On the Global Socioeconomic Context of Chronic Diseases.
Wednesday, October 23, 2019
Public health research has made critical contributions to our understanding of the social context and causes of disease and health. These exposures and causes which constitute the social exposome are so impactful and pervasive that their consequences are often multigenerational and global. This talk will explore how socioeconomic exposures and policies are increasingly crossing boundaries and driving multiple risk factors for and inequities in noncommunicable diseases and mental health in the US and around the world. The talk will then examine the implications for research and policy in a world where we dare to imagine better counterfactuals for our health and lives.
Speaker
Onyebuchi A. Arah, Professor, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health
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Onyebuchi (Onyi) Arah, MD, MSc, MPH, DSc, PhD is a professor at the Department of Epidemiology, Fielding School of Public Health and an affiliated professor at the Department of Statistics, the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). He is trained in clinical medicine, epidemiology, biostatistics, and health services research. He currently works on epidemiologic methodology especially bias analysis and causal inference, clinical epidemiology, computational epidemiology, and global social epidemiology. He is currently the Chair of the Coordinating Committee for Graduate Affairs, which reviews new graduate degree programs and schools for all ten campuses of the University of California. He has received several research, teaching and service awards including the Council of Science Editors Award (hosted by Fogarty International) for outstanding contributions to global health policy and practice, the European Society for Philosophy, Medicine and Health Care’s First Prize for Young Scholars under age 35 who have made innovative contributions to the philosophy of medicine and health care, the Causality in Statistics Education Award from the American Statistical Association, an Honorary Skou Professorship in Epidemiology, Health Policy and Biostatistics from Aarhus University in Denmark, and the Academic Council Chairs Award for Mid-Career Leadership from the University of California Systemwide Academic Senate.
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