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Professor, Chair: Department of Health Management and Policy
Phone: 215.762.7287
Email: jar82@drexel.edu
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Before joining the Drexel School of Public Health, Dr. Rich was Medical Director for the Boston Public Health Commission, the health department for the City of Boston. In that capacity, he oversaw the clinical functions of the Commission and developed initiatives to address emerging health problems. Dr. Rich was also an Associate Professor of Medicine and Public Health at Boston University, and served as an attending physician at Boston Medical Center. Dr. Rich is an expert in inner-city health problems, particularly urban violence, men’s health and racial disparities. He is the Founder and Director of the Young Men’s Health Clinic at Boston Medical Center, a primary care clinic designed to meet the health needs of young men in the inner-city. He serves as Principal Investigator on a number of CDC-funded grants including REACH Elders and Steps to a Healthy Boston. He received his bachelor’s degree in English from Dartmouth College, his medical degree from Duke University Medical School and completed his residency in internal medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital. Dr. Rich also holds a Master of Public Health degree from the Harvard School of Public Health.
Dr. Rich also helped establish the Center for Nonviolence and Social Justice at the Drexel University School of Public Health. Supported by more than $1 million in grants, the Center will focus on urban trauma as a public health issue and provide a program of healing for victims of violence.
On September 19, 2006, Dr. Rich was awarded a $500,000 MacArthur grant for his work in addressing the primary health care needs of young men in the inner city by designing clinical services and training programs.
Research Interests: Public health management; men’s health; violence; urban health issues; racial and ethnic health disparities; qualitative research methods; primary care medicine; prison health.
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