Curriculum Vitae
Sherman James
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213 Sanford Institute Building
Box 90245
Duke University
Durham, NC 27708+1 919 613 7338 (office) 
(email)
- Education
PhD Washington University, St. Louis, MO 1973 A.B. Talladega College, Talladega, AL 1964
- Areas of Research
US Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Status and Health Care; Poverty and Health
- 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
- Professional Experience / Employment History
- Social Science Research Institute, Duke University
- Faculty Associate, Center for Research on Race, Ethnicity and Gender in the Social Sciences, 2004 - present
- Duke University
- Susan Bennett King Professor of Public Policy Studies, 2003 - present
- Professor of Sociology, Community and Family Medicine, and African and African American Studies, 2003 - present
- School of Public Health, University of Michigan
- Professor and Chairman, Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, July 1, 1999 - June 30, 2003
- Founding Director, Center for Research on Ethnicity, Culture and Health, 1998-2003
- University of Michigan
- John P. Kirscht Collegiate Professor of Public Health, School of Public Health, 1998-2003
- The University of Michigan
- Faculty Associate, Center for Afro-American and African Studies, 1997-2003
- Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, School of Public Health, 1993-1997
- School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
- Adjunct Professor of Epidemiology, Department of Epidemiology, 1989 - present
- Professor of Epidemiology, Department of Epidemiology, 1985-1989
- Associate Professor of Epidemiology, Department of Epidemiology, 1980-1985
- Assistant Professor of Epidemiology, Department of Epidemiology, 1973-1980
- School of Public Health, The University of Michigan
- Professor of Epidemiology, Department of Epidemiology, 1989-2003
- Institute for Social Research, The University of Michigan
- Research Scientist, Survey Research Center, 1989-2003
- University of North Carolina
- Research Professor of Psychology, Department of Psychology, 1985-1989
- US Air Force
- 2nd lieutenant to Captain, 1964-1969
- Visiting Positions
- Distinguished Visiting Scholar, University of Minnesota Medical School, May 22, 2008 - May 23, 2008
- Visiting Professor of Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine, Federal University of Bahia, 1986-1987
- Awards, Honors, and Distinctions
Distinguished Alumnus Award, Washington University of St. Louis, May 16, 2008
Michael M. Davis Lecture, University of Chicago, School of Social Services Administration, April 9, 2008
Who's Who in American Education, 2005-present
Who's Who in Humanities Higher Education, 2005-present
Who's Who in Science and Engineering, 2004-present
Who's Who in America, 2002-present
The 2002 William T. Small, Jr. Keynote Lecture, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, 2002
Who's Who in Medicine and Healthcare, 2002-present
The 2001 Abraham Lilienfeld Teaching Award, Epidemiology Section, American Public Health Association, 2001
The 2001 Alonzo S. Yerby Lecture and Award, School of Public Health, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 2001
Member, National Academy of Sciences, Institute of Medicine, 2000
The 2000 Thomas A. Pitts Memorial Lectureship, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, 2000
National Academy of Science, Institute of Medicine
John P. Kirscht Collegiate Professorship, School of Public Health, the University of Michigan, 1998-2003
Member, Health Behavior and Prevention Review Committee, NIMH, 1998-1999
The 1998 John C. Cassel Distinguished Lecturer, University of North Carolina, School of Public Health, Chapel Hill, NC, 1998
Senior Fellow, Michigan Society of Fellows, 1993-1997
The 1993 Roger Allan Moore Distinguished Lecturer On Values of Medicine: Ethical, Religious and Cultural Perspectives, Harvard University, 1993
Member, National Advisory Environmental Health Sciences Council, NIEHS, 1991-1995
Fellow, American College of Epidemiology, 1990
Fellow, Society of Behavioral Medicine, 1986
Fellow, American Epidemiological Society, 1985
Member, Epidemiology and Disease Control Study Section, National Institutes of Health, 1985-1988
Fellow, Council on Epidemiology, American Heart Association, 1984
Fellow, Academy of Behavioral Medicine Research, 1983
Fellow, Frist Advanced International Seminar on Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology and Prevention, Helsinki, Finland, July-Aug, 1982
Recipient, NIH Research Career Development Award, National Heart, Lung and Bood Institute, 1982-1987
Pogue Faculty Research Leave Award, 1980-81,9186-87
Member, Epidemiology and Quantitative Services Study Section, National Institute of Mental Health, 1979-1983
Member, Delta Omega National Public Health Honor Soviety, 1976
Member, Health Services Research Study Section, National Center for Health Services Research, 1975-1977
