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Bruce G. Link

Bruce G. Link, Ph.D.

Dr. Link analyzes the relationship between social inequalities and health disparities. He is now pursuing three primary areas of study including the role of psychotic symptoms in violent behavior, the social stigmas associated with mental illness, and the “fundamental cause” thesis that traces the links between socioeconomic assets and health advantages.

Positions

  • Professor, Epidemiology and Sociomedical Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY
  • Research Scientist, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY
  • Director, Psychiatric Epidemiology Program, Columbia University, New York, NY

 

Education

  • Ph.D., 1980, Columbia University, Sociology
  • M.S., 1982, Columbia University, Biostatistics

 

Relevant Publications

  • Perlick, D. A., Miklowitz, D. J., Link, B. G., Struening, E., Kaczynski, R., Gonzalez, J., et al. (2007). Perceived stigma and depression among caregivers of patients with bipolar disorder. The British Journal of Psychiatry: The Journal of Mental Science, 190, 535-536.
  • Yang, L. H., Kleinman, A., Link, B. G., Phelan, J. C., Lee, S., & Good, B. (2007). Culture and stigma: Adding moral experience to stigma theory. Social Science & Medicine, 64, 1524—1535.
  • Anglin, D. M., Link, B. G., & Phelan, J. C. (2006). Racial differences in stigmatizing attitudes toward people with mental illness. Psychiatric Services, 57, 857—862.
  • Miech, R. A., Kumanyika, S. K., Stettler, N., Link, B. G., Phelan, J. C., & Chang, V. W. (2006). Trends in the association of poverty with overweight among US adolescents, 1971-2004. Journal of the American Medical Association, 295, 2385—2393.
  • Link, B. G., & Phelan, J. C. (2006). Stigma and its public health implications. Lancet, 367, 528—529.

 

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