The Center for Urban Health Research provides an environment for the conduct of multidisciplinary research on the social determinants of the health status of urban populations.

The major themes of research projects at the Center for Urban Health Research are:

• risk assessment for leading causes of illness, disability and death

• effects of sociopolitical, economic, and cultural factors on health and quality of life of urban populations

• sociopolitical structural changes; public health/health policy and strategies for reducing persistent disparities in health and quality of life of various racial and ethnic population groups

Site Director: Kim Dobson Sydnor, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Public Health Program
Co-Director: Yvonne S. Bronner, L.D., R.D.
Director, Public Health Program

Other core faculty associated with teaching departments in the Public Health Program include:
Thomas LaVeist, Assistant Professor, Sociology; Assistant Professor, Department of Health Policy and Management, John Hopkins University
Warren A. Rhodes, Chairman and Professor, Department of Psychology; Director, Prevention Science Program
Rena Boss-Victoria, Associate Professor, Public Health Program
Patrick Bassey Williams, Associate Professor, Public Health Program
Larke Nahme Huang, Director of Research, Senior Policy Associate, Georgetown University
Janice Bowie, Assistant Professor, Health Policy Management, John Hopkins University

For more information contact Dr. Dobson Sydnor at ksydnor@jewel.morgan.edu or visit to Public Health Program’s web site: here.