Barbara A. Israel, Ph.D., is a Professor in the Department of Health Behavior and Health Education at the School of Public Health, University of Michigan. Dr. Israel has published widely in several research interests areas including: the social and physical environmental determinants of health and health disparities; the relationship among stress, social support, control and physical and mental health; community empowerment and health; and community-based participatory research (CBPR). Dr. Israel has extensive experience conducting community-based participatory research in collaboration with partners in diverse communities. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was her initial funding source in 1995. She has worked together with academic and community partners to establish and maintain the Detroit Community-Academic Urban Research Center. The Center involves multiple funded basic etiologic research and intervention research projects aimed at increasing knowledge and addressing factors associated with health disparities and quality of life of residents in Detroit, Michigan. Dr. Israel is actively involved in several of these CBPR projects examining and addressing, for example, the social and physical environmental determinants of cardiovascular disease, the environmental triggers of childhood asthma, access to food and physical activity spaces, diabetes management and prevention, and capacity building for and translating research findings into policy change.
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