Lisa Berkman
Preventive Cardiology
South African Medical Research Council
About
Lisa Berkman works in Preventive Cardiology affiliated with South African Medical Research Council.
Lisa F. Berkman is the Thomas D. Cabot Professor of Public Policy and of Epidemiology at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. She serves as the director of the Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies. Her research focuses on social and policy influences on health outcomes, including factors affecting cardiometabolic disease and cardiovascular health in older adults.
Research focus
Social determinants of cardiovascular diseaseWorkplace interventions for cardiometabolic riskSocial networks and cardiovascular healthAging and cardiometabolic outcomesGlobal health in cardiovascular prevention
Impact
639 pubs · 80,366 cites · h-index 129
Training
PhD in Epidemiology
University of California, Berkeley
1977
MS in Epidemiology
University of California, Berkeley
1975
BA in Sociology
Northwestern University
1972
Affiliations
Work Experience
Thomas D. Cabot Professor of Public Policy and of Epidemiology
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health · 1995 - Present
Director
Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies · 2007 - Present
Chair, Department of Society, Human Development and Health
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health · 1995 - 2008
Head, Department of Chronic Disease Epidemiology
Yale School of Medicine · 1979 - 1995