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Marney A. White
Born
Virginia, USA
SpouseErik Mayville
Children3
Academic background
EducationBS, 1991, University of Virginia
MA, 1998, James Madison University
PhD, 2003, Louisiana State University
MS, 2009, Yale School of Public Health, Chronic Disease Epidemiology
ThesisMediators of weight loss in an internet-based intervention for African American adolescent girls (2003)
Academic work
InstitutionsYale University
Main interestsEating disorders, binge eating, mental health, campus mental health

Marney Ann White is an American psychologist and epidemiologist.

Early life and education

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White completed her Bachelor of Science degree in 1991 from the University of Virginia and her Master's degree at James Madison University. She obtained her doctoral degree at Louisiana State University[1] and published Development and validation of the food-craving inventory.[2] Following her clinical internship, she completed a postdoctoral fellowship in the Department of Psychiatry at the Yale School of Medicine. She then completed a second master's degree at Yale School of Public Health in Chronic Disease Epidemiology.[1]

Career

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Upon completing her postdoctoral fellowship, White joined the faculty at the Yale University School of Medicine as an assistant professor. During the 2013–14 academic year, White was promoted to the rank of associate professor[3] and was selected as Teacher of the Year by Yale School of Public Health Class of 2014 and 2020.[4] She was promoted to the rank of professor in 2021.[1]

As an associate professor, White co-authored Stress, cortisol, and other appetite‐related hormones: Prospective prediction of 6‐month changes in food cravings and weight.[5] She was also the first author on Evaluation of a Behavioral Self-Care Intervention for Public Health Students which examined the effectiveness of a behavioral health promotion intervention on health behaviors of postgraduate students.[6]

During the COVID-19 pandemic, White integrated COVID-19 into her undergraduate course: Introduction to Epidemiology and Public Health. She created a case study in which she asked students to compare COVID-19 to SARS and walked them through basic epidemiological procedures.[7] She also created a socially distanced learning course on self-care for the public to cope with the anxiety of COVID-19.[8] White has also published various op-eds on COVID anxiety, mental health, and returning to work and authored COVID-19: When Teaching Public Health Became Personal.[9] In 2021, White was ranked the world's third top expert in binge-eating disorder by Expertscape's PubMed-based algorithms, alongside colleagues Carlos Grilo, Robin Masheb, Marc Potenza, Janet Lydecker, and Valentina Ivezaj.[10]

Personal life

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White and her husband Erik Mayville have one son together[11] and two stepdaughters.[12] Since 2017,[13] White has been an active member of the philanthropic initiative MOMbies Dance to Donate,[14] a collective of mothers who perform dance routines to raise funds for metastatic breast cancer research through the Cancer Couch Foundation.[15]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Marney A. White". publichealth.yale.edu. Retrieved April 16, 2021.
  2. ^ White, Marney A.; Whisenhunt, Brooke L.; Williamson, Donald A.; Greenway, Frank L.; Netemeyer, Richard G. (February 2002). "Development and validation of the food-craving inventory". Obesity. 10 (2): 107–114. doi:10.1038/oby.2002.17. PMID 11836456.
  3. ^ "Department of Psychiatry announces promotions, new faculty appointments". medicine.yale.edu. December 10, 2013. Retrieved April 16, 2021.
  4. ^ "Marney White selected as Teacher of the Year by Yale School of Public Health Class of 2014". medicine.yale.edu. May 23, 2014. Retrieved April 16, 2021.
  5. ^ Cho, Ariana M.; Jastreboff, Ania M.; White, Marney A.; Grilo, Carlos M.; Sinha, Rajita (March 28, 2017). "Stress, cortisol, and other appetite-related hormones: Prospective prediction of 6-month changes in food cravings and weight". Obesity. 25 (4): 713–720. doi:10.1002/oby.21790. PMC 5373497. PMID 28349668.
  6. ^ "Yale study: Self-care interventions promote improved health behaviors among postgraduate students". publichealth.yale.edu. October 17, 2017. Retrieved April 16, 2021.
  7. ^ Poitras, Colin (April 6, 2020). "COVID-19: A Teachable Moment". Retrieved April 16, 2021.
  8. ^ White, Marney A. (April 1, 2020). "White's Online Self-Care Course Now Publicly Available". publichealth.yale.edu. Retrieved April 16, 2021.
  9. ^ White, Marney A. (November 2020). "COVID-19: When Teaching Public Health Became Personal". American Journal of Public Health. 110 (11): 1662. doi:10.2105/AJPH.2020.305932. PMC 7542277. PMID 33026870.
  10. ^ "Expertscape Names White, Other Faculty World Experts in Binge-Eating Disorder". medicine.yale.edu. February 23, 2021. Retrieved April 16, 2021.
  11. ^ White, Marney A. (April 27, 2016). "Academia and motherhood: We can have both". Washington Post. Archived from the original on April 28, 2016. Retrieved April 16, 2021.
  12. ^ "Who are the MOMBIES?". mombies.org. Retrieved April 16, 2021.
  13. ^ Desk, JESSICA A. BOTELHO | The National (2023-10-23). "'Mombies' unite for Halloween fun, but also to raise funds to fight metastatic breast cancer". The National Desk. Retrieved 2023-10-30. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  14. ^ "Mombies Dance to Donate". Mombies Dance to Donate. Retrieved 2023-10-30.
  15. ^ Landaverde • •, Briceyda (2023-10-25). "A group of MOMbies is dancing to raise awareness about metastatic breast cancer". NBC Connecticut. Retrieved 2023-10-30.
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