Education
MSW, Social Work, University of Maryland School of Social Work BA, Criminal Justice, The George Washington University
Accomplishments
Tural Mammadli is a doctoral candidate who successfully defended his dissertation proposal, "Patterns in Minority Stress Experiences of Transgender and Nonbinary Persons of Color." Mammadli has published several articles in peer-reviewed academic journals focused on health and wellbeing of minoritized communities and has presented on his work in numerous academic conferences.
Since starting his PhD education at UMSSW, Mammadli has won several awards: UMB Founder's Week Student of the Year (2023), the Donna Harrington Fellowship Award (2022), the New Investigator Panelist Award (2022) from the National Hispanic Science Network, and The Early Career Preventionist Network Award from the Society for Prevention Research (2022). In 2023, Mammadli was nominated for the Student Leadership and Service Award from the Group for the Advancement of Doctoral Education in Social Work.
Research Experience
For three years, Mammadli was a member of the research team of Nalini Negi, PhD, MSW, associate professor, working on projects related to health and wellbeing of marginalized immigrant communities. Currently, Mammadli is a member of the research team of Darren L. Whitfield, PhD, MSW, an associate professor, working on projects aimed at improving the wellbeing of LGBTQ+ persons.
Teaching Interests and Experience
Mammadli's teaching interest include among others Human Behavior and the Social Environment, Social Work Research Methods, Quantitative Data Analysis, LGBTQ Mental Health and Substance Use, Social Determinants of Health. He has previously served as a teaching assistant in Criminal Law course in the George Washington University Department of Sociology and the Human Behavior and the Social Environment course in the UMSSW. Mammadli has served as an adjunct instructor at UMSSW since Spring 2024, teaching Human Behavior and the Social Environment course to MSW students.
Practice Interests and Experience
As an MSW student, Mammadli worked two years with immigrant and refugee students and families at the Newcomer Project at Baltimore City Public Schools. He also has experience as a crisis response volunteer in online hotlines, such as the Rape Abuse Incest National
Network. Mammadli's practice interests include clinical and macro practice with marginalized communities related to prevention and treatment of mental health and substance use related vulnerabilities among minoritized communities. Mammadli has been a Licensed Masters Social Worker (LMSW) in the state of Maryland since 2021.
Selected Publications
Mammadli, T., Call, J., Whitfield, D. L., Holloway, B. T., & Walls, N. E. (2024). Understanding harms associated with gender identity conversion efforts among transgender and nonbinary individuals: The role of preexisting mental well-being. International Journal of Transgender Health, 1–23. https://doi.org/10.1080/26895269.2024.2333531
Mammadli, T., Whitfield, D., & Call, J. (2024). Gender Identity Conversion Efforts as a Source of Minority Stress Among Transgender and Nonbinary Persons Living in the U.S.: Correlation with Wellbeing and Proximal Stressors. Sexuality Research and Social Policy. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13178-024-00955-y
Mammadli, T., & Hong, C. (2024). Substance Use and Misuse Among Sexual and Gender Minority Communities living in former Soviet Union Countries: A Scoping Review. International Journal of Sexual Health. https://doi.org/10.1080/19317611.2024.2303517
Mammadli, T., Whitfield, D.L., Betz, G., & Mack, L.J.M. (2023). Protocol for a systematic review of substance use and misuse prevalence and associated factors among transgender and non-binary youth living in the USA. BMJ Open 2023;13:e073877. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-073877
Mammadli, T., Siegel, J., & Negi, N. (2023). Examining differences in substance use outcomes and related correlates among transfeminine and transmasculine adults using the 2017 New York State Patient Characteristics Survey. Substance Use and Misuse, 58 (13), 1668-1677. https://doi.org/10.1080/10826084.2023.2238305