Nancy Adler

Nancy Elinor Adler is an American health psychologist and the Lisa and John Pritzker Professor of Medical Psychology at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). She is also the director of UCSF's Center for Health and Community Sciences, and has been the director of the MacArthur Foundation's Research Network on Socioeconomic Status and Health since it was founded in December 1996.[3]

Nancy E. Adler
Alma materWellesley College
Harvard University
Known forHealth behavior
Social determinants of health
Awards2013 James McKeen Cattell Fellow Award[1]
David Rall Medal from the National Academy of Medicine[2]
Scientific career
FieldsHealth psychology
InstitutionsUniversity of California, San Francisco
ThesisReactions of women to therapeutic abortion: a social psychological analysis (1974)

Research

Adler is known for her research on health behaviors and social determinants of health.[2][4]

Honors and awards

Adler is a fellow of the American Psychological Society (APS) and the American Psychological Association (APA), as well as a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the National Academy of Medicine (NAM).[5] She received the James McKeen Cattell Fellow Award from the APS in 2013,[1] and the David Rall Medal from the NAM in 2010.[2][6] She received the APA Distinguished Scientific Award for the Applications of Psychology in 2009.[7] In 2017, she received the New York Academy of Medicine's Academy Medal for Distinguished Contributions in Biomedical Science.[8]

Committee and workshop roles

Adler chaired multiple NAM committees and workshops on subjects including the Deepwater Horizon oil spill,[9] sexually transmitted diseases,[10] psychosocial treatments for cancer patients, and women's health.[11]

References
  1. "Nancy Adler". Association for Psychological Science. 2013-04-23. Retrieved 2017-08-19.
  2. "Nancy Adler". UCSF AME Website. Retrieved 2017-08-19.
  3. Shweder, Richard A. (1997-03-09). "It's Called Poor Health for a Reason". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2017-08-19.
  4. Goode, Erica (1999-06-01). "For Good Health, It Helps to Be Rich and Important". New York Times Learning Network. Retrieved 2017-08-19.
  5. "Nancy Adler". Social Psychology Network. Retrieved 2017-10-30.
  6. "David Rall Medal - National Academy of Medicine". National Academy of Medicine. Retrieved 2017-09-05.
  7. "APA Distinguished Scientific Award for the Applications of Psychology Past Recipients". American Psychological Association. Retrieved 2017-08-19.
  8. "Nancy Adler Honored by The New York Academy of Medicine". UC San Francisco. 2017-08-25. Retrieved 2018-03-29.
  9. Price, Michael (2010-09-01). "A mental health crisis unfolds". Monitor on Psychology. Retrieved 2017-08-19.
  10. Kent, Don (1996-05-01). "Psychology in the Institute of Medicine". APS Observer. Retrieved 2017-08-19.
  11. "Nancy E. Adler, PhD". Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. Retrieved 2017-08-19.
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