Marney A. White

White completed her Bachelor of Science degree in 1991 from the University of Virginia and her Master's degree at James Madison University. She obtained her doctoral degree at Louisiana State University{{cite web |title=Marney A. White |url=https://publichealth.yale.edu/profile/marney_white/ |website=publichealth.yale.edu |access-date=April 16, 2021}} and published Development and validation of the food-craving inventory.{{cite journal |last1=White |first1=Marney A. |last2=Whisenhunt |first2=Brooke L. |last3=Williamson |first3=Donald A. |last4=Greenway |first4=Frank L. |last5=Netemeyer |first5=Richard G. |title=Development and validation of the food-craving inventory |journal=Obesity |date=February 2002 |volume=10 |issue=2 |pages=107–114 |doi=10.1038/oby.2002.17 |pmid=11836456 |doi-access=free }} Following her clinical internship, she completed a postdoctoral fellowship in the Department of Psychiatry at the Yale School of Medicine. She then joined the faculty at the Yale School of Medicine and simultaneously completed a second master's degree at Yale School of Public Health in Chronic Disease Epidemiology.

Upon completing her postdoctoral fellowship, White joined the faculty at the Yale University School of Medicine as an assistant professor. During the 2013–14 academic year, White was promoted to the rank of associate professor{{cite web |title=Department of Psychiatry announces promotions, new faculty appointments |url=https://medicine.yale.edu/news-article/6321/ |website=medicine.yale.edu |access-date=April 16, 2021 |date=December 10, 2013}} and was selected as Teacher of the Year by Yale School of Public Health Class of 2014 and 2020.{{cite web |title=Marney White selected as Teacher of the Year by Yale School of Public Health Class of 2014 |url=https://medicine.yale.edu/news-article/7491/ |website=medicine.yale.edu |access-date=April 16, 2021 |date=May 23, 2014}} She was promoted to the rank of professor in 2021.

As an associate professor, White co-authored Stress, cortisol, and other appetite‐related hormones: Prospective prediction of 6‐month changes in food cravings and weight.{{cite journal |last1=Cho |first1=Ariana M. |last2=Jastreboff |first2=Ania M. |last3=White |first3=Marney A. |last4=Grilo |first4=Carlos M. |last5=Sinha |first5=Rajita |title=Stress, cortisol, and other appetite-related hormones: Prospective prediction of 6-month changes in food cravings and weight |journal=Obesity |date=March 28, 2017 |volume=25 |issue=4 |pages=713–720 |doi=10.1002/oby.21790 |pmid=28349668 |url= |pmc=5373497 }} She was also the first author on Evaluation of a Behavioral Self-Care Intervention for Public Health Students which examined the effectiveness of a behavioral health promotion intervention on health behaviors of postgraduate students.{{cite web |title=Yale study: Self-care interventions promote improved health behaviors among postgraduate students |url=https://publichealth.yale.edu/news-article/15995/ |website=publichealth.yale.edu |access-date=April 16, 2021 |date=October 17, 2017}}

During the COVID-19 pandemic, White integrated COVID-19 into her undergraduate course: Introduction to Epidemiology and Public Health. She created a case study in which she asked students to compare COVID-19 to SARS and walked them through basic epidemiological procedures.{{cite web |last1=Poitras |first1=Colin |title=COVID-19: A Teachable Moment |url=https://medicine.yale.edu/news-article/23741/ |access-date=April 16, 2021 |date=April 6, 2020}} She also created a socially distanced learning course on self-care for the public to cope with the anxiety of COVID-19.{{cite web |last1=White |first1=Marney A. |title=White's Online Self-Care Course Now Publicly Available |url=https://publichealth.yale.edu/news-article/23577/ |website=publichealth.yale.edu |access-date=April 16, 2021 |date=April 1, 2020}} White has also published various op-eds on COVID anxiety, mental health, and returning to work and authored COVID-19: When Teaching Public Health Became Personal.{{cite journal |last1=White |first1=Marney A. |title=COVID-19: When Teaching Public Health Became Personal |journal=American Journal of Public Health |date=November 2020 |volume=110 |issue=11 |pages=1662 |doi=10.2105/AJPH.2020.305932 |pmid=33026870 |pmc=7542277 }} In 2021, White was ranked the world's third top expert in binge-eating disorder by Expertscape's PubMed-based algorithms, alongside colleagues Carlos Grilo, Robin Masheb, Marc Potenza, Janet Lydecker, and Valentina Ivezaj.{{cite web |title=Expertscape Names White, Other Faculty World Experts in Binge-Eating Disorder |url=https://medicine.yale.edu/news-article/30519/ |website=medicine.yale.edu |access-date=April 16, 2021 |date=February 23, 2021}}

White's research on behavioral health has spanned multiple areas, from conducting randomized controlled trials for eating disorders and smoking cessation to epidemiological and psychometric studies. Her work also examines psychiatric comorbidities and psychological consequences of chronic disease. Her transdisciplinary work examines psychiatric correlates of severe autoimmune skin diseases {{Cite web |title=Psychosocial Burden of Autoimmune Blistering Diseases: A Comprehensive Survey Study |url=https://medicine.yale.edu/news-article/psychosocial-burden-of-autoimmune-blistering-diseases-a-comprehensive-survey-study/ |access-date=2024-10-20 |website=medicine.yale.edu |language=en}} and other dermatologic conditions.{{Cite web |last=DiBenedetto |first=Lauren |title=Yale Study Finds Association Between Eczema and Eating Disorders |url=https://ysph.yale.edu/news-article/yale-study-finds-connection-between-eczema-and-eating-disorders/ |access-date=2024-10-20 |website=ysph.yale.edu |language=en}} She currently serves on the Autoimmune Blistering Disease Task Force of the European Association of Dermatology and Venereology and as a statistical and academic consultant for the International Pemphigus and Pemphigoid Foundation.{{Cite web |date=March 2024 |title=Understanding the Unmet Needs of the Pemphigus & Pemphigoid Community Voice of the Patient Report |url=https://www.pemphigus.org/wp-content/uploads/IPPF_VOP-Report-FinalDigital-1.pdf}}