Washington University Fellow, Washington University, 1972-1973
National Institute of Mental Health Fellow, 1970-1971
Air Force Commendation Medal, 1969
Washington University Scholar, Washington University, 1969-1970
Rockefeller Foundation Protestant Fellowship Award, 1963-1964
Buell Gordon Gallagher Award for Scholarship and Service, Talladega College, 1962-1963
Who's Who Among Students in American Colleges and Universities, 1962-63,1963-64
Whiton Writing Award, Talladega College, 1961-1962
Class Valedictorian, Butler High School, Hartsville, SC, 1960
DeForest Scholar (C.P.A.>3.5/4.0), Talladega College, 1960-1964
- Conferences Organized
- Chairman and Principal Organizer, The Sixth International Interdisciplinary Conference on Hypertension in Blacks, August 1-5, 1991
- Professional Service
- University Committee
- Member, Standing Faculty Committee on Diversity, September 01, 2006 - August 31, 2009
- Arts and Sciences Curriculum Committee, September 01, 2006 - April 30, 2009
- Member, President Broadhead Performance Review Commitee, August 01, 2007 - December 05, 2007
- Member, Executive Committee, Global Health Institute, July 2007
- Member, Council on Latin American Studies, 2005-2008
- Member, Global Health Steering Committee, 2004-2005
- Co-chair, Research and Policy Subcommitee, Duke Global Health Initiative, Steering Committee, 2004-2005
- Member, Terry Sanford Institute Advisory Board, 2003-2006
- Member, Search Committee, Director of the Survey Research Center, 2000-2001
- Member, Selection Committee, Henry Russel Lecturer, 2000-2003
- Member, University Committee on Honary Degrees, 2000-2003
- Member, Executive Board, International Institute, 1999-2001
- Member, Provost Faculty Advisory Committee, 1999-2002
- Member, Executive Board, Rackham Graduate School, 1998-2001
- Chairman, Committee on the Future of the School of Public Health, 1997-1998
- Member, President's Campus Plan Advisory Committee, 1997-1998
- Member, Provost's Committee on Faculty Roles and Rewards for Applied Community Scholarship, 1997-1998
- Chairman, Advisory Committee on Academic Programs, School of Public Health, 1994-1998
- Member, Provost's Committee to Review the School of Medicine, 1994-1995
- Member, Search Committee for Assistant Dean for Administration, 1994-1995
- Member, Executive Committee, School of Public Health, 1993-1997
- Member, Council on the Multicultural University (COMU), 1993-1997
- Member, Provost's Committee to Review the School of Public Health, 1993-1994
- Member, Committee on Community-Based Public Health, 1992-1997
- Member, Executive Committee, Women's Health Initiative, 1991-1993
- Member, Advisory Committee on Academic Rank and Tenure, 1991-1993
- Member, Board of Governors, The University of North Carolina Press, 1988-1989
- Member, University Bicentennial Steering Committee, 1987-1989
- Member, Trustee-Faculty Committee, 1985-1986
- Member, Administrative Board of the Graduate School, 1984-1987
- Member, Advisory Committee to the Chancellor, 1984-1987
- Member, Faculty Welfare Committee, 1981-1982
- Member, Faculty Council, 1978-1981
- Member, Committee on the Status of Black Faculty, 1978-1982
- Dept Committee
- Chair, AHEC (Ad Hoc Executive Committee), 2007 - present
- Member, MPP Admissions Committee, 2006 - present
- Member, Sanford Institute Advisory Board, January-May 2004
- Papers Refereed
- reviewer, New England Journal of Medicine, 2006 - present
- reviewer, Annals of Epidemiology, 2006 - present
- reviewer, Ethnicity and Health, 2006 - present
- Associate Editor, American Journal of Public Health, January 16, 2003 - November 30, 2006
- Univ Services
- Member, Duke Council on Latin American Studies, September 01, 2006 - April 30, 2009
- Member, Executive Committee, Duke Center for Community Research, March, 2007 - March, 2009
- Special Projects
- Member, National Academy of Sciences/Institute of Medicine Committee, January 15, 2004 - May 15, 2006
- Community Service
- Member, National Advisory Committee, Robert Wood Johnson Health Policy Investigator Program, 2007 - present
- Other
- Member, Board of Governors, The University of North Carolina Press, 2005 - 2011
- Member, Editorial Board, Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health, March 01, 2008 - February 28, 2011
- President, Society for Epidemiologic Research, June 25, 2007 - June 20, 2008
- Associate Editor, American Journal of Public Health, January 01, 2003 - November 30, 2006
- Membership in Professional Societies
- Editorial Board Member, PHYSIS: Revista de Saude Coletiva, 2005-present
- Member, National Academy of Science, 2004-2006
- Member, National Advisory Committee, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Health & Society Fellows Program, 2003-2006
- Member, Behavior and Health External Advisory Board, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 2003-2004
- Member, Board on Health Sciences Policy, 2002-2004
- Member, National Advisory Committee, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Investigator Awards in Health Policy Research Program, 2002-2008
