Sandro Galea
Funded Research:
Determinants of child health and development in Ethiopia (Michigan Multidisciplinary Center on Mind and Body)
Disaster Research Education and Mentoring Center (NIH)
Ecologic Stressors, PTSD, and Drug Use in Detroit (NIDA)
Ecological Approaches to Understanding Postdisaster Distress (NIMH)
Heroin Cessation and HIV Risk: A Case-Control Study (NIDA)
Mental Health and Service Utilization Among Reserve and National Guard Forces (NIMH)
National Center for Disaster Mental Health Research (NC-DMHR) (NIMH)
New York Social Environment Study (NIH)
PTSD Trajectory, Co-Morbidity, and Utilization of Mental Health Services Among Reserves (Department of Defense, Department of the Army)
Rapid Vaccination of Hard-to-reach Populations (NIH)
The Neighborhood Environment and Drug Use (NIDA)
The Role of Trauma Exposure in Drug Use and HIV Risk (NIH)
The Urban Environment and HIV Risk Behavior (NIDA)
Transdisciplinary Research on Urban Health Collaborative (NIH)
Understanding the Complex Causes of Population Health (Robert Wood Johnson Foundation)
Associate Professor, Epidemiology, University of Michigan.
Ph.D., Columbia University School of Public Health
M.D., University of Toronto Medical School
Dr. Galea is interested in the affect of urban context on a variety of health outcomes (morbidity, mortality, and risk behaviors). He is also interested in the determinants of mental health.
Recent Publications
Books
Galea, Sandro. 2007. Macrosocial Determinants of Population Health. New York: Springer. Abstract.
Freudenberg, Nicholas, Sandro Galea, and David Vlahov. 2006. Cities and the health of the public. Nashville: Vanderbilt University Press.
Galea, Sandro, and David Vlahov. 2005. Handbook of Urban Health: Populations, Methods, and Practice. New York: Sprinter.
Journal Articles
Ahern, J., Galea, Sandro, A. Hubbard, and S.L. Syme. 2009. "Neighborhood smoking norms modify the relation between collective efficacy and smoking behavior." Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 100(1-2): 138-145. PMCID:PMC2664307. DOI:10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2008.09.012. Licensed Access. Worldcat.
El-Sayed, A.M., and Galea, Sandro. 2009. "Explaining the Low Risk of Preterm Birth Among Arab Americans in the United States: An Analysis of 617 451 Births." Pediatrics, 123(3): e438-e445. DOI:10.1542/peds.2008-1634. Public Access. Worldcat.
Galea, Sandro, Hall, C., and George A. Kaplan. 2009. "Social epidemiology and complex system dynamic modelling as applied to health behaviour and drug use research." International Journal of Drug Policy, 20(3): 209-16. DOI:doi:10.1016/j.drugpo.2008.08.005. Public Access. Worldcat.
Hobfoll, S.E., Palmieri, P.A., Robert Alan Johnson, D. Canetti-Nisim, B.J. Hall, and Sandro Galea. 2009. "Trajectories of Resilience, Resistance, and Distress During Ongoing Terrorism: The Case of Jews and Arabs in Israel." Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 77(1): 138-148. DOI:10.1037/a0014360. Public Access. Worldcat.
Koenen, K.C., Aiello, A.E., E. Bakshis, A.B. Amstadter, K.J. Ruggiero, R. Acierno, D.G. Kilpatrick, J. Gelernter, and Sandro Galea. 2009. "Modification of the Association Between Serotonin Transporter Genotype and Risk of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Adults by County-Level Social Environment." American Journal of Epidemiology, 169(6): 704-711. DOI:10.1093/aje/kwn397. Public Access. Worldcat.
Momper, S.L., Nandi, V., D.C. Ompad, J. Delva, and Sandro Galea. 2009. "The Prevalence and Types of Gambling Among Undocumented Mexican Immigrants in New York City." Journal of Gambling Studies, 25(1): 49-65. DOI:10.1007/s10899-008-9105-9. Public Access. Worldcat.
Redmond, M.L., Galea, Sandro, and J. Delva. 2009. "Examining Racial/Ethnic Minority Treatment Experiences with Specialty Behavioral Health Service Providers." Community Mental Health Journal, 45(2): 85-96. DOI:10.1007/s10597-008-9164-5. Licensed Access. Worldcat.
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