GEORGE A. KAPLAN
Thomas Francis Collegiate Professor Emeritus of Public Health and Epidemiology, Survey Research Center, University of Michigan.
Research Professor Emeritus, Survey Research Center, University of Michigan.
Founder, Center for Social Epidemiology and Population, University of Michigan.
Ph.D., Cornell University
Dr. Kaplan studies the cumulative cost of socioeconomic disadvantage on health and functional outcomes in the elderly, and the role of equity in the distribution of income on the overall health of populations. Both areas of research are directed at establishing the close linkage between economic policy and health policy. A major theme in his work is the role of "upstream" and "downstream" factors in maintaining health, delaying disease, and improving function.
Funded Aging Projects
- Health and Function over Three Decades in Alameda County (NIA)
- Michigan Interdisciplinary Center on Social Inequality, Mind and Body (NICHD)
- Center for Social Epidemiology and Population Health
- Understanding Social Disparities in Health and Aging (ACL) (NIA)
- Robert Wood Johnson Health and Society Scholars Program (Robert Wood Johnson Foundation)
- Urban Social Context, Health and Health Disparities (NICHD)
- Understanding the Complex Causes of Population Health (Robert Wood Johnson Foundation)
- Michigan Center for Integrative Approaches to Health Disparities (CIAHD) (NCMHHD)
- The Shape of Income and Mortality (NIA)
- Under the Skin: Understanding the Role of Stress and Immune Function in Health Disparities (NIH)
- Application of Systems Approaches to Health Disparities & Population Health (NIH)
Publications
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