 Sherman James
Susan B. King Professor of Public Policy Studies and Professor of Center for Health Policy
Office Location:
Office Phone: +1 919 613 7338
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Education:
- PhD, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, 1973
- A.B., Talladega College, Talladega, AL, 1964
- Research Interests:
Research: Social determinants of US racial and ethnic health disparities
- Areas of Interest:
Reducing Racial/Ethnic Health Disparities
Effects of Childhod Poverty on Adult Health
Poverty and Public Policy
- Current projects:
Life course Socioeconomic Position and Risk for Hypertension among African Americans
Representative Publications
(More Publications)
- Roberts, C. B., Vines, A. I., Kaufman, J. S., James, S. A., Cross-Sectional Association between Perceived Discrimination and Hypertension in African-American Men and Women: The Pitt County Study,
American Journal of Epidemiology, vol. 167 no. 5
(March, 2008),
pp. 624-632 .
- 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 .
- Lucove JC, Kaufman JS, James SA, Adult and Childhood Socio-economic Status and Metabolic Syndrome among African Americans: the Pitt County Study,
American Journal of Public Health, vol. 97
(February, 2007),
pp. 234-236 .
- 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 .
- 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 .
Teaching (Fall 2008):
- PUBPOL 229S.01, POVERTY, INEQUALITY, & HEALTH
- Rubenstein 151, W 10:05 AM-12:35 PM
- Curriculum Vitae
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