Primary Teaching Areas

• Health Equity and Social Justice
• Public Health Leadership

Selected Publications

Friedman DF, Giunta N, Gallo WT, Fahs MC. The influence of neighborhood factors on the quality of life of older adults attending New York City senior centers: Results from the Health Indicators Project. Quality of Life Research 2012; 21:123-131.
 
Ayyagari P, Deb P, Fletcher J, Gallo WT, Sindelar JL. Sin taxes: Do heterogeneous responses undercut their value? Health Economics (epub ahead of print December 12, 2011).
 
Chung W, Giunta N, Parikh N, Fahs M, Gallo WT. Linking neighborhood characteristics to nutritional insecurity in older adults: The role of perceived safety, social cohesion, and walkability. Journal of Urban Health 2012; 89:407-418.
 
Schmitz, MF, Giunta N, Parikh N, Chen K, Fahs MC, Gallo WT. The association between neighborhood social cohesion and hypertension management strategies in older adults. Age and Ageing 2012; 41:388-392.
 
Giunta N, Morano C, Parikh N, Friedman D, Fahs MC, Gallo WT. Racial and ethnic diversity in senior centers: Comparing participant characteristics in more and less multicultural settings. Journal of Gerontological Social Work 2011 55:467-483.
 
Ryvicker M, Fahs MC, Gallo WT. Environmental factors associated with primary access use among urban older adults. Social Science and Medicine 2012 75:914-921.
 
Berchick ER, Gallo WT, Maralani V, Kasl SV. Inequality and the association between involuntary job loss and depressive symptoms. Social Science and Medicine 2012 75:1891-1894.
 
Rashad Kelly I, Dave DM, Sindelar JL, Gallo WT. The impact of early occupational choice on health behaviors. Review of Economics of the Household 2012 (in press).
 
Giunta N, Morano C, Parikh N, Friedman D, Fahs MC, Gallo WT. Mind-Body Techniques, Race-Ethnicity, and Depression among Urban Senior Center Participants. Health and Social Work 2012 (in press).
 
Gallo WT. Effect of unemployment on risks for acute myocardial infarction: Evolution of research. Invited comment on “The cumulative effect of unemployment on risks for acute myocardial infarction.” Archives of Internal Medicine 2012 (in press).

Friedman D, Parikh NS , Giunta N, Fahs MC , Gallo WT. The influence of neighborhood factors on the quality of life of older adults attending New York City senior centers: results from the Health Indicators Project." Qual Life Res May 21 2011.

Rossler W, Vetter S, Muller M, Gallo WT, Haker H, Kawohl W, Lupi G, Ajdacic-Gross V. Risk factors at the low end of the psychosis continuum: Much the same as at the upper end? Psychiatry Res 2011 Mar 23.

Gallo WT, Brand JE, Teng HM, Leo-Summers L, Byers AL. Differential impact of involuntary job loss on physical disability among older workers: Does predisposition matter? Research on Aging 2009; 31: 345-360.

Gallo WT, Bradley EH, Teng HM, Kasl SV. The effect of recurrent job loss on the depressive symptoms of older US workers. International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health 2006; 80:109-116.

Education

• BS, University of Hartford, 1987
• MBA ,American Graduate School of International management, 1990
• MA, University of Ct., Storrs
• PhD, University of Ct, Storrs, 1999