Meredith Minkler

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Meredith Ann Minkler
Born (1946-09-23) September 23, 1946 (age 78)
Alma mater University of California, Berkeley
Scientific career
InstitutionsUniversity of California, Berkeley
Thesis Role conflict and role shock : American and Indian perspectives on the role of U.S. family planning advisors in India  (1975)

Meredith Minkler (born September 23, 1946) is an American public health researcher who is emeritus Professor at the University of California, Berkeley. She is known for her work on community-based participatory research and its use in public policy, criminal justice reform and democratizing access to food.

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Early life and education

Minkler was born in San Francisco. Her mother worked in medical records and her father was in education. She was an undergraduate student at the University of California, Berkeley, where she majored in social sciences. [1] She remained at the University of California, Berkeley for doctoral studies, where she investigated American and Indian perspectives on the role of United States' family planning advisors working in India. [2]

Research and career

Whilst Professor of Health and Social Behavior, Minkler oversaw the graduate program in public health, and founded the university's Center on Ageing. She worked on the development of community-based participatory research programs, particularly to study and address health equity and social justice. [3]  Minkler works with low-income young and old people, women of color and people who were formerly incarcerated. [1]

Minkler was selected by the University of California, Berkeley as one of their most pioneering public health researchers. [4] She was selected by the School of Public Health as one of their Women Changemakers. [5]

Selected publications

Books

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References

  1. 1 2 "Meredith Minkler DrPH - UC Berkeley Public Health Faculty". UC Berkeley Public Health. 11 July 2019. Retrieved 2021-08-07.
  2. Minkler, Meredith Ann (1975). Role conflict and role shock: American and Indian perspectives on the role of U.S. family planning advisors in India (Thesis). OCLC   21817399.
  3. Control, Communities in. "Meredith Minkler". Communities in Control. Retrieved 2021-08-07.
  4. Team, UC Berkeley School of Public Health Communications. "Public Health 75 | Honorees" . Retrieved 2021-08-07.
  5. "Women Changemakers of Berkeley Public Health". UC Berkeley Public Health. 2020-12-13. Retrieved 2021-08-07.