- Editorial Board Member, Health Education and Behavior, 2000-2003
- Member, Data and Safety Monitoring Committee, HHLBI, The CARDIA Study, 1998-2003
- Member, Scientific Advisory Board, NIH-DC Initiative to Reduce Infant Mortality in Minority Populations in the District of Columbia, 1998-2000
- Member, Visiting Committee, School of Public Health, 1998-2004
- Member, Advisory Committee on the Relationship between Medicine and Public Health, 1997-1998
- Member, International Evaluation Committee, Brazilian Association for Gradaute Education in Public Health (ABRASCO), 1996-1998
- Editorial Board Member, Annual Review of Public Health, 1995-1999
- Member, Program Planning Committee for Annual Meeting of the American College of Epidemiology, 1993
- Member, Standing Committee on Minority Affairs, American College of Epidemiology, 1993-2000
- Member, Data and Safety Monitoring Committee, NIEHS Multi-Center, 1993-2000
- Member, Admissions Committee, American College of Epidemiology, 1992-1995
- Associate Editor, Ethnicity and Disease, 1991-1995
- Editorial Board Member, American Journal of Public Health, 1989-1994
- Editorial Board Member, Work and Stress, 1986-1989
- Editorial Board Member, Health Psychology, 1985-1989
- Member, Planning Committee, NHLBI Working Conference on Coronary Heart Disease Research in Black Populations, 1983-1985
- Editorial Board Member, Medical Care, 1979-1984
- Member, Action Board, American Public Health Association, 1977-1979
- Editorial Board Member, Journal of Community Psychology, 1976-1980
- Lectures
- Invited Lectures:
- US Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Heath and Healthcare: Where Should We Go From Here?, St. Louis, MO, March 28, 2008
- Preserving the Past and Preparing for the Future: The Centrality of Education in the African American Experience, Hartsville, SC, May 24, 2007
- Where Have You Gone, John Henry?, Medical University of South Carolina - Charleston, SC, 2006/10/16
- Lifecourse Socioeconomic Position and Cardiovascular Disease Risk in African Americans: The Pitt County Study, Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, March 11, 2005
- A Saude dos Negros nos Estados Unidos: Alguns Pensamentos a respeito das Causas Fundamentais e as Implicacoes para Politica da Populacao dos EEUU, The Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, May 16, 2005
- Socioeconomic Disadvantage, Social Mobility, and Risk for Hypertension in African American Men: The Pitt County Study, The Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, May 18, 2005
- Social Determinants of Cardiovascular Disease in African American Men, Keynote Address: The Second Annual Maya Angelou Research Center Conference on Minority Health and Health Disparities, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, September 8, 2005
- Lifecourse Socioeconomic Position and Hypertension Risk in African American Men: The Pitt County Study, Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, December 1, 2004
- Social Determinants of Health: Assembling Pieces of the Puzzle, The William T. Small, Jr. Keynote Address: Minority Health Conference, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, March 1, 2002
- John Henryism: Compromised Autonomy and Impaired Health among Minorities, The Thomas Pitts Memorial Lecture, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, September 15, 2000
- Social Determinants of Health: Implications for Intervening on Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities, The Alonzo S. Yerby Lecture and Award. School of Public Health, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, April 12, 2000
- Hypertension in African Americans: The Social Context of Risk, The John C. Cassel Distinguished Lecture, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina -- Chapel Hill, NC, January 20, 1999
- Race, Ethnicity, and the Health of the Public: The Changing Landscape, Learning in Retirement Society, W.K. Kellogg Eye Center, Ann Arbor, MI, February 11, 1999
- Behavioral Correlates of Diabetes and Hypertension in African-Americans: The Pitt County Study, Grand Rounds, School of Medicine, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, April 22, 1999
- Through the Looking Glass: Speculations on the Future Health Research Agenda on U.S. Racial and Ethnic Minorities, Keynote Address. Minority Health Research Institute, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina -- Chapel Hill, NC, July 12, 1998
- Ethnicity, Culture and Health: Charting a Multicultural Research Agenda, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Princeton, NJ, November 2, 1998
- Race and Health: Rethinking the Association, The Rockefeller Foundation, New York, NY, November 17, 1998
- Hypertension in African Americans: Selected Findings from the Pitt County, NC Study, Community Grand Rounds, Department of Family Medicine, East Carolina Medical School, Greenville, NC, March 20, 1997
