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Psychosocial Determinants of Health Group

About

ABOUT

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The causes of health inequities and disparities are thought to reflect a complex interaction of social, situational, and structural factors.

The Psychosocial Determinants of Health Group is an international team of clinicians, social scientists, and activists interested in understanding the ways in which psychological and social factors affect health. 

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Shervin Assari, MD, MPH

Department of Family Medicine

Charles R Drew University of Medicine and Science

Research Group

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Courtney Boen, PhD
Department of Sociology

University of Pennsylvania

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Ruijia Chen, MS

Department of Social and

Behavioral Sciences

Harvard T.H. Chan School of

Public Health

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Keri Carvalho, PhD
Department of Community Health

Tufts University

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Leslie Cofie, PhD

Health Education and

Promotion

East Carolina University

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Adolfo G. Cuevas, PhD
Department of Community Health

Tufts University

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Kia L. Davis, ScD, MPH
Division of Public Health Sciences

 Washington University School of Medicine

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Frank D. Mann, PhD

Department of Family, Population, and Preventative Medicine, Program in Public Health

Stony Brook University 

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Anthony Ong, PhD
Human Development

Cornell University

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Natalie Slopen, ScD
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics

University of Maryland College Park

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David R. Williams, PhD, MPH
Department of Social and

Behavioral Sciences

Harvard T.H. Chan School of

Public Health;

Department of African and

African American Studies

Harvard University

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Sotiris Vandoros, PhD
Health Economics

King’s College London

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Masayoshi Zaitsu, MD

Department of Public Health

Dokkyo Medical University in Tochigi

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Kaipeng Wang, PhD

Assistant Professor

School of Social Work

Texas State University

Team

PUBLICATIONS

Our team publishes in scientific journals on a wide range of topics, including biological mechanisms of stress and health and impact of racism on disease.

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SPEAKING

Presentations and media engagement

Speaking

AS FEATURED IN

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