Dr. Mayo-Gamble is an Associate Professor of Community Health in the Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health at Georgia Southern University. She is also the Public Health faculty preceptor for Inter-Professional Education and Practice. 

Dr. Mayo-Gamble’s instruction is in health promotion, education, and behavior, and her specialized training is in the areas of community-engagement and chronic disease management. She earned her MA, MPH, and PhD from Indiana University. Dr. Mayo-Gamble also completed a postdoctoral research fellowship in Community Engagement from Community Engaged Research Core at Meharry Medical College. In addition to academic training, Dr. Mayo-Gamble is a Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES).

Dr. Mayo-Gamble’s research agenda includes implementing community engagement methods, health communication, health behavior, chronic disease self-management, sickle cell disease, and patient-centered care. In particular, her research agenda centers on increasing protective behaviors, such as self-care, for disease management in underserved populations, focusing on sickle cell disease. Dr. Mayo-Gamble is also an advocate for patients with rare diseases, serving on state and national level advisory committees.

Disciplines: Community Health, Behavior and Education

Teaching Interests: Research methods, social marketing, theory, health behavior