FACULTY
Marilyn Sinkewicz Marilyn Sinkewicz studies the mental and physical health of men and the spillover effects on their families. She is particularly interested in populations at the bottom of the distribution of health and economic indicators. With a focus on gender as a determinant of health, Dr. Sinkewicz’s work takes account of the underlying historical, social, economic, and political factors that contribute to male-specific conditions and barriers to care. Further, she has a methodological interest in strategies that deal with missing data and non-response bias. Her practice work includes several social welfare initiatives in the United States. Sinkewicz earned an MSSW in social policy (2001), an MA in philosophy (2005), and a PhD in social work and social policy (2005), all from Columbia University in New York City. She was a Robert Wood Johnson Health and Society Scholar at the University of Wisconsin Medical School, Madison, and a postdoctoral researcher in psychiatric epidemiology at the Columbia University School of Public Health. She joined the School as assistant professor in fall 2009.
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Daphne Watkins Jacobs Daphne Watkins Jacobs, assistant professor of social work, joined the faculty in fall 2009. She has devoted her professional career to health promotion and disease prevention among underserved individuals and communities. Broadly, her research interests are gender disparities in mental health and mental illness, health education and behavior, and intervention/ prevention research. Her work considers how gender role socialization influences mental health over the life course—particularly among Black Americans. She is interested in using quantitative and qualitative methodologies to increase the knowledge on mental illness and how it impacts the health and health behaviors of Black Americans. Specifically, she is devoted to culturally appropriate and gender-specific health research and practice for Black American men. Prior to joining the School of Social Work, Watkins Jacobs completed an NIMH-funded postdoctoral fellowship at the Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan, as well as a Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women’s Health (BIRCWH) career development award at the University of Michigan Medical School. She earned a PhD in health education and health behavior in 2006 from Texas A&M University, College Station.
Ongoing Winter/Spring 2010
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