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Howard University
Department of Sociology and Anthropology
P.O. Box 987
Washington, DC. 20059
Phone: (202) 806-6853
   

FACULTY RESEARCH AND RELATED ACTIVITIES

IVOR L. LIVINGSTON, Ph.D., M.P.H., C.H.E.S.–
Professor, Chair of Sociology and Anthropology

Research Interests
Medical Sociology, Social Epidemiology of Chronic, Infectious and Behavior-Related Diseases and Outcomes; Acculturative Stress and Immigrant Populations; The Etiologic and Mediating Effects of Stress on the health of African Americans and People of Color in the Diaspora

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Teaching Areas
Medical Sociology; Social Epidemiology; Social Psychology, Health Services Research

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Publications (2003-2008)

Obisesan, T., Truelear, AD., Livingston, IL., & Gillium, R. (2007).Changes with Aging of the Association of Religiosity and Current Alcohol Use in Americans to Age 90 in a National Survey. The Internet Journal of Geriatrics and Gerontology, 3(2).

Livingston et al. (2007): Gender, Acculturative Stress and Jamaican Immigrants’ Health in the United States: An Exploratory Study. West Indian Medical Journal, 56(3): 207-216.

Obisesan, T., Livingston, I., Gillum, R. (2006): Frequency of Attendance at Religious Services, Cardiovascular Disease, Metabolic Risk Factors and Dietary Intake in Americans: An Age Stratified Exploratory Analysis. International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine, 36(4): 435-448.

Livingston et al., (2006). Exploring Age Differences in the Acculturative Stress-Health relationship of Caribbean Immigrants in the United States. Wadabagei, 90(2):74-89.

Negga, F., Applewhite, S., & Livingston, I. (2006): African American College Students and Stress: School Racial Composition, Self-Esteem and Social Support. College Student Journal, 40(1): 476-471.

Livingston et al., (2003): Stress and Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes and African American Females. Journal of the National Medical Association, 95(11): 1103-1109.

CHAPTERS

Livingston et al., (2004). The Social Epidemiology of Coronary Heart Disease in African Americans. In I. Livingston (Ed.), Praeger Handbook of Black American Health (Pp. 19-41). Praeger/Greenwood Publishing Group: Westport, CT.

Livingston et al., (2004). The Life Expectancy of the Black Male: Pressing Issues From the Cradle to the Grave. In I.Livingston (Ed.), Praeger Handbook of Black American Health (Pp. 215-237). Praeger/Greenwood Publishing Group: Westport, CT.

Livingston et al., (2004). Vulnerability of African Americans to Adverse Health: The Importance of Social Status and Stress. In I. Livingston (Ed.), Praeger Handbook of Black American Health (Pp. 383-410). Praeger/Greenwood Publishing Group: Westport, CT.

Livingston et al., (2004). Eliminating Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health: A Framework for Action. In I. Livingston (Ed.), Praeger Handbook of Black American Health (Pp. 835-862). Praeger/Greenwood Publishing Group: Westport, CT.

BOOKS

Livingston, I. (2007): You Don’t have To Be Over Stressed All the Time. Outskirts Press, Utah.

Livingston, I. (Editor-in-Chief)(2004): Praeger Handbook of Black American Health (Volumes I & II),Praeger/Greenwood Publishing Group: Westport, CT.

"Stress Management 101 For College Students.” StressHealth Institute International, Olney, MD., 2006.

You Don’t Have To Be Over Stressed All The Time.” Outskirts Press, Colorado, 2007.

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Professional Memberships, Affiliations and Related Experiences

REVIEWER

2002 - present
Reviewer, Journal of the National Medical Association

1998 - Present
Grant Reviewer, Center for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS)

2000 - Present
Grant Reviewer, Gates Millennium Scholarship Program

2001
Grant Reviewer, National Institute of Drug Abuse

2002
Reviewer, American Journal of Epidemiology

ADVISOR

2004 – Present
Technical Advisory Board Member, District of Colombia Community Health Initiative (DC CHAI) for the Latino Health Care Collaborative (LHCC) Assessment

MEMBER

2004 - present
The Society For the Organization of Public Health Education (SOPHE)

1999 – Present
Affiliated Member, resource Persons Network, Office of Minority Health Resource Center, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

1983 - present
Alumni Society - Howard University

1984 - present
Harvard Club of Washington, D.C.

1985 - present
Alumni Society - School of Public Health, Harvard University

1987 - present
American Public Health Association

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Click on the following A-Z directory of names to learn about faculty research
Arvilla Payne-Jackson James F. Scott Emeritus
Roderick Harrison
Charles Jarmon Jennifer Goode
Ron Manuel
Claudette E. Bennett Marie Jipquep-Athkar Tariqah A. Nuriddin
Ernest Quimby Mark Mack
Terri Adams-Fuller
Eleanor M. King Phillipia Hillman
Vernetta Young
Flordeliz T. Bugarin Ralph C Gomes Walda Katz-Fishman
Florence Bonner Rebecca J. Ferrell Wendy Winters Emeritus
Ivor L. Livingston Rebecca Reviere  

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