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Carolyn C. Cannuscio
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Associate Professor of Family Medicine and Community Health at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
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Senior Fellow, Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, University of Pennsylvania
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Core Faculty, Master of Public Health Program, University of Pennsylvania
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Senior Fellow, Center for Public Health Initiatives, University of Pennsylvania
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Co-Director, Community Engagement, Partnerships, and Technical Assistance Core, Prevention Research Center, University of Pennsylvania
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21e To advance the use of visual methods in health disparities research, Dr. Cannuscio collaborates with Dr. David Asch, Eve Weiss, and a strong interdisciplinary team of student research assistants . Her innovative work on the Health of Philadelphia Photo-documentation Project is highlighted here http://whyy.org/cms/news/health-science/2009/11/05/is-philadelphia-a-healthy-place-to-live/21938 as well as in Social Science and Medicine (DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.06.013) and Journal of Urban Health (DOI: 10.1007/s11524-010-9441-9).
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150 Dr. Cannuscio also has a particular interest in material hardship, especially in later life. Recent work published in the American Journal of Public Health highlights the adverse impact of food-, housing-, and health care-insecurity on the health of older adults--a particularly salient issue during the current economic crisis.
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Description of Research Expertise
133 Dr. Cannuscio is a social epidemiologist with substantial experience studying aging, chronic disease, and health disparities. Her current work concentrates in two ares: the material and social causes of later-life health disparities, and the preventable causes of urban health disparities.8
21e To advance the use of visual methods in health disparities research, Dr. Cannuscio collaborates with Dr. David Asch, Eve Weiss, and a strong interdisciplinary team of student research assistants . Her innovative work on the Health of Philadelphia Photo-documentation Project is highlighted here http://whyy.org/cms/news/health-science/2009/11/05/is-philadelphia-a-healthy-place-to-live/21938 as well as in Social Science and Medicine (DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.06.013) and Journal of Urban Health (DOI: 10.1007/s11524-010-9441-9).
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150 Dr. Cannuscio also has a particular interest in material hardship, especially in later life. Recent work published in the American Journal of Public Health highlights the adverse impact of food-, housing-, and health care-insecurity on the health of older adults--a particularly salient issue during the current economic crisis.
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