John A. Rich

John Armand Rich is Professor and chair of the Department of Health Management and Policy at Drexel University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and was a 2006 MacArthur Fellow.

John A. Rich
Alma materDartmouth College;
Duke University School of Medicine;
Harvard School of Public Health
AwardsMacArthur Fellow
Scientific career
InstitutionsBoston University;
Drexel University;
Boston Public Health Commission

Early life

Rich, originally from Queens, New York City,[1] received an A.B. in 1980 from Dartmouth College his M.D. in 1984 from Duke University School of Medicine, and an M.P.H. in 1990 from the Harvard School of Public Health. He did his internship and residency at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston.[1]

Career

In the 1990s Rich worked at Boston City Hospital[2] as a primary care physician.[3] In 1993, he established the Young Men's Health Clinic in Boston aimed at young men who were victims of urban violence. His work there has been published in journal papers and elsewhere.[4][5] In addition to the Young Men's Health Clinic he initiated the Men's Health CREW.[1] The Men's Health CREW is a community health-worker training program for young men of color.[6] His book, Wrong Place, Wrong Time: Trauma and Violence in the Lives of Young Black Men was published in late 2009 by the Johns Hopkins University Press.

He was the Boston Public Health Commission's medical director from 1998 to 2005. Since then Rich has been the Director of Drexel's Center for Academic Public Health Practice.[1] Before coming to Drexel, he was associate professor of medicine and of public health at Boston University.

In 2007, he received an honorary Doctor of Science from Dartmouth College. He has been featured in the 2001 documentary film "The Angry Heart", produced by Jay Fedigan.

Rich is the Director and Founder of the Center for Nonviolence and Social Justice at the Drexel University School of Public Health. Since 2008, Rich has been a member of the Board of Trustees of Dartmouth College.

Awards

In 2006 he was awarded the MacArthur Fellowship in honor of his design for "new models of health care that stretch across the boundaries of public health, education, social service, and justice systems to engage young men in caring for themselves and their peers."[1]

Other Awards:

References
  1. Adams, Roland (April 19, 2007). "John A. Rich '80". Trustees of Dartmouth College. Retrieved June 2, 2017.
  2. "Doctor Works To Get Young Men Out Of 'Wrong Place'". npr. February 9, 2010. Retrieved June 2, 2017.
  3. Rich, John (January 24, 2010). "Wrong Place, Wrong Time". The Washington Post. Retrieved June 2, 2017.
  4. Rich J, Grey C. "Pathways to recurrent trauma for young black men: traumatic stress, substance use and the "code of the street." American Journal of Public Health 95: 816-824, 2005.
  5. Rich JA. The health crisis of young black men in the inner city. In The Crisis of the Young African American Male in the Inner Cities: A Consultation of the United States Commission on Civil Rights, Volume 1.
  6. "Men's Health Crew". Boston Public Health Commission. Retrieved June 2, 2017.


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