Dr. Margot Gage Witvliet
Assistant Professor | Social Epidemiologist | Veteran Advocate
WHAT I DO
My research centers on investigating societal challenges (often referred to as 'wicked problems') and population health using a global perspective.
Moving to Beaumont, Texas (i.e. Cancer Alley), where poor air quality is considered the "smell of money," I expanded my research agenda to include environmental health and justice issues. I also work to advance public knowledge on medical cannabis.
My research on corruption and health was used as part of their supporting evidence at the Kaiser Family Foundation Roundtable. The United Nations has also referenced my co-authored research on corruption and health in their 73rd General Assembly document. My co-authored work on lone mothers is quoted by Reuters News. MSN.com featured my work on the environment, and my work on medical cannabis was covered on 12NewsNow.
Currently, I am working on long COVID-19 public health research.
(See below a selection of my publications)
Health
Witvliet MI. Corruption undermines health care systems: a human rights issue. Freedom from Fear. 2014; 14-17. 10.18356/f8c75497-en.
Witvliet MI. It Will Take a Global Movement to Curb Corruption in Health Systems; Comment on “We Need to Talk About Corruption in Health Systems”. International Journal of Health Policy and Management. 2019; 8(11): 662-664. doi: 10.15171/ijhpm.2019.58
Witvliet MI, Kunst AE, Arah OA, Stronks K. Sick regimes and sick people: a multilevel investigation of the population health consequences of perceived national corruption. Tropical Medicine & International Health. 2013; 18:19.
Witvliet MI, Arah OA, Stronks K, Kunst AE. A global study on lone mothers: exploring the associations of self-assessed general health with motherhood types and gender inequality in 32 countries. Womens Health Issues. 2014;24(2):e177-e185. doi:10.1016/j.whi.2013.12.001
Cannabis
Witvliet MI. The Many Faces of Cannabis. (forthcoming).
Witvliet MI. Cannabidiol (CBD). in James Hawdon, Matthew Costello, and Bryan Lee Miller (Eds.) Marijuana in America: Cultural, Political, and Medical Controversies. ABC CLIO. (forthcoming)
Witvliet MI. Marijuana Use and the Military in James Hawdon, Matthew Costello, and Bryan Lee Miller (Eds.) Marijuana in America: Cultural, Political, and Medical Controversies. ABC CLIO. (forthcoming)
Witvliet MI. FDA Commentary. Scientific Data and Information About Products Containing Cannabis or Cannabis-Derived Compounds; Public Hearing. 2019.
Enviornment
Witvliet MI. Asthma rates in southeast, Texas children. (forthcoming).
Adair K, Miller S, Witvliet MI. Are Government Air Monitors Failing Southeast, Texas? An exploratory investigation of air quality and TCEQ air monitors in Beaumont, Texas after Hurricane Harvey. (forthcoming).