Research Areas
Although CHIP affiliates conduct research in many areas related to health, inequalities, and populations, their research especially touches on three over-lapping and reinforcing areas. Many work in more than one of these areas as part of interdisciplinary and collaborative teams, including with fellow CHIP affiliates and beyond.
Primary Research Areas
Life Course and Intergenerational Processes
The study of families, social relationships, and institutions is central to understanding how health inequalities emerge, are modified, or are sustained across the life course.
Identities and Inequalities
The critical role that inequalities due to socioeconomic status, race/ethnicity, gender, sexuality, and nativity play in producing health inequalities.
Neighborhoods and the Social Environment
How neighborhoods, schools, communities, and the political/social environment shape access to resources (social, cultural, and economic) linked to health.