Scholars at the Harvard Center for Society and Health are trained in social epidemiology, new statistical research methods such as multilevel modeling, and core competencies in conducting multidisciplinary research, including economics, political science, demography and sociology.

The major themes of research projects at the Center for Society and Health are:

• investigation of the major social determinants of health, including socioeconomic status, race/ethnicity, gender and work stress

• study of social support, capital isolation and social disintegration

• social policy and population health

Site Director: Ichiro Kawachi, MD, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Health and Social Behavior; Director, Center for
Society and Health

Other core faculty associated with teaching departments in the Public Health Program and the Center for Society and Health include:

Lisa Berkman, Professor and Chair, Department of Health and Social Behavior
S. V. Subramanian, Assistant Professor, Department of Health and Social Behavior
Nancy Krieger, Associate Director, Harvard Center for Society and Health
Jody Heymann, Director of Policy, Harvard Center for Society and Health
Dolores Acevedo-Garcia, Assistant Professor, Department of Health and Social Behavior
Bruce Kennedy, Assistant Professor, Department of Health and Social Behavior
Laura Kubzansky, Assistant Professor, Department of Health and Social Behavior

For more information about the Harvard Center for Society and Health visit: here.