Lisa F. Berkman#
Membership Number: | 2588 |
Membership type: | FOREIGN |
Section: | THE HUMAN MIND AND ITS COMPLEXITY |
Elected: | 2008 |
Main Country of Residence: | UNITED STATES |
Homepage(s): | http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/lisa-berkman |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2007-2012 Director, Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies, Harvard University
- 2003-2008 Chair Society, Human Development and Health, Harvard School of Public Health
- 2001- present Thomas D. Cabot Professor of Public Policy Health and Social Behavior and Epidemiology, Harvard University
- 1995-2001 Florence Sprague Norman and Laura Smart Norman Professor, Health and Social Behavior and Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health
- 1992-1995 Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Yale School of Medicine
- 1986-1992 Associate Professor with tenure, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health and Institution for Social & Policy Studies, Yale School of Medicine
Fields of Scholarship
- Social epidemiology
- Psychosocial influences on health outcomes
- Inequalities in health related to socioeconomic status, different racial and ethnic groups
- Role of social networks
Honours and Awards
- 1991 Elected, American Epidemiological Society
- 2008 Foreign Member, Academia Europaea
- 2009 Member, MacArthur Foundation Aging Society Network
- 2009 Member, National Institute on Aging-‐National Advisory Council on Aging
- 2010 the Stephen Smith Medal for Distinguished Contributions in Public Health, New York Academy of Medicine Lifetime Achievement