THE ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON HEALTH & SOCIETY SCHOLARS PROGRAM
AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
The Robert Wood Johnson Health and Society Scholars Programs
THE ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON HEALTH & SOCIETY SCHOLARS PROGRAM AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

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RWJ LECTURE SERIES

2007-2008
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Race and Racial Identity as Developmental Contexts for African- American Adolescents
Jacque Eccles, PhD
Professor, Psychology
Director, Gender and Achievement Research Program
University of Michigan

Low Intensity Warfare and Life on the Run: What can Nomadic Herders from Northern Kenya Teach Us About Linking Context to Global Health
Ivy Pike, PhD
Assistant Professor, Anthropology
University of Arizona

Neighborhood Effects on Adult Health: Results from the Los Angeles Family and Neighborhood Survey
Narayan Sastry, PhD
Research Associate Professor, Population Studies Center
University of Michigan

2006-2007
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What is the Relevant Risk? Reconciling 25 Years of Epidemiological Evidence on the Causes of Population Levels and Social Inequalities in CHD
John W. Lynch, PhD McGill University

Dynamic Models of Ethnic and Economic Segregation
Elizabeth Bruch, PhD
RWJ Scholar in Health Policy Research

Social Constraints on Developmental Resilience
Arnold J. Sameroff, PhD
Professor, Psychology
Director of the Development and Mental Health Research Program
University of Michigan

Account for Selection/Response Bias Using a Two-Phase Analysis
Katherine Hoggatt, PhD
Assistant Professor, Epidemiology
University of Michigan

Neighborhood Effects and Aging-Related Health Among Older African-Americans and Whites
Carlos F. Mendes de Leon, PhD
Associate Professor, Internal Medicine and Preventive Medicine
Associate Director, Section of Community Epidemiologic Research
Rush University Medical Center

Multiple Dimensions of Vulnerability to HIV/AIDS in Africa
Ezekiel Kalipeni, PhD
Associate Professor, Geography and African Studies
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Neuroimaging as Biomarker in Population-Based Studies
William Jagust, MD
Professor, School of Public Health and Helen Willis Neuroscience Institute
University of California-Berkeley

Relationship of Frailty to Multimorbidity and Disability
Christine Cigolle, MD, MPH
Family Medicine, Medical School
University of Michigan

Schools, Neighborhoods, Peers, and Adolescent Cigarette Smoking
Philippa Clark, PhD
Survey Research Center, Institute for Social Research
University of Michigan

Social Context and the Consequences of Disasters: A Mixed Methods Approach to Identifying Underlying Vulnerabilities and Capacities
Craig Hadley, PhD
RWJ HSSP Scholar, Epidemiology
School of Public Health
Sandro Galea, MD, PhD
Epidemiology
School of Public Health
University of Michigan

The Mother-Baby Study: Consequences of Maternal PTSD for Parenting and Infant Stress Regulation Among African-American Women
Maria Muzik, MD
Lecturer, School of Social Work
University of Michigan

The Geography of Opportunity: Metropolitan Racial Inequality, Institutionalized Racism, and Individual Birth Weight
Theresa Osypuk, SM SD
RWJ HSSP Scholar, Epidemiology
School of Public Health
University of Michigan

Socio-economic Position, Air Pollution and Infant Mortality in the United States
Nalini Ranjit, PhD
Research Investigator, Epidemiology
School of Public Health
Marie O'Neill, PhD
RWJ HSSP Scholar, Epidemiology
School of Public Health
University of Michigan

Mutlilevel Determinants of Pneumococcal Carriage: Implications for Population Vaccination
Carla Talarico, MPH
Advanced Doctoral Candidate, Epidemiology
School of Public Health
University of Michigan

County-level Structural and Environmental Factors that Contribute to Population Health and Health Disparities
Sacoby Wilson, PhD
RWJ HSSP Scholar, Epidemiology
School of Public Health
University of Michigan

Neighborhood Context and Youth Health Behavior Outcomes from Adolescent to Emerging Adulthood
Yange Xue
Research Investigator, Health Behavior & Health Education
School of Public Health
University of Michigan

2005-2006

Social Determinants, Latent Infection, and Cognitive Decline
Allison Aiello, PhD, MS
Assistant Professor, Epidemiology
Center for Social Epidemiology & Population Health
University of Michigan

Nonstandard Work and Health Among American Women
Sarah A. Burgard, PhD
Assistant Professor, Sociology and Epidemiology
Research Assistant Professor, Population Studies Center
University of Michigan

Putting Knowledge to Work: Shortcomings of a Deterministic Account of the Role of Science in Medicine
Kenneth Camargo Jr., MD, DrPH
Associate Professor
Social Medicine Institute
Rio de Janeiro State University

The Health Effects of Civil Rights Legislation
Kenneth Chay, PhD
Peevey-Vial Associate Professor of Economics
University of California - Berkeley

Cardiovascular Disease in the Hispanic Migration: Modeling Race and Class Effects Across Borders
Richard Cooper, MD
Professor and Chair
Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology
Loyola University Medical Center

Marginal Structural Models for Causal Inference from Longitudinal Studies: Workshop
Miguel Hernan, MD, DrPH
Assistant Professor, Epidemiology
Harvard School of Public Health

Developing Pharmacokinetic-Pharmacodynamic Models for Analyzing Cortisol Circadian Rhythm Using Bayesian Framework: Application to a Depression Study
Niko Kaciroti, PhD, MS
Associate Research Scientist
Center for Human Growth & Development
University of Michigan

The Health Effects of Civil Rights Legislation
George Kaplan, PhD
Director, Center of Social Epidemiology and Population Health
Professor, Department of Epidemiology
Thomas Francis Collegiate Professor of Public Health
Research Professor, Survey Research Center
University of Michigan

Genomics, Racial/Ethnic Identity, and Population health: Creating New Bridges and Sharing Resources
Sharon Kardia, PhD
Associate Professor, Epidemiology
University of Michigan

The Politics of Sex Research: Political Controversy and the Supression of Scientific Agendas
Joanna Kempner, PhD MA
Research Fellow, Health Management & Policy
University of Michigan

Gender, Socioeconomic Status (SES) and Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG) Mortality
Catherine Kim, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor, Internal Medicine & OB/Gyn
University of Michigan

A Possible Decline in Life Expectancy in the US in the 21st Century
S. Jay Olshansky, PhD
Professor, Epidemiology & Biostatistics
University of Illinois - Chicago

Understanding the SES Gradient in Health: The Causal Impact of Education on Mortality
Heather Royer, PhD
Research Fellow, Health Management & Policy
University of Michigan

Stigma and Smoking: Misguided Strategy of Public Health Achievement?
Jennifer Stuber, PhD
Postdoctoral Research Scholar
Robert Wood Johnson Health & Society Scholars Program
Columbia University

 

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