Scholars in CLA who study how social, economic, cultural, legal, and demographic conditions shape health outcomes across populations. Research in this cluster addresses health disparities, social determinants of health, public health, community well-being, and the systems that influence access to care and health resources.
Population Health, Health Disparities, Social Determinants of Health
Alina Arseniev-Koehler (Ashelman)
Assistant Professor, Sociology
Email: aaashelm@purdue.edu
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Keywords: Social Stigma; Cognitive Heuristics (E.G., Stereotypes); Medicalization; Predictive Modeling; Language Models
Research Tags: Health Outcomes, Social and/or Genetic Determinants of Health, Epigenetics | Health Policy, Public Health, Health Communication | Health, Well-Being, Aging, Families | Cognition, Cognitive Science | AI-Based Research Methods
Additional Clusters: AI, Digital Health, Health Communication, and Decision Science
Alec Rhodes
Assistant Professor, Sociology
Email: aprhodes@purdue.edu
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Keywords: Inequality; Poverty; Mobility; Credit And Debt; Social Policy
Research Tags: Health Outcomes, Social and/or Genetic Determinants of Health, Epigenetics | Health Policy, Public Health, Health Communication | Health, Well-Being, Aging, Families | Law, Human Rights, Justice | Quantitative Methods and Research Design | Individual and Collective Decision-Making | Philosophy, Politics, and Economics (PPE)
Additional Clusters: Health and Science Policy, Genomics / Epigenetics, and Health Outcomes
Christie Sennott
Professor, Sociology
Email: csennott@purdue.edu
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Keywords: Sexual And Reproductive Health; Contraception; Maternal And Infant Health; Inequality; Gender
Research Tags: Health Policy, Public Health, Health Communication | Health, Well-Being, Aging, Families | Law, Human Rights, Justice | Quantitative Methods and Research Design | Qualitative Methods and Research Design | Individual and Collective Decision-Making | Place, Culture, Language and Religion
Additional Clusters: Family, Aging, and Life Course
Erin Dunn
Professor, Sociology
Email: erindunn@purdue.edu
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Keywords: Epigenetics; Depression Prevention; Sensitive Periods In Development; Gene-Environment Interaction; Population Health
Research Tags: Health Outcomes, Social and/or Genetic Determinants of Health, Epigenetics | Health Policy, Public Health, Health Communication | Health, Well-Being, Aging, Families
Additional Clusters: Behavioral Health, Cognition, Mental Health, and Psychological Processes; Health and Science Policy, Genomics / Epigenetics, and Health Outcomes
Evelina Akimova
Assistant Professor, Sociology
Email: eakimova@purdue.edu
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Keywords: Social Science Genomics; Causal Inference; Chronotype/Sleep; Mental Health; Social Stratification
Research Tags: Health Outcomes, Social and/or Genetic Determinants of Health, Epigenetics | Health Policy, Public Health, Health Communication | Health, Well-Being, Aging, Families | Quantitative Methods and Research Design
Additional Clusters: Behavioral Health, Cognition, Mental Health, and Psychological Processes; Health and Science Policy, Genomics / Epigenetics, and Health Outcomes
Elizabeth Hoffmann
Professor, Sociology
Email: ehoffman@purdue.edu
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Keywords: Law; Disputes; Work; Society; Legal Consciousness
Research Tags: Health Policy, Public Health, Health Communication | Law, Human Rights, Justice | Individual and Collective Decision-Making | Science of Science and/or Science of Team Science
Additional Clusters: Health and Science Policy, Genomics / Epigenetics, and Health Outcomes
Hui (Cathy) Lui
Professor, Sociology
Email: liu3839@purdue.edu
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Keywords: Intergenerational Relations; Family Relationships and Health; Aging and Life Course; Cognitive Aging; Health Disparities
Research Tags: Health, Well-Being, Aging, Families | Health Outcomes, Social and/or Genetic Determinants of Health, Epigenetics | Health Policy, Public Health, Health Communication | Individual and Collective Decision-Making | Cognition, Cognitive Science
Marcus Mann
Assistant Professor, Sociology
Email: mannml@purdue.edu
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Keywords: Politics; Knowledge; Culture; Media; Science
Research Tags: Health Policy, Public Health, Health Communication | Quantitative Methods and Research Design | Communication, Media, and Communication Technology | Civics, Civic Thought, Democracy, and Public Discourse | Science, Technology, and Society | Science of Science and/or Science of Team Science
Additional Clusters: Health and Science Policy, Genomics / Epigenetics, and Health Outcomes
Robbee Wedow
Assistant Professor, Sociology
Email: rwedow@purdue.edu
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Keywords: Community Engaged; Methods; Genetics; Curriculum; Health
Research Tags: Health Outcomes, Social and/or Genetic Determinants of Health, Epigenetics | Health Policy, Public Health, Health Communication | Health, Well-Being, Aging, Families | Quantitative Methods and Research Design | Qualitative Methods and Research Design | Communication, Media, and Communication Technology | Science, Technology, and Society
Additional Clusters: Health and Science Policy, Genomics / Epigenetics, and Health Outcomes
Shawn Bauldry
Professor, Sociology
Email: sbauldry@purdue.edu
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Keywords: Demography; Medical Sociology; Statistics; Life Course Framework; Cognitive Health
Research Tags: Health Outcomes, Social and/or Genetic Determinants of Health, Epigenetics | Health Policy, Public Health, Health Communication | Health, Well-Being, Aging, Families | Quantitative Methods and Research Design
Additional Clusters: Family, Aging, and Life Course; Behavioral Health, Cognition, Mental Health, and Psychological Processes
Trenton Mize
Associate Professor, Sociology
Email: tmize@purdue.edu
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Keywords: Methodology; Statistics; Social Psychology; Health & Well-Being; Categorization
Research Tags: Health Outcomes, Social and/or Genetic Determinants of Health, Epigenetics | Health Policy, Public Health, Health Communication | Health, Well-Being, Aging, Families | Quantitative Methods and Research Design | Individual and Collective Decision-Making | Science of Science and/or Science of Team Science | Cognition, Cognitive Science
Additional Clusters: Behavioral Health, Cognition, Mental Health, and Psychological Processes
Evan Perrault
Associate Professor, Brian Lamb School of Communication
Email: eperraul@purdue.edu
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Keywords: Experimental; Community Engaged; Survey; Evaluation; Formative Research
Research Tags: Health Outcomes, Social and/or Genetic Determinants of Health, Epigenetics | Health Policy, Public Health, Health Communication | Health, Well-Being, Aging, Families | Quantitative Methods and Research Design | Communication, Media, and Communication Technology
Additional Clusters: AI, Digital Health, Health Communication, and Decision Science
Yvonne Pitts
Associate Professor, History
Email: ypitts@purdue.edu
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Keywords: Law--Jurisdiction; Courts--Federal--Local; Police--Civil--Military; Martial Law; U.S. Civil War, 1861-1865
Research Tags: Health Policy, Public Health, Health Communication | Law, Human Rights, Justice | Qualitative Methods and Research Design | Individual and Collective Decision-Making | Place, Culture, Language and Religion | Civics, Civic Thought, Democracy, and Public Discourse | AI-Based Research Methods
Additional Clusters: Health and Science Policy, Genomics / Epigenetics, and Health Outcomes
Patti Thomas
Associate Professor, Sociology
Email: pthomas4@purdue.edu
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Keywords: Social Support; Aging; Life Course; Affection
Research Tags: Health, Well-Being, Aging, Families | Quantitative Methods and Research Design
Additional Clusters: Behavioral Health, Cognition, Mental Health, and Psychological Processes; Family, Aging, and Life Course