Steven Woolf, MD

Director
Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine
VCU Center on Human Needs
830 East Main Street
Richmond, VA
USA 23298

Biographical Sketch: Steven H. Woolf, M.D., M.P.H, is Director of the Virginia Commonwealth University Center on Human Needs and Professor of Family Medicine at Virginia Commonwealth University. He received his M.D. in 1984 from Emory University and underwent residency training in family medicine at Virginia Commonwealth University. Dr. Woolf is also a clinical epidemiologist and underwent training in preventive medicine and public health at Johns Hopkins University, where he received his M.P.H. in 1987. He is board certified in family medicine and in preventive medicine and public health. Dr. Woolf has published more than 150 articles in a career that has focused on promoting the most effective health care services, on advocating the importance of health promotion and disease prevention, and on the upstream influence of social determinants of health. Dr. Woolf has conducted studies demonstrating that addressing poverty, education, and the causes of racial and ethnic disparities could accomplish far more to improve the health of Americans than investing predominately in medical technological advances. In addition to scientific publications, he has tried to bring this message to policymakers and to the public through testimony in Congress, editorials in major newspapers, web-based tools, and speeches. Dr. Woolf was elected to the Institute of Medicine in 2001.

Papers:
3012.0 US health in international perspective: Part l 3222.0 Estimation of small-area life expectancy: A comparison of two methods 3401.0 What are the health consequences of reduced food stamp eligibility? an examination of the evidence for the u.s. congress 3444.0 Advancing the reintegration of public health and health care- a panel discussion 4303.0 Community conditions contributing to high life expectancy: An analysis of outliers 5092.0 International competitiveness: How failing to close the health gap with other nations will jeopardize the nation’s future