Associate Professor; Associate Director, Center for the Study of Sexual and Gender Health
Heritage Hall 460T
(205) 934-3307
Research and Teaching Interests: Political and policy determinants of health, Population health and intersectionality, Sexual and gender minority health disparities, Racial heath disparities
Office Hours: By appointment
Education:
- BA, Texas A&M University, Political Science
- MA, Texas A&M University, Sociology
- PhD, Texas A&M University, Sociology
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My teaching and research centers on the understanding that racism, homophobia, and transphobia diminish the health of people of color and LGBTQ+ individuals through structural mechanisms of inequality, discrimination, stigmatization, and minority stress. My work is largely transdisciplinary in that I draw from and combine multiple discipline-specific theories, concepts, and methods from sociology, political science, public health, Black studies, and others, to come to a unique conceptual framework that addresses questions of social inequality.
I currently have three main lines of research. The first considers political and policy determinants of LGBTQ+ health where I investigate the impact political and policy factors have on aggregate and individual health outcomes. The second is centered on population health, inequity, and intersectionality where I investigate how forms of inequity, such as racism and homophobia, create disparate population health outcomes, often intersecting with one another. Finally, my research investigates broad questions of community, wellbeing, and health. In this work, I explore how specific types of social support and social interactions affect health.
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Research Funding
- Miller, Gabe H. (PI). “Examining the Impact of Political and Policy Determinants of Health on Health Outcomes for Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual People. Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Policies for Action, Health Equity Scholars for Action. 2021-2026. ($248,431)
- Miller, Gabe H. (PI). “Political & Policy Determinants of Sexual and Gender Minority (SGM) Health.” National Institutes of Health. L60MD018870. 2023-2025.
- Miller, Gabe H. (PI). “State-Level SGM Policy Determinants of HIV/AIDS Incidence, Mortality, and Measures of Care.” University of Alabama at Birmingham Center for AIDS Research (CFAR): Developmental Pilot Funding. Supplement: National Institutes of Health, P30 AI027767. 2023-2025 ($134,288)
- MacCarthy, Sarah (MPI), Emma Kay (MPI), Gabe H. Miller (Co-I), and Frank Puga (Co-I). “AdvanceSGM Health for Research Diversity.” National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities. T32MD019780. 2023-2027. ($1,250,300)
- MacCarthy, Sarah (MPI), Emma Kay (MPI), Gabe H. Miller (Co-I), Josh Bruce (Co-I), Frank Puga (Co-I), and Bridge Hill Kennedy (Co-I). “Deep South Population Health Training Program.” National Institutes of Health, National Library of Medicine. R25LM014336. 2023-2027. ($598,225)
- Morgan, Mariah Smith (PI), Gabe H. Miller (Co-PI), Anna G. Tribble (Co-PI), George William Davis (Co-PI), and Rasheda Chanel Boddie-Forbes (Co-PI). “New Beginnings for Choctaw Tribal Students.” United States Department of Agriculture-National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA-NIFA) 2021-70411-35207. 2021-2025. ($500,059)
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Academic Distinctions and Professional Societies
- Associate Editor, Population Research and Policy Review (2025-Present)
- American Sociological Association (ASA)
- Southern Sociological Society (SSS)
- Interdisciplinary Association for Population Health Science (IAPHS)
- Population Association of America (PAA)
- Southern Demographic Association (SDA)
- American Public Health Association (APHA)