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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2007 - Rema Lapouse Award, American Public Health Association
  • 2002 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)

Overview

Bruce G. Link is affiliated with the University of California, Riverside in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on topics within the social sciences and psychology, with a considerable number of publications emphasizing health disparities and outcomes, racial and ethnic identity research, and mental health treatment and access. Other notable topics include child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, migration, health and trauma, food security and health in diverse populations, and employment and welfare studies.

Their scholarly work spans several main fields of study, notably social sciences and psychology, alongside subfields such as clinical psychology, sociology and political science, general health professions, health, and social psychology.

Bruce G. Link has contributed to numerous recent publications, including:

  • Socioeconomic inequalities in the spread of coronavirus-19 in the United States: A examination of the emergence of social inequalities, 2020, Social Science & Medicine
  • A Retrospective on Fundamental Cause Theory: State of the Literature and Goals for the Future, 2021, Annual Review of Sociology
  • Impact of Police Violence on Mental Health: A Theoretical Framework, 2020, American Journal of Public Health
  • Tracking of Obesity in Childhood into Adulthood: Effects on Body Mass Index and Fat Mass Index at Age 50, 2020, Childhood Obesity
  • Stigmatize the use, not the user? Attitudes on opioid use, drug injection, treatment, and overdose prevention in rural communities, 2020, Social Science & Medicine

Among frequent co-authors are:

  • Pam Factor-Litvak
  • Lawrence H. Yang
  • Barbara A. Cohn
  • Shakira F. Suglia
  • Katrina Kezios

Their publications often appear in respected journals and venues, including:

  • Social Science & Medicine
  • Journal of Health and Social Behavior
  • Stigma and Health
  • American Journal of Public Health
  • Psychoneuroendocrinology

Bruce G. Link has also authored a book titled The Hidden Measurement Crisis in Criminology, to be published by Cambridge University Press in 2025.

Recognition of their work includes the Rema Lapouse Award from the American Public Health Association in 2007 and election as a Member of the National Academy of Medicine in 2002.

Best Publications

  • Social Conditions as Fundamental Causes of Disease

    Bruce G. Link;Jo Phelan

  • Stigma as a fundamental cause of population health inequalities.

    Mark L. Hatzenbuehler;Jo C. Phelan;Bruce G. Link

  • Social Conditions as Fundamental Causes of Health Inequalities Theory, Evidence, and Policy Implications

    Jo C. Phelan;Bruce G. Link;Parisa Tehranifar

  • Public conceptions of mental illness: labels, causes, dangerousness, and social distance.

    Bruce G. Link;Jo C. Phelan;Michaeline Bresnahan;Ann Stueve

  • Stigma and its public health implications.

    Bruce G Link;Jo C Phelan

  • On stigma and its consequences: evidence from a longitudinal study of men with dual diagnoses of mental illness and substance abuse.

    Bruce G. Link;Elmer L. Struening;Michael Rahav;Jo C. Phelan

  • THE MEASUREMENT OF SOCIAL CLASS IN EPIDEMIOLOGY

    Penny Liberatos;Bruce G. Link;Jennifer L. Kelsey

  • Stigma as a Barrier to Recovery: The Consequences of Stigma for the Self-Esteem of People With Mental Illnesses

    Bruce G. Link;Elmer L. Struening;Sheree Neese-Todd;Sara Asmussen

  • Measuring Mental Illness Stigma

    Bruce G. Link;Lawrence H. Yang;Jo C. Phelan;Pamela Y. Collins

  • Socioeconomic status and psychiatric disorders: The causation-selection issue.

    Bruce P. Dohrenwend;Itzhak Levav;Patrick E. Shrout;Sharon Schwartz

  • Culture and stigma: adding moral experience to stigma theory.

    Lawrence Hsin Yang;Arthur Kleinman;Bruce G. Link;Jo C. Phelan

  • “A Disease Like Any Other”? A Decade of Change in Public Reactions to Schizophrenia, Depression, and Alcohol Dependence

    Bernice A. Pescosolido;Jack K. Martin;J. Scott Long;Tait R. Medina

  • Is Racism a Fundamental Cause of Inequalities in Health

    Jo C. Phelan;Bruce G. Link

  • "Fundamental causes" of social inequalities in mortality: a test of the theory.

    J. O. C. Phelan;Bruce G. Link;Ana Diez-Roux;Ichiro Kawachi

  • Public conceptions of mental illness in 1950 and 1996: What is mental illness and is it to be feared?

    Jo C. Phelan;Bruce G. Link;Ann Stueve;Bernice A. Pescosolido

  • Stigma and prejudice: One animal or two?

    Jo C. Phelan;Bruce G. Link;John F. Dovidio

  • The effectiveness of stigma coping orientations: Can negative consequences of mental illness labeling be avoided?

    Bruce G. Link;Jerrold Mirotznik;Francis T. Cullen

  • The public's view of the competence, dangerousness, and need for legal coercion of persons with mental health problems.

    Bernice A. Pescosolido;John Monahan;Bruce G. Link;Ann Stueve

  • Multiple-family groups and psychoeducation in the treatment of schizophrenia.

    William R. McFarlane;Ellen Lukens;Bruce Link;Robert Dushay

  • The violent and illegal behavior of mental patients reconsidered.

    Bruce G. Link;Howard Andrews;Francis T. Cullen

Frequent Co-Authors

Jo C. Phelan
Jo C. Phelan Columbia University
Lawrence H. Yang
Lawrence H. Yang New York University
Francis T. Cullen
Francis T. Cullen University of Cincinnati
Ann Stueve
Ann Stueve Education Development Center
Bruce P. Dohrenwend
Bruce P. Dohrenwend Columbia University
Andrew E. Skodol
Andrew E. Skodol University of Arizona
Jordan E. DeVylder
Jordan E. DeVylder Fordham University
Mark L. Hatzenbuehler
Mark L. Hatzenbuehler Harvard University
Patrick E. Shrout
Patrick E. Shrout New York University
Ezra Susser
Ezra Susser Columbia University

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