri_browne/10.
Gehlert, S., & Vincson, J. (Eds.). (1999). Social work research in maternal and child health:
Independent projects by master’s-level trainees (Classes of 1997 and 1998). Maternal and
Child Health Training Program, School of Social Service Administration, the University of
Chicago, Chicago.
Gehlert, S., & Vincson, J. (Eds.). (1997). Social work research in maternal and child health:
Independent projects by master’s-level trainees (Class of 1996). Maternal and Child Health
Training Program, School of Social Service Administration, the University of Chicago,
Chicago.
Gehlert, S., Lickey, S., & Wegener, D.H. (Eds.). (1994). Social work research in maternal and child
health: Independent research projects by master’s-level trainees (Class of 1994). Maternal
and Child Health Training Program, School of Social Service Administration, the
University of Chicago, Chicago.
Gehlert, S. (1993). The impact of cognitive restructuring on pessimistic attributional style in adults
with epilepsy: Training manual. School of Social Service Administration, the University of
Chicago, Chicago.
Slonim-Nevo, V., Auslander, W., Gehlert, S., & Ozawa, M. (1990). AIDS prevention for teenagers:
Training manual. Washington University, George Warren Brown School of Social Work,
St. Louis.
Gehlert, S.J. (1975). Lacrimal duct width and humidity. In L.H. Feldman and R.M. Rowlett
(Eds.), The 1974-75 Annual Report of the Museum of Anthropology, University of Missouri,
Columbia, Missouri (pp. 17-23). Columbia, Missouri: University Press.
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
2007-present American Association for Cancer Research
1997-present Society for Social Work and Research, Vice President Elect, 2004-2005,
Vice President, 2005-2006, President Elect, 2007-2008, President, 2008-2010.
1992-present American Anthropological Association
1992-2008 Society for Social Work Administrators in Health Care
1991-present American Public Health Association Secretary, Social Work Section, 1995-96
1989-present Council on Social Work Education
1989-2000 Epilepsy Foundation of America
1985-1992 Missouri Association for Social Welfare; St. Louis Division Board of Directors,
1988-1991; State Vice-President, 1990-1991
1980-present National Association of Social Workers; Missouri state policy committee, 1985-
1988
DISSERTATION COMMITTEES
Completed:
Social Work
Chair Lailea Noel 8/16 Neighborhoods and Healthcare Delivery: Support and
Barriers to Breast Cancer Treatment Initiation
Member Tess Thompson 4/16 Social Support and Intimate Partnerships in African
American Breast Cancer Patients
Member Nora Cristall 1/16 The Influence of Neighborhood Deprivation on Health
(University of Manitoba, Canada) Related Quality of Life in Advanced Arthritis
Chair Teresa T. Moro 9/15 Prenatal Decision Making between Mothers at Risk for
Delivering Extremely Prematurely and their Physicians
Member Annah K. Bender 5/15 Providers’ Response to Intimate Partner Violence and
Survivors’ Perceptions of Helpfulness
Member Xiang Xiaoling 4/15 Adoption and Maintenance of Health Behaviors Among
Middle-aged and Older Adults: The Role of Chronic
Disease Diagnosis and Depression (University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign)
Member Yvonne Smith 10/13 Understanding Clinical Agency: An Ethnographic Study
of Evidence, Expertise, and Decision-Making in a
Residential Treatment Center for Children
(Chair at the University of Chicago until 2010)
Chair Sarah Bollinger 9/13 An Exploration of the Lives of Young African-American
Women with Triple-Negative Breast Cancer
Member Tina Sacks 3/13 Mobilizing Class Resources and Presenting the Self:
Understanding the Differential Health Care Experience of
Black Middle Class Women
(Chair at the University of Chicago until 2010)
Chair Jaejoon Tae 9/08 The Alliance Model of the Family and Its Empirical Test:
Women’s Economic Status and the Risk for Spousal
Aggression
Chair Penny Block 8/08 The Perception of Cancer Among Recently Diagnosed
Patients
