Laurie Gavilo-Lane
Assistant Professor
College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences
PhD, Tennessee State University, Nashville, TN, PhD (candidate), Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, MPH, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, MSSW, University of Tennessee, Nashville, TN, MA, State University of West Georgia, Carrollton, GA, BA, Emory University, Atlanta Georgia
Location: JCM 439
615-460-8677laurie.gavilolane@belmont.edu
Biography
Laurie Gavilo-Lane, PhD, MPH, MSSW is an Assistant Professor in the Public Health Program. Dr. Gavilo-Lane is a passionate public health advocate for improving the quality of life of those experiencing addiction, poverty, and health disparities. Before coming to Belmont University, Dr. Gavilo-Lane worked on a number of health initiatives, including co-owning and operating a TN-licensed Office Based Opioid Treatment (OBOT) program for individuals diagnosed with opioid dependency. She also taught graduate-level statistics and epidemiology as an adjunct professor for nine years at Tennessee State University. In the past, she worked for Mayo Clinic as the Director of Minority and Diversity Programs in the school of Graduate Medical Education. Finally, while completing her PhD at Tulane, she was also the Director of Tulane Drop-In Center, targeting transient homeless youth. Dr. Gavilo-Lane was a PhD candidate at Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine in 2005; however, Hurricane Katrina forced her family to relocate, and she completed her PhD in Public Administration at Tennessee State University (TSU) as an SREB Doctoral Scholar.
Research Interests:
Research interests range from tax expenditures as social policy, racial and ethnic health disparities, opioid use and harm reduction, intergovernmental and fiscal federalism initiatives, and music and medicine.
Publications:
Streams, M. and Gavilo-Lane, L. (2016). “Tax Expenditures as Social Policy”; entry in Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy and Governance. ed. Slack, J.D. & Ko, J-Y (“Social Policy” Section Editors); Farazmond, A. (Editor-in-chief). New York: Springer, pp. 1 – 8. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-31816-5_2649-1
Grants:
Vanderbilt Health Equity, Community Health Improvement Grant (2020)
HRSA – Service Expansion of Mental Health and Substance Abuse (2005 – 2010)
NIH - Diversity in Health-Related Research (R25) (2004 – 2005)
LA Office of Public Health HIV/AIDS Program RFP (2004)
UNITY for the Homeless (2004 – 2005)