Dr. White's research is varied and spans the topics of career development of health researchers, alcohol and substance use, obesity, and bariatric surgery outcomes. She has an overarching interest in epidemiological methods, particularly those related to the design, conduct, and analysis of observational studies and randomized controlled trials. Dr. White has been MPI of multiple NIH-funded studies and Co-I on many more. Dr. White has published over 60 peer reviewed articles in well-respected, high impact journals.
Dr. White is a highly valued mentored and dedicates a large portion of her effort to mentoring learners at all levels of training. She is the methodological mentor for four career development awards and serves on multiple thesis and doctoral committees. As an Electus Faculty Fellow in the David C. Frederick Honors College, she also mentors undergraduate students and teaches one undergraduate honors course annually. She also teaches Scientific Writing and Presentation Skills, Best Practices in Clinical Research, Advanced Observational Methods, and Clinical Research Methods in the ICRE.
- BA, Psychology, Providence College, 2006
- MPH, Epidemiology, Drexel University Dornsife School of Public Health, 2009
- Public Health Fellowship, Association of the Schools of Public Health/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2011
- PhD, Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, 2018
Education & Training
White GE, Courcoulas AP, King WC. Drug- and alcohol-related mortality risk after bariatric surgery: Evidence from a 7-year prospective multicenter cohort study. Surg Obes Relat Dis. 2019;15(7):1160-1169.
White GE, Shu I, Rometo D, Arnold J, Korytkowski M, Luo J. Real-world weight loss effectiveness of GLP-1 agonists among patients with type 2 diabetes: a retrospective cohort study. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2023;31(2):537-544.
White GE, Boles RE, Courcoulas AP, Yanovski SZ, Zeller MH, Jenkins TM, Inge TH. A prospective cohort of alcohol use and alcohol-related problems before and after metabolic and bariatric surgery in adolescents. Ann Surg. 2023;278(3):e519-e525.
Mayowski C, Meagher EA, Althouse AD, Patino-Sutton C, Thakar MS, Welch JL, Rubio DM, White GE. Continued impact of COVID-19 pandemic on clinical and translational science early-career researchers. J Clin Transl Sci. 2023; 7(1):e7.
- Inductee, Psi Chi International Honor Society in Psychology, 2006
- Community Based Master’s Project Poster Award, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Drexel University School of Public Health, 2009
- Top Ten Paper, American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery 33rd Annual Meeting, 2016
- Dean's Day Departmental Award, School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, 2016
- Evelyn H Wei Scholarship Award, School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, 2018
- Inductee, Delta Omega Honorary Society in Public Health, 2019
- Distinguished Peer Reviewer, JAMA Network Open, 2022-2023
