DEVELOPING LEADERS IN POPULATION HEALTH



Examining the links between social and economic exposures and cardiovascular risk factors
My research focus is examining the links between social and economic exposures and cardiovascular risk factors, in particular on the biological mechanisms through which household income level and changes in household income in early life result in the emergence of risk for cardiovascular disease. While much of my work is descriptive, through the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation program I’ve begun work on the application of methods for causal inference from observational data, and in addition to cardiovascular risk factors generally, have been focusing in particular on understanding the causes of the development of obesity in children and adolescents.
I’ve worked primarily on three new projects as a Robert Wood Johnson Health and Society Scholar.
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health & Society Scholars
program has just been released and is available at the following link:
Call for Applications 2008-2009