Angela Adler
Medical Sociologist
RWJF Health Policy Research Scholar
My Work
I am the Principal of social health consultancy Social Meridian.
I am a sociologist of diagnosis and health. I focus on diseases of unknown cause and the demographics they affect, as well as brain injury, relationships, and the effects of stigma.
As a Health Policy Research Scholar of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, I am trained to use my expertise to analyze and influence policy.
Projects
Brain Injury, Relationships & Stigma
Primary Investigator-Dissertation
Interviews with people with brain injury and their partners, identifying factors that improve relationship quality, and how brain injury stigma affects and is addressed by couples.
Social Construction of Unknown Illnesses
Primary investigator
Mixed qualitative and quantitative content and discourse analysis of NIH and CDC descriptions of diagnoses, and the demographics they affect.
The Rise and Fall of the Hysteria Diagnosis
Primary Investigator
Historical-comparative sociological study connecting the 4000-year history of hysteria to the concept of social construction of health.
Education
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Health Policy Research Scholar
2018-2022
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
PhD Sociology
2022 (expected)
Coursework Complete: 2019
Passed Comprehensive Exam in Health: 2019
California Institute of Integral Studies
M.A. Anthropology & Social Change
2015
University of Pittsburgh
B.S. Rehabilitation Science
2009
Minors: Italian Language, Theatre Arts-Performance
Certificate: Psychosocial Issues in Rehabilitation and Personal Care
John Cabot University
Study Abroad
2007
Connect with Me
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Social Meridian
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