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Elizabeth Goodman, MD
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Professor of Pediatrics and Public Health
Director, Child and Adolescent Obesity Program, Floating Hospital for Children at Tufts Medical Center
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800 Washington St, Box 854
Boston, MA 02111
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(617) 636-7443 |
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(617) 636-8943 |
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| Education |
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MD |
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Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons |
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| Research
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Through my research, I have been attempting to understand how the structure of our society, created through social and economic policies and practices, influences health and well being, or what I have termed “the biology of social justice.” As part of this program of research, I have pioneered the study of subjective social status in adolescence. A major focus for the past five years has been the physiological and psychological processes through which differences in social status influence children’s health and the trajectory toward adult cardiovascular health, particularly obesity and metabolic risk. This highly interdisciplinary work, which uses allostatic load as an organizing framework, includes collaborations with epidemiology, endocrinology, cardiology, neurophysiology, and psychology.
In addition to my research, I direct PRIORITY (Prevention Research and Intervention for Obesity ReductIon and Treatment in Youth). PRIORITY is a multidisciplinary program to prevent and treat adolescent obesity at Tufts Medical Center’s Floating Hospital for Children. PRIORITY seeks to reach disadvantaged youth, their families, and communities through a range of community and clinical programs—complemented by research and policy initiatives—to help young people lead healthy and productive lives. At PRIORITY we view obesity prevention and treatment as a social justice issue and work with adolescents and adult community members to alleviate disparities and inequalities in health and to create opportunities. Our focus is on empowering young people to be change agents for themselves and for their communities. Visit our program website at www.priorityyouth.org
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- Woo, JG, Dolan, LM, Morrow, AM, Geraghty,SR, and Goodman, E. Breastfeeding Helps Explain Racial and Socioeconomic Status Disparities in Adolescent Adiposity. Pediatrics, 2008;121(3):e458-465.
- Goodman, E, Huang, B, Schafer-Kalkhoff, T, and Adler, NE. Perceived Socioeconomic Status: A New Type of Identity which Influences Adolescents' Self Rated Health, J Adolesc Health, 2007;41:479-487.
- Finkelstein, DM, Kubzansky, LD, Capitman, JA, and Goodman, E. Socioeconomic Differences in Adolescent Stress: The Role of Psychological Resources. J Adolesc Health, 2007;40:127-134.
- Goodman, E, Dolan, LM, and Daniels, SR. Socioeconomic Disparities in Insulin Resistance: Results from the Princeton School District Study. Psychosom Med 2007;69(1):61-67.
- Goodman, E, Daniels, SR, Meigs, JM, and Dolan, LM. Instability in the Diagnosis of Metabolic Syndrome in Adolescents. Circulation, 2007. 115: 2316-2322.
- Goodman, E, McEwen, BS, Dolan, LM, Schafer-Kalkhoff, T, and Adler, NE. Social Disadvantage and Adolescent Stress, J Adolesc Health, 2005; 37:484- 492.
- Goodman, E, Huang, B, Wade, TJ, and Kahn, RS. A multi-level analysis of the relationship of socioeconomic status to adolescent depressive symptoms: Does school context matter? J Pediatr, 2003;143: 451-456. (Accompanying Editorial pages 427-429)
- Goodman, E, Adler, NE, Daniels, SR, Slap, GB, Morrison, J, Dolan, LM. Impact of objective and subjective social status on obesity in a biracial cohort of adolescents. Obes, Research, 2003;11:1018-1026.
- Goodman, E and Whitaker, RC. A Prospective Study of the Role of Depression in the Development and Persistence of Adolescent Obesity. Pediatrics, 2002;109:497-504.
- Goodman, E, Adler, NE, Kawachi, I, Frazier, AL, Huang, B, and Colditz, GA. Adolescents' Perceptions of Social Status: Development and Evaluation of a New Indicator. Pediatrics, 2001;108. URL: http//www.pediatrics.org/cgi/content/full/108/2/e31.
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