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Richard Barrett, PhD
Professor Emeritus
Sociology
Contact
Building & Room:
4126D BSB
Address:
1007 W Harrison St.
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About
Joint Appointments: Epidemiology and Biometry; Institute for Health Research and Policy
Research Interests: Demography, Asian Societies, Mongolia, China, Health Disparities, Cancer, U.S. Census Data
My current areas of research include the demography and development of Asian societies and the social roots of health disparities (especially cancer) in the United States. I am working on a book manuscript tracing the demographic history of Mongolia during the twentieth history. In conjunction several UIC social epidemiologists, I am also working on a four-year, NCI-funded research project exploring racial and social class disparities in early diagnosis in breast cancer among women in Cook County during the 1990s