Bruce Link | |
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| Born | Bruce George Link September 3, 1949 |
| Education | Earlham College Columbia University |
| Known for | Health disparities Psychiatric epidemiology Social stigma Theory of fundamental causes |
| Awards | Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Investigator Award in Health Policy Research (1995) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Epidemiology Sociology |
| Institutions | Columbia University University of California, Riverside |
| Thesis | Mental patient status and social disability: an examination of the effects of a psychiatric label (1980) |
| Doctoral advisor | Bruce Dohrenwend |
Bruce George Link (born September 3, 1949)[1] is an American epidemiologist and sociologist who is a Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Public Policy at the University of California, Riverside. He is also a Professor Emeritus of Epidemiology and Sociomedical Sciences in the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University, a research scientist at the New York State Psychiatric Institute, and the current president of the Interdisciplinary Association for Population Health Science (IAPHS).[2] Bruce Link is probably best known for developing fundamental cause theory of social inequalities in health together with Jo Phelan.