Faculty and Staff Biography

Tabet-Maya

Maya Tabet

Adjunct Assistant Professor, Epidemiology
College of Global Population Health

Education

Ph.D. in Public Health Studies - Epidemiology, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri

M.S. in Nutrition, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon

Specialty

Maternal and child health

Life course health development framework

Current Research

Dr. Tabet's research expertise spans across many areas of maternal and child health including childhood obesity, maternal weight, poor maternal and infant outcomes, mental health, and health disparities. Dr. Tabet uses the life course health development framework to determine how exposures early in life and across the lifespan may affect outcomes later in life.

Vita Highlights

  • Tabet M, Xaverius PK. Parental emotional support trajectories and the risk of adolescent overweight or obesity. Infant and Child Development, e2358. https://doi.org/10.1002/ icd.2358.
  • Tabet M, Banna S, Luong L, Kirby R, Chang JJ. Pregnancy outcomes after preeclampsia: The effects of interpregnancy weight change [published online ahead of print, 2020 Jun 10]. American Journal of Perinatology 2020;10.1055/s-0040-1713000. doi:10.1055/s-0040-1713000
  • Tabet M, Harper LM, Flick LH, Chang JJ. Gestational weight gain in the first two pregnancies and perinatal outcomes in the second pregnancy. Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology 2017; doi: 10.1111/ppe.12364
  • Tabet M, Flick LH, Cook CA, Xian H, Chang JJ. Age at first birth and psychiatric disorders in low-income pregnant women. Journal of Women's Health (Larchmt) 2016;25(8):810-817.
  • Tabet M, Flick LH, Tuuli MG, Macones GA, Chang JJ. Prepregnancy body mass index in a first uncomplicated pregnancy and outcomes of a second pregnancy. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology 2015;213(4):548.e541-547.