- John Henryism, Economic Distress, and Hypertension in African Americans, the 75th Anniversary Symposium, School of Public Health, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, April 29, 1997
- Socioeconomic Stress and Hypertension in African Americans, Russell Sage Foundation, New York, NY, March 6, 1996
- Primordial Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in African Americans: Exploring the Linkages between Biobehavioral and Socioenvironmental Risk Factors, An International Symposium on Cardiovascular Disease in Honor of Henry Blackburn, M.S., School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, May 3, 1996
- Stress, John Henryism and Blood Pressure Changes in African Americans: The Pitt County (NC) Study, Department of Psychology, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, April 24, 1995
- Addressing the Public Health Needs of a Diverse America, Keynote Address: The Eighth Annual Minority Health Confernece, School of Public health, the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, March 19, 1994
- Race as a Variable in Epidemiologic Research, Keynote Address: National Heart, Lung and Blood Symposium on Atherosclerosis Risk in African Americans, School of Public Health, The University of North Carolina, Cbape Hill, September 22, 1994
- John Henryism and the Health of African Americans, The Roger Allan Moore Distinguished Lecture on Values and Medicine, Harvard University, March 25, 1993
- Public Health and Community, Convocation Address: School of Public health, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, April 30, 1993
- Socioeconomic Status, John Henryism, and Hypertension in Black Americans, Program in Reproductive Epidemiology. Centers of Disease Control, Atlanta, GA, May 6, 1992
- Racial and Ethnic Differences in Low Birth Weight and Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors. Keynote Address, the 10th Annual Meeting of the American College of Epidemiology, Atlanta, GA, November 7, 1991
- Social Factors and Cardiovascular Disease in Black Americans, School of Public Health Seminar, The University of California, Berkeley, CA, April 18, 1990
- Socioeconomic Status, Health Behaviors, and Health Status among Blacks, Penn State Conference on Health and Aging, October 23-24, 1989
- Low Socioeconomic Status and Health, Keynote Address, The Second Annual Minority Health Conference, School of Public Health, the University of Michgian, March 26, 1988
- Socioeconomic Status, John Henryism, and Hypertension in Blacks, School of Public Health Semianr, Columbia University, New York, NY, April 10, 1986
- Psychosocial Factors and Hypertension in Blacks: An Update, The First Interdisciplinary Conference on Hypertension in Blacks, Atlanta, GA, June 15, 1985
- Psychosocial Precursors of Hypertension: A Review of the Epidemiological Evidence, International Symposium on Cardiovascular Disease, Convened by the National Heart and Lung and Blood Institute, NIH, Kiawah Island, SC, March 10-11, 1985
- Race and Social Class Differences in Hypertension in the United States, School of Medicine Grant Rounds, Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, Brazil, July 16, 1984
- Preserving the Past and Preparing for the Future: The Centrality of Education in the African American Experience, Hartsville, SC, May 24, 2007
- Meetings:
- Symposium on Research and Politics: The Categorization of Race and Ethnicity in the U.S. Census, The 124th Annual meeting of the American Public Health Association, New York, NY, 1995
- Conferences:
- Life-course Socio-economic Position and Hypertension--Risk in African Aemricans: The Pitt County Study, Annual Meeting of the Society for Epidemiological Research, Salt Lake City, UT, June 17, 2004
- Community Participatory Research in Constructing a Conceptual Model of Understand Social Determinants of Cardiovascular Disease in Detroit, Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, San Francisco, CA, November 18, 2003
- Measuring and Monitoring Social Inequalities in Health in the United States, 130th Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, Philadelphia, PA, November 11, 2002
- The impact of HAART on the 1993 AIDS case surveillance definition, Michigan Infectious Disease Society, Annual Scientific Meeting, Ann Arbor, MI, March 24, 2001
- CAM Providers' Messages to Conventional Medicine: A Qualitative Study, Presented at the Second International Conference on the Relationship Between Conventional Medicine and Traditional Healing, Accra Ghana, July 20, 2001
- Racial and Ethnic Differences in Infant Mortality: A Sociocultural Analysis, National Conference on Toward Higher Levels of Analysis: Progress and Promise in Research on Social and Cultural Dimensions of Health, Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (NIH), Bethesda, MD, June 27, 2000
- Social Inequalities, Neighborhood Effects and the Health of Women Living in Urban Communities, Presented at the International Society for Equity in Health Inaugural Conference, Havana, Cuba, June 29, 2000
