Gilbert Gee

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Gilbert Gee
Born
Gilbert Chee-Leung Gee
NationalityAmerican
Education Oberlin College
Johns Hopkins University
Known for Health equity
Race and health
Awards National Institutes of Health Group Merit Award (2008)
Scientific career
Fields Public health
Institutions University of California, Los Angeles
Thesis More than only skin deep: Institutional and individual racial discrimination and the health status of Chinese-Americans  (1998)
Doctoral advisor Thomas A. LaVeist

Gilbert C. Gee is a professor in the Department of Community Health Sciences in the Fielding School of Public Health at the University of California, Los Angeles. He is known for researching the effects of racial discrimination on mental and physical health. [1] [2] [3] He was appointed editor-in-chief of the Journal of Health and Social Behavior in 2013. [4] Gee and his colleague Chandra Ford were awarded the 2019 Paul Cornely Award for their work on how health is affected by racism. [5]

References

  1. ↑ "Gilbert Gee". Jonathan and Karin Fielding School of Public Health. Retrieved December 29, 2018.
  2. ↑ Martin, S. (July–August 2008). "National study of Asians shows varying effects of racial discrimination". Monitor on Psychology. Retrieved December 29, 2018.
  3. ↑ "Discrimination may affect health of older Chinese-Americans". Reuters. November 14, 2014. Retrieved December 29, 2018.
  4. ↑ Wheeler, Mark (September–October 2013). "The Journal of Health and Social Behavior Welcomes New Editor". Footnotes. Retrieved December 29, 2018.
  5. ↑ "UCLA FSPH professors receive award for their work addressing the impact of racism on health | Jonathan and Karin Fielding School of Public Health". ph.ucla.edu. Retrieved July 6, 2020.


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