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Global Health

A student internship in Assam, India.

Global health priorities are shifting from simply describing how major global health epidemics spread to taking action to prevent them from happening. The Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences faculty and students engage in transdisciplinary global health research across the life course seeking to promote health, improve coping behaviors (Pachankis), and self-management of major conditions including obesity (Pérez-Escamilla), non-communicable diseases (Nuñez-Smith, Pérez-Escamilla), HIV (Kershaw) and poor mental health outcomes (Hagaman, Levy, Lowe), maternal and neonatal health (Hagaman), and health systems (Hagaman) emphasizing social justice (Miller). The SBS faculty also engages in early child health and development research (Panter-Brick, Pérez-Escamilla) and advises UN agencies and non-governmental organizations on global maternal-child nutrition and early child development initiatives (Pérez-Escamilla, Panter-Brick). This work benefits from the leadership of SBS faculty in the Global Health Concentration (Pérez-Escamilla), the Department of Internal Medicine (Nuñez-Smith), and the Law School (Miller).

Faculty of Interest

  • Associate Professor of Public Health (Social and Behavioral Sciences); Affiliated Faculty, Yale Institute for Global Health

    Research Interests
    • Maternal Health
    • Maternal-Child Health Services
    • Qualitative Research
    • Public Health Systems Research
    • Suicide
    • Biostatistics
    • Health Services
    • Global Health
    • Depression
  • Department Chair and Susan Dwight Bliss Professor of Public Health (Social and Behavioral Sciences); Affiliated Faculty, Yale Institute for Global Health

    Research Interests
    • HIV
    • India
    • Maternal-Fetal Relations
    • Public Health
    • Risk Reduction Behavior
    • Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
    • Epidemiology
    • Global Health
    • Sexually Transmitted Diseases
  • Professor of Public Health (Social and Behavioral Sciences) and Psychology; Affiliated Faculty, Yale Institute for Global Health

    Research Interests
    • Environment and Public Health
    • Aging
    • Psychiatry and Psychology
    • Psychological Phenomena
    • Mental Health
    • Social Sciences
  • Associate Professor of Public Health (Social and Behavioral Sciences), Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Associate Clinical Professor of Nursing; Affiliated Faculty, Yale Institute for Global Health

    Research Interests
    • Genetics, Behavioral
    • Gender-Based Violence
    • Disaster Victims
    • Disasters
    • Exposure to Violence
    • Anxiety Disorders
    • Mental Health Services
    • Mental Disorders
    • Mood Disorders
    • Psychiatry and Psychology
    • Psychological Phenomena
    • Psychological Trauma
    • Resilience, Psychological
    • Rwanda
    • Psychology, Clinical
    • Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic
    • Stress Disorders, Traumatic, Acute
    • Substance-Related Disorders
    • Trauma and Stressor Related Disorders
  • Professor in the Practice (Social and Behavioral Sciences); Affiliated Faculty, Yale Institute for Global Health

    Research Interests
    • Human Rights
    • HIV
  • Associate Dean for Health Equity Research and C.N.H. Long Professor of Internal Medicine (General Medicine), of Epidemiology (Chronic Disease) and of Public Health (Social And Behavioral Sciences) & Professor of Internal Medicine (General Medicine); Affiliated Faculty, Yale Institute for Global Health; Founding Director, Equity Research and Innovation Center (ERIC), Yale School of Medicine; Director, Center for Research Engagement (CRE); Director, Center for Community Engagement and Health Equity; Deputy Director for Health Equity Research and Workforce Development, Yale Center for Clinical Investigation (YCCI); Director, Pozen-Commonwealth Fund Fellowship in Health Equity Leadership

    Research Interests
    • Patient Reported Outcome Measures
    • Internal Medicine
    • Minority Health
    • Social Determinants of Health
    • Social Discrimination
    • Social Justice
    • Socioeconomic Factors
    • Population Health
    • COVID-19
    • Community-Based Participatory Research
    • Chronic Disease
    • Caribbean Region
    • Health Services Research
    • Healthcare Disparities
    • Global Health
    • Global Burden of Disease
    • Vulnerable Populations
    • Women's Health
  • David R. Kessler, M.D. '55 Professor of Public Health (Social and Behavioral Sciences), Professor of Psychology and Professor of Psychiatry; Affiliated Faculty, Yale Institute for Global Health

    Research Interests
    • Depression
    • Anxiety
    • Behavioral Research
    • Behavioral Sciences
    • Mental Health
    • Sexual and Gender Minorities
    • Social Sciences
    • Social Stigma
    • Social Behavior
    • Social Change
    • Social Conditions
  • Bruce A. and Davi-Ellen Chabner Professor of Anthropology, Health, and Global Affairs and Professor of Public Health; Affiliated Faculty, Yale Institute for Global Health

    Research Interests
    • Public-Private Sector Partnerships
    • Resilience, Psychological
    • Parenting
    • Health Equity
    • Adolescent Health
    • Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic
    • Warfare and Armed Conflicts
  • Professor of Public Health (Social and Behavioral Sciences); Affiliated Faculty, Yale Institute for Global Health; Director, YSPH Global Health Concentration; Director, Maternal and Child Health Promotion (MCHP) Program

    Research Interests
    • Breast Feeding
    • Child Care
    • Child Development
    • Community Health Workers
    • Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
    • Food Deprivation
    • Hypertension
    • Maternal Health Services
    • Maternal-Child Health Centers
    • Mental Health
    • Nutrition Surveys
    • Obesity
    • Global Health
    • Healthcare Disparities