Gilbert C. Gee is a professor in the Department of Community Health Sciences in the Fielding School of Public Health at the

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. He is known for researching the effects of

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on mental and physical health. He was appointed

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of the ''

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'' in 2013. Gee and his colleague Chandra Ford were awarded the 2019 Paul Cornely Award for their work on how health is affected by racism.

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