The SAGE Handbook of Social Studies in Health and Medicine

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Susan C. Scrimshaw, PhD, was an editor and author for the first edition of this Handbook.  She is a medical anthropologist who grew up in Guatemala and has worked globally, particularly in Latin America and with Latino and African American populations in the U.S.  She was Dean of the University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health, and President of Russell Sage College.  She was elected to the National Academy of Medicine in 1993, and is a Fellow of the American Anthropological Association, the Society for Applied Anthropology and the American Association for the Advancement of Science.  Her awards include the... More About Author

Sandra D. Lane is Laura J. and L. Douglas Meredith Professor of teaching excellence in of Public Health and Anthropology at Syracuse University and a Research Professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Upstate Medical University. She received her Ph.D. in medical anthropology from the joint program at the University of California at San Francisco and Berkeley, and an M.P.H. in epidemiology from the University of California at Berkeley. Her research focuses on the impact of racial, ethnic and gender disadvantage on maternal, child, and family health in urban areas of the United States and the Middle East. More About Author

Robert A. Rubinstein, PhD, MsPH is a distinguished Professor of Anthropology and Professor of International Relations at the Maxwell School of Syracuse University. His medical anthropology work is on infectious eye disease, psychosocial epidemiology, health inequalities, and on integrating epidemiological and anthropological methods. His political anthropology research focuses on cross-cultural aspects of conflict and dispute resolution. He is an originator of the field of the anthropology of peacekeeping, in which he has conducted empirical research and policy studies. Rubinstein has collaborated with the International Peace Academy, the... More About Author

Julian Fisher is a policy advisor and analyst with focused expertise in lifelong learning, health workforce education, social and environmental determinants of health, and health in all policy approaches. Julian holds adjunct teaching positions; Research Assistant Professor, Department of Public Health and Preventive Medicine (SUNY Upstate Medical University, New York, USA), and School of Health Sciences and Public Health (University of Georgia, Tbilisi, Georgia). He is on the Board of Directors of the World Accelerated Medically Trained Clinicians Network. His work experience covers a diverse range of professional domains including... More About Author