Emily C. Dore, MSW/MPH

I study structural determinants of health with a life course perspective, with the goal of informing social and economic policies that decrease health disparities. I am currently a Sociology PhD candidate at Emory University, but in June 2024 I will be joining the Social Policies for Health Equity Research (SPHERE) Center at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health as a postdoctoral research fellow.

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My dissertation research is funded by the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (F31MD017935) and focuses on the relationship between childhood context and adult health. More specifically, I study 1) state variation in the relationship between childhood socioeconomic status and adult health and 2) the long-term impact of childhood exposure to welfare reform on adult health.