Sherman James

Sherman A. James is an American epidemiologist currently the Susan B. King Professor Emeritus of Public Policy at Duke University's Sanford School of Public Policy and previously taught at University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill from 1973–89 and University of Michigan as the John P. Kirscht Collegiate Professor of Public Health from 1989-2003. He was elected to the National Academy of Medicine in 2000.[1][2][3] According to GoogleScholar, his highest citations are 1151, 839 and 640.

Education

He received his AB degree (Psychology and Philosophy) from Talladega College in 1964[4] and his Ph.D in Psychology from Washington University in St. Louis in 1973.[5]

Selected publications
  • Johnson-Lawrence Vicki, Scott Jamie B, James Sherman A. (August 2019). "Education, Perceived Discrimination and Risk for Depression in a Southern Black Cohort." Aging & Mental Health." doi: 10.1080/13607863.2019.1647131.
  • Kramer, Michael R.; Black, Nyesha C.; Matthews, Stephen A.; James, Sherman A. (December 2017). "The legacy of slavery and contemporary declines in heart disease mortality in the U.S. South". SSM - Population Health. 3: 609–617. doi:10.1016/j.ssmph.2017.07.004. PMC 5718368. PMID 29226214.
  • James, Sherman A. (1 June 2017). "Invited Commentary: Cassel's "The Contribution of the Social Environment to Host Resistance"—A Modern Classic". American Journal of Epidemiology. 185 (11): 1032–1034. doi:10.1093/aje/kwx070. PMID 28535254.
  • Barrington, Debbie S.; James, Sherman A. (February 2017). "Receipt of public assistance during childhood and hypertension risk in adulthood". Annals of Epidemiology. 27 (2): 108–114.e2. doi:10.1016/j.annepidem.2016.11.012. PMC 5334660. PMID 28094118.
  • Mujahid, Mahasin S.; James, Sherman A.; Kaplan, George A.; Salonen, Jukka T. (January 2017). "Socioeconomic position, John Henryism, and incidence of acute myocardial infarction in Finnish men". Social Science & Medicine. 173: 54–62. doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2016.11.034. hdl:10161/15172.
  • James, Sherman A. (2017). "The strangest of all encounters: racial and ethnic discrimination in US health care". Cadernos de Saúde Pública. 33 (suppl 1): e00104416. doi:10.1590/0102-311X00104416. PMID 28492707.

References
  1. "Sherman James to deliver MLK Jr. lecture at medical school". wustl.edu. January 13, 2016. Retrieved November 18, 2017.
  2. "Sherman A. James". unc.edu. Retrieved November 18, 2017.
  3. "Events Series- Lecture". aspph.org. Retrieved November 18, 2017.
  4. "Sherman James Ph.D." Retrieved 4 September 2019.
  5. "Sherman James". duke.edu. Retrieved November 18, 2017.


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