Faculty

S. Leonard Syme, Ph.D.S. Leonard Syme, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus, Epidemiology and Community Health/Human Development
Co-Principal Investigator, Health Research for Action
PHONE: (510) 642-3712
FAX: (510) 642-2857
LOCATION: 577 University Hall
E-MAIL: slsyme@berkeley.edu
WEB SITE: Health Research for Action

 

Research Interests

  • Social determinants of disease
  • Community interventions

Publications

Syme SL (Editorial) (2006). Preventing Disease and Promoting Health: The Need for Some New Thinking. Social and Preventive Medicine, 51:247-248.

Syme SL (Foreword) (2005). In Trostle J.A. Epidemiology and Culture. New York: Cambridge University Press.

Syme SL (2004). Social determinants of health: The community as an empowered partner. Preventing Chronic Disease 1:1-5.

Rugulies R, Aust A, Syme SL (2004). Epidemiology of health and illness: A socio-psycho-physiological perspective. The Sage Handbook of Health Psychology: London: Sage Publications.
 
Smedley BD and Syme SL (2001). Promoting Health: Intervention Strategies from Social and Behavioral Research. National Academy Press.
 
Syme SL and Balfour JL (1998). Social Determinants of Disease, In: Last JM and Wallace RD (Eds). Public Health and Preventive Medicine, 13th Edition.
 
Syme SL (1997). Community Participation, Empowerment and Health: Development of a Wellness Guide for California. The California Wellness Foundation and The University of California Wellness Lectures.
 
Syme SL (1996). Rethinking Disease: Where do we go from here? Annals of Epidemiology, 6:463-468.

Other Interests

  • Principal Investigator, The Wellness Guide Project

Profile updated: February 8, 2007