Health Policy Research Seminar: Derek M. Griffith, PhD, Risa Lavizzo-Mourey Population Health and Health Equity University Professor, University of Pennsylvania

Topic: “Toward Domestic and Global Men’s Health Policies.” 

About: In this presentation, Dr. Derek Griffith will argue that US and global health policies should consider men's health and discuss recent and ongoing examples of such policies.

Bio: Derek M. Griffith, PhD is the Risa Lavizzo-Mourey Population Health and Health Equity University Professor at the University of Pennsylvania. At Penn, he is also a Fellow and Senior Advisor on Health Equity and Anti-Racism for The Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics. Outside of Penn, he serves as the Chair of Global Action on Men’s Health – a global men’s health advocacy organization – and Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Men’s Social and Community Health. Trained in psychology and public health, Dr. Griffith’s research focuses on achieving racial, ethnic, and gender equity in health. He specializes in community-based interventions to promote Black men's health and well-being and anti-racism interventions to mitigate and undo the effects of structural racism on health. Dr. Griffith is a contributor to and co-editor of four books, including - Racism: Science and Tools for the Public Health Professional, 2nd Edition published in October 2024. He has been the principal investigator of research grants from the American Cancer Society, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and several institutes within the National Institutes of Health. Dr. Griffith has received several noteworthy honors, including (a) the Tom Bruce Award from the Community-Based Public Health Caucus of the American Public Health Association for his research on “eliminating health disparities that vary by race, ethnicity and gender”; (b) a citation from the president of the American Psychological Association “For his extraordinary leadership in addressing the impacts of racism on the health and well-being of the nation and specifically for African American and Latino men,” and (c) the “Lifetime Disruptor Award” from the Society for the Study of African American Public Health Issues for exhibiting “…a lifelong commitment to dismantling structural racism and other intersecting systems of oppression through science and policy…”