Dr. James Peterson, Assistant Research Professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, advances analysis that integrates public health research and local communities. Dr. Peterson previously served as the Community Research Coordinator for District of Columbia Center for AIDS Research (DC CFAR) and currently serves as the Community Activities Coordinator for the DC Cohort Project, a city-wide HIV clinical research effort among 15 HIV care sites in the District of Columbia. For more information about DC CFAR, please click here. For more information about the DC Cohort Project, please click here.
Recently, Dr. Peterson and other scholars published Talking About Public Health With African American Men: Perceptions of Environmental Health and Infertility. Scholars note that “while the past two decades have seen rapid advances in research demonstrating links between environmental health and reproductive capacity, African American men have largely been overlooked as study participants” (1). So, “to give voice to the perceptions of urban African American men, the present qualitative study conducted focus groups of men recruited from street- and internet-based advertisements in Washington, DC” (1). The article speaks on “Public health, health care issues, male infertility, physiological and endocrine disorders, qualitative research, male reproductive health, sexuality, men of color, special population” (1). To read the full article, please click here.
We are honored to have Dr. Peterson serve as a Nashman Affiliate. If you would like more information on getting your Community Engaged Scholarship course designated, please click here.
