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| Sherman A James, Susan B. King Professor of Public Policy Studies
 - Contact Info:
| Office Location: | 136 Sanford Institute Bldg., Box 90245 | | Office Phone: | 919-613-7313 | | Email Address: |   | Teaching (Fall 2009):
- PUBPOL 229S.01, POVERTY, INEQUALITY, & HEALTH
- Rubenstein 151, W 10:05 AM-12:35 PM
Teaching (Spring 2010):
- PUBPOL 129.01, US HEALTH DISPARITIES
Synopsis
- Rubenstein 151, TuTh 11:40 AM-12:55 PM
- Education:
| PhD | Washington University in St. Louis | 1973 |
| A.B. | Talladega College, Talladega, AL | 1964 |
- Specialties:
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Health
Social Policy
Immigration and Migration
Psychology
- Research Interests: US Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Status and Health Care; Poverty and Health
Current projects:
Life course Socioeconomic Position and the Health of African Americans: The Pitt County Study (PI), Reducing diabetes-related health disparities in African Americans (PI), The Southern Center on Environmentally-Driven Disparities in Birth Outcomes (Co-Director), The Health Legacy of Desegregation on Black/White Health Disparities in the South (PI) Research: Social determinants of U.S. racial and ethnic health disparities; community-based and public policy interventions to reduce racial and ethnic health disparities
- Areas of Interest:
- Social Determinants of Racial/Ethnic Health Disparities
Childhood Poverty and Health in Adulthood
Academic-Community partnerships to reduce racial/ethnic health disparities
- Keywords:
- Race/Ethnicity • Health • Poverty • Socioeconomic Inequality
- Curriculum Vitae
- Current Ph.D. Students
(Former Students)
- Edna Viruell-Fuentes
- JoLynn Pratt
- Kyunghee Bae
- Amy Curtis
- Amy Sullivan
- Jay Kaufman
- Alice Furomoto-Dawson
- Ralph Caraballo
- Rosalind Carter
- Dorothy Faulkner
- Antonio Lopes
- Beatrice Zurita
- Julie Gazmararian
- Patricia Dargent-Molina
- David Strogatz
- Janet Meininger
- Suezanne Orr
- Representative Publications
(More Publications)
- James SA, Epidemiologic Research on Health Disparities: Some Thoughts on History and Current Developments,
Epidemiologic Reviews, vol. 31
(Winter, 2009),
pp. 1-6
- James SA, VanHoewyk J., Belli RF, Strogatz DS, Williams DR, Life-course Socioeconomic Position and Risk for Hypertension in African American Men: The Pitt County Study,
American Journal of Public Health, vol. 96 no. 5
(May, 2006),
pp. 812-817
- Bennett GG, Wolin KY, James SA, Lifecourse socioeconomic position and weight change among Blacks: The Pitt County Study,
Obesity, vol. 15 no. 1
(January, 2007),
pp. 172-181
- Fowler-Brown A, Bennett G, Goodman M, Wee C, Corbie-Smith G, James SA., Psychosocial Stress and 13 year Changes in Body Mass Index in Blacks: The Pitt County Study,
Obesity
(Summer, 2009),
pp. 1-4
- Haratatos J, Mahalingam R, James SA, John Henryism, Self-Reported Physical Health Indicators, and the Mediating Role of Perceived Stress among High Socioeconomic Status Asian Immigrants,
Social Science & Medicine, vol. 64
(February, 2007),
pp. 1192-1203
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