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Chandra Ford, PhD, MPH, MLIS

Chandra Ford, PhD, MPH, MLIS
University of California Los Angeles, School of Public Health

Dr. Chandra Ford has recently been published in the American Journal of Public Health.

Critical Race Theory, Race Equity, and Public Health: Toward Antiracism Praxis
Chandra L. Ford and Collins O. Airhihenbuwa
Am J Public Health. published 10 February 2010,
10.2105/AJPH.2009.171058

ajph.aphapublications.org/cgi/content/abstract/AJPH.2009.171058v1

The scientists introduce Critical Race Theory to the public health community, highlight key Critical Race Theory characteristics (race consciousness, emphases on contemporary societal dynamics and socially marginalized groups, and praxis between research and practice) and describe Critical Race Theory’s contribution to a study on racism and HIV testing among African Americans.

Dr. Ford is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Community Health Sciences at the UCLA School of Public Health. Dr. Ford earned her doctorate from the Gillings School of Public Health at the University of North Carolina. Prior to joining UCLA she completed postdoctoral fellowships in Social Medicine (University of North Carolina) and Epidemiology (Columbia University). Dr. Ford’s expertise is in social epidemiologic approaches to the study of health disparities/health inequities among racial and ethnic minority as well as sexual minority populations. The overarching aim of her research is to understand key mechanisms by which societal inequities contribute to disparities in human immunodeficiency virus and acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) and other health outcomes.

Dr. Ford was a 2006-2008 Scholar in the W. K. Kellogg Foundation Kellogg Health Scholars Program. She also received a 2005 North Carolina Impact Award for distinguished dissertation research benefiting residents of North Carolina.

Congratulations Dr. Ford!