CPHAR Fellows Biographical Information

Chivon A. Mingo, Ph.D.

In 2003, Dr. Mingo received a B.S. in Psychology from Georgia State University in Atlanta, GA. Subsequently, she received a M.A. in Gerontology (2005) and a Ph.D. in Aging Studies (2010) both from the University of South Florida (USF) in Tampa, FL.

Dr. Mingo’s current research interests span the areas of biobehavioral health, health disparities, and aging. Specifically, throughout her tenure in graduate school, she concentrated on osteoarthritis health disparities and ways to address those health disparities through behavioral health care interventions. As a postdoctoral fellow, she will build upon this program of research by further examining health disparities in individuals with self-reported arthritis, osteoarthritis, and rheumatoid arthritis. Moreover, Dr. Mingo will specifically examine how social determinants of health impact arthritis related health disparities. Findings will be used to inform the design of culturally sensitive arthritis health care interventions.

Dr. Mingo is the recipient of numerous awards and honors including the McKnight Doctoral Fellowship, Arthritis Foundation Student Fellowship, Aging Exchange Day Best Research Award, USF Office of Research & Innovation and Graduate School Research Excellence Award, Southern Regional Student Conference in Gerontology and Geriatrics Keynote Speaker, and the USF College of Behavioral and Community Sciences Research Excellence Award.

Dr. Mingo’s postdoctoral research is being supervised by Leigh F. Callahan, PhD (primary mentor), Joanne M. Jordan, MD, MPH (secondary mentor) both in the Thurston Arthritis Research Center (TARC), and Mary Altpeter, PhD, MSW (secondary mentor) from the IOA.

Selected Publications

Gum, A, McDougal, S, McIlvane, J.M., & Mingo, C.A. (2010). Older adults are less likely to identify depression without sadness. Journal of Applied Gerontology, 29, 603-621.

McIlvane, J.M., Baker, T.A., Mingo, C.A., & Haley, W.E. (2008). Are behavioral interventions for arthritis effective with minorities? Addressing racial and ethnic diversity in disability and rehabilitation. Arthritis Care & Research, 59, 1512-1518.

Mingo, C.A., McIlvane, J.M., & Baker, T.A. (2008). Explaining the relationship between pain and depressive symptoms in African American and White women with arthritis. Journal of the National Medical Association, 100, 996-1003

McIlvane, J.M., Baker, T.A., & Mingo, C.A. (2008). Race differences in arthritis-related stress, chronic life stress, and depressive symptoms among women with arthritis: A contextual perspective. Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences, 63, S320-S327.

Mingo, C.A. (2008). Arthritis in older adults: Understanding the contribution of health disparities to pain, functioning, and well being. Monographs of the Eighteenth Annual Southeastern Regional Student Conference Gerontology and Geriatrics: Ethnicity, Diversity, and Health Disparities in Aging, (Technical Report No. UGAIG-07-001).

Mingo, C.A., McIlvane, J.M., & Haley, W.E. (2006). Impact of the diagnostic label of osteoarthritis on perceptions of disability and willingness to help a parent in African American and Whites. Arthritis & Rheumatism (Arthritis Care & Research), 55, 913-919.