Keynote Speaker, John W. Lynch, PhD, MPH, MEd
John W. Lynch, PhD, MPH, MEd is an Associate Professor in the Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, at the University of Michigan. The University of Michigan Epidemiology department is well respected nationwide for its leadership in researching the social determinants of health. Dr. Lynch has joint appointments at the University of Michigan Center for Human Growth and Development, the Institute for Social Research and the Center for Research on Ethnicity, Culture and Health. Dr. Lynch has spoken internationally on health disparities. In addition, his expertise on researching health disparities using lifecourse processes is well recognized. He recently received a Robert Wood Johnson Investigators in Health Policy Award to write a book titled, "An Individual and Population Lifecourse Approach to the Determinants of Health" along with his collaborator, George Davey Smith.