Ichiro Kawachi is the John L. Loeb and Frances Lehman Loeb Professor of Social Epidemiology at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Considered a leading expert in the area of social epidemiology, his research areas include social determinants of health, psychosocial risk factors for heart disease, health disparities, and globalization and population health. In addition to having authored and co-authored numerous books, Kawachi co-edited the seminal textbook “Social Epidemiology,” and is co-editor in chief of the international journal Social Science & Medicine, as well as the sister open access journal, SSM – Population Health.
