Jon M. Hussey, PhD

Dr. Jon M. Hussey is sociologist and demographer with a primary interest in the association between social stratification and health. He is particularly concerned with the causes of racial, ethnic,and socioeconomic differentials in morbidity and mortality. Understanding how childhood exposures influence adult health disparities is a specific objective of his work.

Honors and Awards

2011, Gillings School of Global Public Health

Representative Courses

SPHG 600 Introduction to Public Health

SPHG 722 Developing, Implementing and Evaluating Public Health Solutions

Research Activities

• Health Equity
  
• Social Determinants
• Developmental Origins of Health and Disease (DOHaD)

Service Activities

• Gillings Inclusive Excellence Council
  

Key Publications

Race/Ethnicity, Gender, and Trajectories of Depressive Symptoms Across Early- and Mid-Life Among the Add Health Cohort. Hargrove TW, Halpern CT, Gaydosh L, Hussey JM, Whitsel EA, Dole N, Hummer RA, Harris KM (2020). Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities, 7(1), 619-629.

Cohort Profile: The National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health (Add Health). Harris KM, Halpern CT, Whitsel EA, Hussey JM, Killeya-Jones LA, Tabor J, Dean SC (2019). International Journal of Epidemiology, 48(5), 1415-1415k.

The Depths of Despair Among US Adults Entering Midlife. Gaydosh L, Hummer RA, Hargrove TW, Halpern CT, Hussey JM, Whitsel EA, Dole N, Harris KM  (2019). American Journal of Public Health, 109(5), 774-780.

Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Diabetes Diagnosis and Glycemic Control Among Women of Reproductive Age. Britton LE, Hussey JM, Crandell JL, Berry DC, Brooks JL, Bryant AG (2018). Journal of Women’s Health, 27(10), 1271-1277.

Preconception Stress, Birth Weight, and Birth Weight Disparities among U.S. Women. Strutz KL, Hogan VK, Siega-Riz AM, Suchindran CM, Halpern CT, Hussey JM (2014). American Journal of Public Health, 104(8), e125-e132.

Education

Postdoc, Demography, University of Pennsylvania, 1998

MPH, Health Services, University of Washington, 1996

PhD, Sociology, University of Washington, 1995

MA, Sociology, University of Washington, 1990

BA, Sociology & Psychology, University of California, Santa Cruz, 1985