Bruce George Link (born September 3, 1949) is an American epidemiologist and sociologist who is a Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Public Policy at the

University of California, Riverside The University of California, Riverside (UCR or UC Riverside) is a public land-grant research university in Riverside, California. It is one of the ten campuses of the University of California system. The main campus sits on in a suburban distr ...

. He is also a Professor Emeritus of Epidemiology and Sociomedical Sciences in the

Mailman School of Public Health The Joseph L. Mailman School of Public Health is the public health graduate school of Columbia University. Located on the Columbia University Medical Center campus in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City, the school i ...

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, a research scientist at the

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, and the current president of the Interdisciplinary Association for Population Health Science (IAPHS).

Early life and education

Born in

Denver Denver () is a consolidated city and county, the capital, and most populous city of the U.S. state of Colorado. Its population was 715,522 at the 2020 census, a 19.22% increase since 2010. It is the 19th-most populous city in the Unit ...

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, Link is the son of Eugene P. Link and his wife, Beulah Meyer Link. He graduated from

Earlham College Earlham College is a private liberal arts college in Richmond, Indiana. The college was established in 1847 by the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) and has a strong focus on Quaker values such as integrity, a commitment to peace and social ...

in 1971 with a B.A. in sociology, and received his Ph.D. and M.S. from

in 1980 and 1982, respectively.

Career

Link first joined the faculty of Columbia University in 1981 as an assistant professor of

public health Public health is "the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting health through the organized efforts and informed choices of society, organizations, public and private, communities and individuals". Analyzing the det ...

. He was promoted to associate professor and full professor at Columbia in 1988 and 1998, respectively. He left the faculty of Columbia in 2015 to become a professor at the University of California, Riverside.

Honors and awards

In 1995, Link received an Investigator Award in Health Policy Research from the

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) is an American philanthropic organization. It is the largest one focused solely on health. Based in Princeton, New Jersey, the foundation focuses on access to health care, public health, health equity, ...

. In 2002, he was elected to the Institute of Medicine; he received the Leonard I. Pearlin Award for Distinguished Contributions to the Sociological Study of Mental Health from the American Sociological Association the same year. In 2007, he received both the Leo G. Reeder Award from the American Sociological Association and the

Rema Lapouse Award Rema Lapouse Award is granted to an outstanding scientist in the area of psychiatric epidemiology in recognition of "significant contributions to the scientific understanding of the epidemiology and control of mental disorders. It is sponsored ...

from the American Public Health Association.

References

External links

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at the University of California, Riverside
Faculty page
at Columbia University * {{DEFAULTSORT:Link, Bruce George 1949 births Living people American epidemiologists Columbia University faculty Columbia University alumni University of California, Riverside faculty American sociologists People from Denver Members of the National Academy of Medicine Earlham College alumni