Tabia Henry Akintobi, Ph.D., M.P.H. 

Education

SECONDARY TITLES:
Principal Investigator, Prevention Research Center
Associate Dean, Community Engagement
Director, Evaluation and Institutional Assessment

GRADUATE:
University of South Florida College of Public Health
Degree: Doctor of Philosophy in Public Health, Social and Behavioral Sciences

University of South Florida College of Public Health
Degree: Master of Public Health, Maternal and Child Health

UNDERGRADUATE:
University of Miami
Degree: Major: English; Minor: Microbiology

Research Interests

• Diabetes Prevention
• Maternal/Child health
• Mental/Behavioral Health
• Social Marketing
• Community-based Participatory Research and Evaluation
• Clinical and Translational Research
• Implementation Science
• Participatory Evaluation
• Social and Behavioral Sciences

Publications

• Coughlin, C., Williams, L. & Henry Akintobi, T. Black Health in the South. (2023). Johns Hopkins University Press: Baltimore, Maryland. ISBN: 9781421445465
• Henry Akintobi, T., Sheikhattari, P., Shaffer, E., Evans, C. L., Braun, K. L., Sy, A. U., Mancera, B., Campa, A., Miller, S. T., Sarpong, D., Holliday, R., Jimenez-Chavez, J., Khan, S., Hinton, C., Sellars-Bates, K., Ajewole, V., Teufel-Shone, N. I., McMullin, J., Suther, S., Kimbro, K. S., … Tchounwou, P. B. (2021). Community Engagement Practices at Research Centers in U.S. Minority Institutions: Priority Populations and Innovative Approaches to Advancing Health Disparities Research. International journal of environmental research and public health, 18(12), 6675. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18126675
• Henry Akintobi, T., Jacobs, T., Sabbs, D., Holden, K., Braithwaite, R., Johnson, L.N., Dawes, D., Hoffman, L. (2020). Community Engagement of African Americans in the Era of COVID-19: Considerations, Challenges, Implications, and Recommendations for Public Health, Preventing Chronic Disease, 2020 https://www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2020/20_0255.htm
• Braithwaite, R. L., Henry Akintobi, T. K., Blumenthal, D., Langley, M. W. (2020). The Morehouse Model: How One School of Medicine Revolutionized Community Engagement and Health Equity. Johns Hopkins University Press: Baltimore, Maryland. ISBN: 978-1421438047
• Henry Akintobi, T., Lockamy, E., Goodin, L., Hernandez, N., Slocumb, T., Blumenthal, D., Braithwaite, R., Leeks, L., Rowland, M, Cotton, T., & Hoffman, L. (2018). Processes and outcomes of a community-based participatory research-driven health needs assessment: A tool for moving health disparity reporting to evidence-based action. Progress in Community Health Partnerships: Research, Education, and Action. (12)139-147. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5977395/pdf/nihms968176.pdf
• Hoffman, L.M., Rollins, L., Akintobi, T.H., McAllister, C., Hernandez, N., Erwin, K., & Miller, A. (2017). Evaluation of a community-based participatory oral health intervention for low-income African American men. American Journal of Public Health, Supplement 1(107), 104-110. PMID: 28661811 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5497882/pdf/AJPH.2017.303760.pdf

Honors and Awards

• 2019: Robert D. Russell Visiting Scholar. Southern Illinois University Department of Public Health and Recreation Professions
• 2018: American Public Health Association Community Public Health Caucus Thomas Bruce, MD Award
• 2017: National Community-based Organization Network Lucille Webb Award
• 2015: University of South Florida College of Public Health Inaugural Outstanding Alumni Award
• 2015: Morehouse School of Medicine Master of Public Health Program Keystone Award
• 2015: Fulton County Healthy Heart Coalition, Heart of Champions Award
• 2014: Morehouse School of Medicine Master of Public Health Program Teacher of the Year Award
• 2014: Morehouse School of Medicine Master of Public Health Program Faculty Research Award