Research Interests for Sherman A James

Research: Social determinants of U.S. racial and ethnic health disparities; community-based and public policy interventions to reduce racial and ethnic health disparities

Keywords:

Race/Ethnicity, Health, Poverty, Socioeconomic Inequality

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)

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
Public Policy approaches to reducing health disparities

Representative Publications

1. James SA, Epidemiologic Research on Health Disparities: Some Thoughts on History and Current Developments, Epidemiologic Reviews, vol. 31 (Winter, 2009), pp. 1-6
2. Maty SC, James SA, Kaplan GA, Association between childhood and adult socioeconomic position and the 34-Year incidence (1965-1999) of type 2 diabetes mellitus by racial classification in the Alameda County Study, American Journal of Public Health, vol. 100 no. 1 (January, 2010), pp. 137-145
3. 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
4. James SA, Fowler-Brown AG, Raghunathan TE, VanHoewyk J., Life-course Socioeconomic Position and Obesity in African American Women: The Pitt County Study, American Journal of Public Health, vol. 96 (March, 2006)
5. 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