White has won multiple awards for her undergraduate and graduate teaching, including Yale School of Public Health’s Teacher of the Year award in 2014 and in 2020. She has been lauded for her teaching style; Yale School of Public Health’s announcement read, “Her classes, described as interactive, fun, and riddled with story-telling, provided students the opportunity to successfully apply the knowledge they learned to address public health challenges.” White has authored a research publication on the impact of incorporating humor into pedagogy.{{Cite journal |last=White |first=Marney A. |date=2019-11-02 |title=Academic Course Evaluations in Health Sciences Can Be a Joke: A Cross-sectional Examination of whether Students Appreciate a Professor’s Sense of Humor |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/19325037.2019.1675559 |journal=American Journal of Health Education |language=en |volume=50 |issue=6 |pages=398–404 |doi=10.1080/19325037.2019.1675559 |issn=1932-5037|url-access=subscription }}

White and her husband Erik Mayville have one son together{{cite news |last1=White |first1=Marney A. |title=Academia and motherhood: We can have both |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/grade-point/wp/2016/04/27/academia-and-motherhood-we-can-have-both/ |access-date=April 16, 2021 |newspaper=Washington Post |date=April 27, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160428105559/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/grade-point/wp/2016/04/27/academia-and-motherhood-we-can-have-both/ |archive-date=April 28, 2016}} and two stepdaughters.{{cite web |title=Who are the MOMBIES? |url=https://www.mombies.org/bios |website=mombies.org |access-date=April 16, 2021}} She is the daughter of Louise White, a public school science teacher {{Cite web |title=Obituary information for Louise Myers White |url=https://www.hdoliver.com/obituaries/Louise-Myers-White?obId=24965445 |access-date=2024-10-20 |website=www.hdoliver.com}} and Bob White, founder of surfboard brand Wave Riding Vehicles and inaugural inductee in the East Coast Surfing Hall of Fame. {{Cite web |title=Bob White |url=https://eastcoastsurfinghalloffame.org/portfolio-items/bob-white/ |access-date=2024-10-20 |website=East Coast Surfing Hall of Fame |language=en-US}}

In 2016, White generated backlash for her opinion piece about balancing motherhood and academia; {{Cite web |last=White |first=Marney |date=April 27, 2016 |title=Academia and motherhood: We can have both |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/grade-point/wp/2016/04/27/academia-and-motherhood-we-can-have-both}} specifically, for the composition of a photograph of her with her infant son featured in the Washington Post. White wrote a response piece about bullying in the academic community.{{Cite web |title=Mean girls with Ph.D.s |url=https://www.asbmb.org/asbmb-today/opinions/090116/mean-girls-with-ph-d-s |access-date=2024-10-20 |website=www.asbmb.org |language=en}}

Since 2017,{{Cite web |last=Botelho |first=Jessica |date=2023-10-23 |title='Mombies' unite for Halloween fun, but also to raise funds to fight metastatic breast cancer |url=https://thenationaldesk.com/news/from-the-desk/mombies-unite-for-halloween-fun-but-also-to-raise-funds-to-fight-metastatic-breast-cancer-mothers-moms-parenthood-children-zombies-flash-mob-dances-health-biopsies-treatment-screening-mammogram-cancer-couch-foundation-nonprofit-fairfield-connecticut |access-date=2023-10-30 |website=The National Desk |language=en}} White has been an active member of the philanthropic initiative MOMbies Dance to Donate,{{Cite web |title=Mombies Dance to Donate |url=https://www.mombies.org/ |access-date=2023-10-30 |website=Mombies Dance to Donate |language=en-US}} a collective of mothers who perform dance routines to raise funds for metastatic breast cancer research through the Cancer Couch Foundation.{{Cite web |last=Landaverde • • |first=Briceyda |date=2023-10-25 |title=A group of MOMbies is dancing to raise awareness about metastatic breast cancer |url=https://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local/a-group-of-mombies-is-dancing-to-raise-awareness-about-metastatic-breast-cancer/3132867/ |access-date=2023-10-30 |website=NBC Connecticut |language=en-US}}

White gained prominence as an advocate for people with immunocompromised systems during the Covid-19 pandemic. {{Cite web |title=What does a 'return to normal' mean for the immunocompromised? |url=https://the1a.org/segments/what-does-a-return-to-normal-mean-for-the-immunocompromised/ |access-date=2024-10-20 |website=1A |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Health |first=Marney A. White Professor of Public |last2=University |first2=Yale |date=2022-03-10 |title=Protecting the Vulnerable—It's Time to Move Beyond the Rhetoric |url=https://www.newsweek.com/protecting-vulnerableits-time-move-beyond-rhetoric-opinion-1686047 |access-date=2024-10-20 |website=Newsweek |language=en}}

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