Advancing population health: five propositions and a research agenda

Robert S. Gordon Jr. Lecture | Wednesday, May 23, 2018 | 3:00 to 4:00 p.m. ET

Ana V. Diez Roux, M.D, Ph.D., MPH

Dean and Distinguished University Professor of Epidemiology

Drexel University

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Summary

Dr. Diez Roux is internationally known for her research on the social determinants of population health and the study of how neighborhoods affect health. Her work on neighborhood health effects has been highly influential in the policy debate on population health and its determinants. Her research areas include social epidemiology and health disparities, environmental health effects, urban health, psychosocial factors in health, cardiovascular disease epidemiology, and the use of multilevel methods. Recent areas of work include social environment-gene interactions and the use of complex systems approaches in population health.