- Evaluation of the 1993 AIDS case surveillance definition since the introduction of HAART, Infectious Disease Society of American, New Orleans, LA, September 8-9, 2000
- Willingness to Participate in Biomedical Research: African-Americans vs Whites, Presented at the American College of Epidemiology Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA, September 25, 2000
- Unfair Treatment, Neighborhood Effects, and Mental Health in the Detroit Metropolitan Area, Presented at the 95th Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, Washington, D.C., August 15, 1999
- Communty Based Research on Detroit's East Side: Baseline Correlates of Depression Symptomatology in African American Women, Public Health in the 21st Century: Behavioral and Social Science Contributions, Atlanta, GA, May 9, 1998
- Community Based Research on Detroit's East Side: Theory Principles, and Evaluation Design, Public Health in the 21st Century: Behavioral and Social Science Contributions, Atlanta, GA, May 9, 1998
- Social Inequalities, Stressors and Depressive Symptoms among Women living in Detroit American Sociological Association, San Francisco, CA, August 15, 1998
- Synposium on Correlation of Stress and Reproductive Outcomes: Perspectives from Community-Based Participatory Research, 127th Annual meeting of the American Public Health Assocaition, Chicago, IL, November 10, 1998
- The Role of the African-American Church in Community Development, Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Social Problems, August 5, 1997
- Job Strain and the Prevalence of Hypertension in Black Adults: The Pitt County (NC) Study, The 29th Annual Meeting of the Society for Epidemiologic Research, Boston, MA, 1996
- Five Year Hypertension Incidence in African Americans: The Contribution of Socioeconomic Status, Perceived Stress, and John Henryism, The Annual Meeting of the American Society of Hypertension, New York, NY, 1996
- High Blood Pressure in Urban and Rural Nigeria: Dietary, Psychosocial and Anthroprometric Determinants, The 35th Annual Conference on Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology and Prevention, American Heart Association, San Antonio, TX, 1995
- Social Integration, Perceived Stress and Hypertension among Adults in Three Socio-economic Groups in Nigeria, The 28th Annual Meeting of the Society for Epidemiologic Research, Snowbird, UT, 1995
- Pattern of Waist to Hip Ratios in Black Adults by Occupation, John Henryism, and Perceived Stress: The Pitt County (NC) Study, The 26th Annual Meeting of the Society for Epidemiologic Research, Keystone, CO, 1993
- Women, Race, and Depression: The Role of Marriage and Socioeconomic Status, The Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, Washington, D.C., 1992
- Social Support, Stress, and Blood Pressure in Black Adults: The Pitt County (NC) Study, The Sixth International Interdisciplinary Conference on Hypertension in Blacks, Salvador (Bahia) Brazil, 1991
- Alcohol Intake and Blood Pressure in Blacks and Whites in a Rural Community in Bahia, Brazil, The Sixth International Interdisciplinary Conference on Hypertension in Blacks, Salvador (Bahia) Brazil, 1991
- Prevalence and Treatment of Hypertension by Obesity Level in Black Adults: The Pitt County (NC) Study, The 119th Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, Atlanta, GA, 1991
- Monitoring Community Control of Hypertension: Is Self-reported Information Adequate?, The Fifth International Interdisciplinary Conference on Hypertension in Blacks, Long Beach, CA, 1991
- Socioeconomic and Behavioral Correlates of Body Mass Index in Black Adults: The Pitt County (NC) Study, Annual Meeting of the Society for Epidemologic Research, 1991
- Nutrient Intake Differences by SES in Southern Black Population: The Pitt County (NC) Study, The Fifth Internaitonal Interdisciplinary Conference on Hypertension in Blacks, Long Beach, CA, 1990
- Alcohol Consumption and Blood Pressure in Black Adults: The Pitt County (NC) Study, The Fifth International Interdisciplinary Conference on Hypertension in Blacks, Long Beach, CA, 1990
- Physical Activity and Hypertension in a Southern, Black Population: The Pitt County (NC) Study, The 118th Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, New York, NY, 1990
- Community Participatory Research in Constructing a Conceptual Model of Understand Social Determinants of Cardiovascular Disease in Detroit, Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, San Francisco, CA, November 18, 2003
- Doctoral Theses Directed
- Julius Wilder, (September 01, 2005 - June 11, 2007)
- Sawsan Abdulhrahim, (August 15, 2001 - August 11, 2005)
- Debbie Barrington, (May 16, 2002 - July 11, 2005)
- Shawn Henderson, (September 01, 2002 - June 24, 2005)
- Peter Thomas, (September 10, 1999 - July 18, 2002)
- Sawsan Abdulhrahim, (August 15, 2001 - August 11, 2005)
- Publications (listed separately)
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