



Psychosocial Determinants of Health Group
ABOUT

The causes of health inequities and disparities are thought to reflect a complex interaction of social, situational, and structural factors.
The Psychosocial Determinants of Health Group is an international team of clinicians, social scientists, and activists interested in understanding the ways in which psychological and social factors affect health.

Shervin Assari, MD, MPH
Department of Family Medicine
Charles R Drew University of Medicine and Science
Research Group

Courtney Boen, PhD
Department of Sociology
University of Pennsylvania

Ruijia Chen, MS
Department of Social and
Behavioral Sciences
Harvard T.H. Chan School of
Public Health
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Keri Carvalho, PhD
Department of Community Health
Tufts University

Leslie Cofie, PhD
Health Education and
Promotion
East Carolina University

Adolfo G. Cuevas, PhD
Department of Community Health
Tufts University

Kia L. Davis, ScD, MPH
Division of Public Health Sciences
Washington University School of Medicine

Department of Family, Population, and Preventative Medicine, Program in Public Health
Stony Brook University

Anthony Ong, PhD
Human Development
Cornell University

Natalie Slopen, ScD
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
University of Maryland College Park

David R. Williams, PhD, MPH
Department of Social and
Behavioral Sciences
Harvard T.H. Chan School of
Public Health;
Department of African and
African American Studies
Harvard University

Sotiris Vandoros, PhD
Health Economics
King’s College London

Masayoshi Zaitsu, MD
Department of Public Health
Dokkyo Medical University in Tochigi

Kaipeng Wang, PhD
Assistant Professor
School of Social Work
Texas State University
SPEAKING
Presentations and media engagement
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