SPH Professor Receives HHS's First Minority Health
Knowledge Award
Thomas LaVeist
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By Kenna Lowe School of Public Health
Thomas A. LaVeist, a professor in the
Bloomberg School's
Department of Health Policy and Management and director
of the Hopkins Center for Health Disparities Solutions,
received the first Minority Health Knowledge Award from the
U. S. Department of Health and Human Services. It was
presented at the National Leadership Summit on Eliminating
Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health, held Jan. 10 in
Washington, D.C.
The award, to be given annually, recognizes recipients
whose work advances knowledge about minority health and the
elimination of health disparities and also has led to or
inspired others to contribute to the body of knowledge
needed to close the minority health gap.
LaVeist focuses his research on social and behavioral
factors that predict the occurrence of various
health-related outcomes and that explain race differences
in health outcomes. In addition, he looks at the impact of
social policy on the health and quality of life of
African-Americans. He consults often with policy-makers
regarding health disparities and is developing policy and
interventions to address race disparities in health-related
outcomes.
He authored more than 30 articles in the last five
years alone and in 2005 published the first textbook on
minority health and health disparities, titled Minority
Populations and Health: An Introduction to Health
Disparities in the United States.
GO TO JANUARY 17,
2006
TABLE OF CONTENTS.
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