Centers

In keeping with the Inequality Center's goal of producing superior work in the area of social inequalities and health, we will convene a monthly working group focused on grant proposals, research papers, and student dissertations. The idea of the working group will be to provide feedback on ongoing research that is being undertaken by affiliated faculty and students.

Research Projects and Proposals

Please see the items below for detailed information on the Center’s research projects and proposals.

Stigma

• Mental Illness Stigma and Status Processes in Interpersonal Interactions (Phelan)
• Collaborative Research: A Multi-method Approach to Stigma and Status Processes (Phelan)
• Genetics and Stigma: The Role of Mass Media (Phelan)
• Stigma and Psychosis (Link)

Minority Health

• The Influence of Racial Hierarchy and Organizational Structure on Discriminatory Beliefs and Practices (Armbrister)
• Stroke Warning Information and Faster Treatment: The SWIFT Study (Boden-Albala)
• On the Content of Our Character: The Myth of Meritocracy and African American Health (Naa Oyo Kwate & Ilan H. Meyer, 2009 RWJF Investigator Award in Health Policy Research)

Disparities Research

• A Lifecourse Approach to Emerging Health Disparities in a US Birth Cohort (Link)
• Untangling the web of social causation and health: inter-group disparities in successful aging (McKay, Muennig, and Link)
• Fundamental Causes of Social Disparities in Cancer Survival - Lance Armstrong Young Investigator Grant Application (Tehranifar)
• The Impact of Social Inequities on the Complex Relationship between Oral Health and Peripheral Vascular Disease: An Interdisciplinary Evaluation (Boden-Albala)
• Families Understanding Risk Reduction through Educational Reinforcement study (FURRThER) (Boden-Albala)