Chair Teri Arthur Browne 8/08 Social Networks and Pathways to Kidney Transplantation
Chair In Han Song 8/08 Biological and Social Factors Associated with Women’s
Mood: Analysis of Symptoms in the Natural Variation
over the Menstrual Cycle
Chair Allison Werner-Lin 7/05 Young Women at Risk: Family Development in the
Context of Hereditary Disease
Chair Sarah Lickey Diwan 5/01 Dropout from a Partial Hospitalization Program by People
with Serious Mental Illness
Chair Kevin Burke 11/99 Health, Mental Health, and Spirituality in Chronically Ill
Elders
Chair Sandra Napolitan 4/99 An Evaluation of the Effectiveness of an Early
Psychoeducational Orientation and Home Visits
Intervention for First-Time Caregivers of Stroke Patients
Chair Ruth Ann Van Loon 11/96 Coping and Adaptation in Women with AIDS
Member Julie Darnell 4/08 The Role of Free Clinics
Member Heather Horton 5/05 Schizophrenia, Deafness, and Social Functioning: The Role
of Neurocognition and Social Cognition
Member Christopher Masi, MD 11/01 Health and Social Class: A Review and an Analysis Of
Maternal and Neighborhood Correlates of Birth Outcomes
Member Amy Mericle 5/02 AIDS Risk Among Delinquent Youth: Toward an
Understanding of AIDS Risk in a High Risk Population
Member Edward Henderson 5/02 The Patients’ Words in the Therapists’ Mouth: Use of the
Patients’ Presentation of Target Complaints when
Communicating Initial Treatment Goals
Member Mildred Williamson 4/00 Life Transformation of African-American HIV Positive
Women: Possible Implications for Policy Making
Member Mary Elizabeth Collins 5/94 Parents’ Perceptions of the Risk of Child Sexual Abuse
and Relationship to Protective Behavior
Member L. Philip River 06/05 Factors Associated with Recovery in Severe Mental Illness
Reactor Lydia Falconnier 12/03 Socioeconomic Status and the Treatment of Depression:
The Role of Therapist Attitudes, the Therapeutic
Relationship, and Addressing Stressful Life Circumstances
(Chair at the University of Chicago until 2010)
Reactor Ann Bergart 5/97 Women’s Views of Their Lives After Infertility Treatment
Failures
Reactor Katherine Amato 5/95 Towards a Social Work Imagination: Reinhold Neibur on
Amato-von Hemert Social Work, Sin, Love and Justice. A
Hermaneutic Exploration
Reactor Sandra Beeman 5/95 Social Work Network Structure and Interaction Among
Neglecting and Non-Neglecting Mothers
Reactor Carolyn Copps-Hartley 2/95 The Victimization Process of Incestuous Child Sexual
Abuse: Incest Offenders’ Motives and Maintenance
Behaviors
Reactor Jae Yopp Kim 3/93 Conjugal Violence in Korean-American Families
Reactor Robert Laseter 2/94 Young Inner-City African-American Men: Work and
Family Life
Reactor Katharine Mann 6/99 How Women Living in Stressful Environmental
Circumstances use Cognitive Therapy for Depression: An
Intensive Case Study and Task Analysis
Reactor Patrick Selmi 10/98 Choosing Sides: Radicalism and the Making of Social
Work History
Reactor Steven Wolf 5/97 An Exploration of Victim Engagement Patterns of Male
Juvenile Sex Offenders
Reactor Jane Yamaguchi 8/99 Measuring the Consumer-Case Worker Relationship in
Assertive Community Treatment (ACT)
Psychology
Member Natasha Spencer, MD 6/01 Diversity in Human Ovarian Aging: The Social and Race-
Linked Context of Reproductive Aging in Women
Member Chih-Hung Chang 6/95 Psychometric Evaluation of the Minnesota Multiphasic
Personality Inventory Using the Ranch Method
Theology
Reactor Ian Evison 5/95 Pragmatism and Idealism in the Professions: The Case of
Richard Clarke Cabot, 1869-1939
Medicine
Member Tanya An 5/15 The Prevalence of Cubital Runnel Syndrome in an
American Metropolitan Population
Public Health
External Member Sarah Hohl 1/18 Assessing Behavior Change and Determining Agreement
on Outcomes to Propose a Conceptual Model of
Transdisciplinary Public Health
(University of Washington)
Proposal in Preparation
External Member Charles Mininger (the University of Chicago)
Chair Lisa Pollack
Chair Erin Stringfellow
Member Harry Taylor
