Assistant Professor of Public Health (Social and Behavioral Sciences); Director of Research and Evaluation, Community Alliance for Research and Engagement (CARE); Co-director, Yale-Griffin Prevention Research Center
Health Equity
Globally, nationally, and locally in New Haven, the marginalized, stigmatized, and less powerful segments of the population unequally bear the burden of poor health. Social Behavioral Science researchers work to narrow these gaps both through the development of interventions and through formative research that can help us to better understand the social production of health inequalities. Here in New Haven, we work with residents of the city’s most disadvantaged neighborhoods in order to improve living conditions and health outcomes (Ickovics, Duffany). Beyond New Haven, we also work to address social determinants of health disparities. Our research examines the effects of racism and stigma on health (Dovidio, Keene, Levy, Lowe, Nuñez-Smith, Pachankis, Wang), the ways in which neighborhoods shape health (Keene, Ickovics, Lowe, Ransome, Foster, Kershaw), and the role of housing as a social determinant of health (Keene). Globally, we work to ameliorate disparities in chronic diseases (Pérez-Escamilla), substance use (Ransome, Edelman, Foster), mental health (Hagaman, Lowe), child development (Hagaman), and sexual health (Miller, Kershaw, Ransome). Finally, through the Equity Research and Innovation Center (ERIC) we develop evidence-based models to narrow health and healthcare inequalities, with a particular focus on racial and ethnic minority populations.
Faculty of Interest
Professor of Medicine (General Medicine); Associate Professor on Term, Social and Behavioral Sciences
Lecturer in Psychiatry; Assistant Professor, Social & Behavioral Sciences, Yale School of Public Health
Samuel and Liselotte Herman Professor of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Yale School of Public Health; Dean of Faculty, Yale-NUS College; Director, Program on Climate Change and Urban Health; Affiliated Faculty, Yale Institute for Global Health
Research Interests- Chronic Disease
- Community Health Services
- Epidemiology
- Obesity
- Pregnancy
- Prenatal Care
- Urban Health
Associate Professor of Public Health (Social and Behavioral Sciences)
Research Interests- Housing
- Social Justice
- Qualitative Research
- Racism
- Health Equity
Department Chair and Susan Dwight Bliss Professor of Public Health (Social and Behavioral Sciences); Affiliated Faculty, Yale Institute for Global Health
Research Interests- Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
- Epidemiology
- HIV
- India
- Public Health
- Sexually Transmitted Diseases
- Global Health
- Maternal-Fetal Relations
- Risk Reduction Behavior
Professor of Public Health (Social and Behavioral Sciences) and Psychology; Affiliated Faculty, Yale Institute for Global Health
Research Interests- Aging
- Environment and Public Health
- Mental Health
- Psychological Phenomena
- Social Change
- Social Justice
- Social Sciences
- Psychiatry and Psychology
- Health Equity
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- Anxiety Disorders
- Mental Disorders
- Disasters
- Genetics, Behavioral
- Mental Health Services
- Psychological Phenomena
- Psychology, Clinical
- Rwanda
- Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic
- Mood Disorders
- Substance-Related Disorders
- Stress Disorders, Traumatic, Acute
- Resilience, Psychological
- Disaster Victims
- Psychiatry and Psychology
- Psychological Trauma
- Trauma and Stressor Related Disorders
- Exposure to Violence
- Gender-Based Violence
Assistant Professor of Clinical Public Health (Social & Behavioral Sciences); Affiliated Faculty, Yale Institute for Global Health
Research Interests- HIV
- Human Rights
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- Chronic Disease
- Health Services Research
- Internal Medicine
- Social Justice
- Socioeconomic Factors
- Global Health
- Women's Health
- Caribbean Region
- Vulnerable Populations
- Minority Health
- Healthcare Disparities
- Community-Based Participatory Research
- Social Discrimination
- Social Determinants of Health
- Patient Reported Outcome Measures
- Global Burden of Disease
- Population Health
- COVID-19
Associate Professor of Public Health (Social and Behavioral Sciences); Director, The SASH Lab, Yale School of Public Health; Co-Director of Yale AIDS Prevention Training Program (T32), Yale School of Public Health; Associate Director, Justice, Community Capacity, Equity (JuCCE) Core, Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS, Yale University
Susan Dwight Bliss Professor of Public Health (Social and Behavioral Sciences), Professor of Psychology and Professor of Psychiatry; Affiliated Faculty, Yale Institute for Global Health
Research Interests- Anxiety
- Behavioral Sciences
- Depression
- HIV
- Mental Health
- Social Behavior
- Social Change
- Social Conditions
- Social Sciences
- Behavioral Research
- Social Stigma
Associate Professor of Public Health (Social and Behavioral Sciences)
Research Interests- Biostatistics
Centers and other resources
- Cancer Action Prevention and Engagement (CAPE)CAPE offers support and resources for cancer-related inquiries, inviting those with experience or expertise as potential partners to join in aiding underserved groups in Connecticut.
- Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS (CIRA)CIRA provides HIV-related resources, skills, services, training, and professional networking opportunities to HIV researchers and practitioners who can contribute to advances in HIV prevention and treatment.
- Community Alliance for Research and Engagement (CARE)CARE promotes the prevention of chronic diseases by focusing on social, environmental, and behavioral risk factors.
- InnovateHealth Yale (IHY)IHY supports the creation of innovative solutions to challenges in public health and education for underserved communities in the United States and low-resource countries.
- The Substance Abuse and Sexual Health Lab (SASH)SASH lab focuses on conducting and disseminating strengths-based youth substance use and HIV prevention research.
- Yale-Griffin Prevention Research Center (PRC)The PRC works with community partners to develop and implement community-based approaches to prevent and control chronic diseases such as heart disease, diabetes, and cancer.