Assistant Professor
Department of Epidemiology
512 Parran Hall
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA 15261
Voice: 412-692-5200
E-mail: est@pitt.edu

Research Interests

• Diabetes
• Minority Health

Research Support

Principal Investigator


• Fogarty International Center (2000-2004) NIH

Education & Training

• Columbia Union College - B.S. Medical Technology, 1983
• University of Alabama at Birmingham - M.P.H. Epidemiology, 1987
• University of Alabama at Birmingham - Dr.P.H., 1990

Selected Publications

Tull ES , LaPorte RE, Kriska A, Mark J, Hatcher AT. Glucose intolerance by race and ethnicity in the U.S. Virgin Islands. JNMA 2002;94:135-142

Butler C, Tull ES , Chambers EC, Taylor J. Internalized racism, body fat distribution and abnormal fasting glucose among African-Caribbean women in Dominica West Indies. JNMA 2002;94:143-147

Tull ES , Butler C, Chambers EC, Wickramasuriya T, Fraser H, Brock V, Brown T, Christopher J, Cliper A, Neal-Furgusen D, Haney E, Spruill M, Jordan O, Pittsburgh MIRT Caribbean Group. Should body size preference be a target of health promotion efforts to address the epidemic of obesity in Afro-Caribbean women? Ethn Dis 2001;11:652-660

Tull ES , Wickramasuriya T, Taylor J, Smith-Burns V, Brown M, Champaigne G, Daye K, Donaldson K, Solomon N, Walker S, Fraser H, Jordan OW. Relationship of internalized racism to abdominal obesity and blood pressure in Afro-Caribbean Women. JNMA 1999;91:447-451

Tull ES , Butler C, Gumbs L, Williams S. The use of capture-recapture methods to monitor diabetes in Dominica, West Indies. Pan Am J Pub Health 1998;3;303-307

Tull ES , Jordan O, Simon L, Laws M, Smith DO, Vanterpool H, Buttler C. Incidence of childhood-onset IDDM in black African-heritage populations in the Caribbean. The Caribbean African Heritage IDDM Study (CAHIS) Group. Diabetes Care 1997;20:309-310

Tull ES , Barinas E. A two-fold excess mortality among black compared to white IDDM patients in Allegheny County, PA. Pittsburgh DERI Mortality Study Group. Diabetes Care 1996; 19:1344-1347