Elizabeth Piatt
Elizabeth Piatt, PhD
Northeast Ohio Medical University
Assistant Professor and Chair, Sociology Department
Contact Information
Hiram College
PO Box 67
Hiram OH 44234
Phone: 330.569.5215
Email: piattee@hiram.edu
Kent State University, PhD
The University of Akron, MA
Biography
Dr. Piatt is currently an Assistant Professor and Chair of Sociology at Hiram College. Prior to her current appointment, she was an assistant professor in Behavioral and Community Health Sciences at Northeastern Ohio Universities Colleges of Medicine and Pharmacy, a National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) Minority Fellow and received a NIMH Dissertation Grant to Increase Diversity. She currently is working on the Community Mental Health Research Initiative (CMHRI). Dr. Piatt’s research focuses primarily on explanations for race disparities in mental health. Her current projects examine race differences in the mental health effects of social roles and disparities in physical health experienced by persons with serious mental illness.
Research Interests
Stigma, mental illness and health behaviors/health outcomes
Race, mastery (perceived control), social roles/identities and mental health
Community involvement in efforts to reduce race disparities in health
Consortium of Eastern Ohio Master of Public Health Involvement
Faculty appointment
Capstone preceptor
Capstone or Practicum Areas of Expertise
Race disparities in physical or mental health
Community-public health partnerships to reduce race disparities in health