Social & Behavioral Determinants of Health

BIOGRAPHY

Ichiro Kawachi
Professor of Social Epidemiology
Department of Society, Human Development, and Health
Harvard School of Public Health, USA

Research Interests:
Social Determinants of Health: linking the macro social forces, such as income distribution, social cohesion and social capital, inequalities in political participation, and residential segregation to patterns of health and disease in populations
Psychosocial Risk Factors for Heart Disease.
Effects of passive smoking on disease risk.