Sarah A Burgard

Master (1999) and PhD (2003) in Sociology at University of California (UCLA). Postdoctoral (2005) at University of Michigan (UMICH). Currently working as Associate Professor of Sociology, Research Associate Professor, Population Studies Center, Associate Professor of Epidemiology at UMICH. My research focuses on health disparities by socioeconomic status, gender, and race/ethnicity across the life course. I have focused particularly on the links between employment and health, including mental health, chronic disease and overall health status, and health behaviors. I am a PI of the Michigan Recession and Recovery Study and I am also the current PI of the Americans' Changing Lives Study. I have also conducted a variety of cross-national studies on health, comparing the U.S. with Brazil, South Africa, China, and other societies that vary in theoretically and substantively important ways that impact health.

Possui mestrado e doutorado em Sociologia pela Universidade da California em Los Angeles (UCLA) e pós-doutorado em Saúde populacional pela Universidade de Michigan (UMICH). Atualmente é professora associada de Sociologia e Epidemiologia na Universidade de Michigan.Tem experiência nos temas: Desigualdades de saúde no curso de vida (socioeconômicas, de gênero e de raça), Saúde ocupacional (com ênfase em saúde mental, doenças crônicas não-transmissíveis e comportamentos de saúde).É investigadora principal do Michigan Recession and Recovery Study e do Americans' Changing Lives Study. É responsável por diversos estudos de saúde transnacionais, comparando dados norte-americanos com dados do Brasil, Africa do Sul e China.