- Outstanding Academic Title for 2020, Racism: Science & Tools for the Public Health Professional (APHA Press, 2019) American Library Association Choice magazine, 2020
- Wade Hampton Frost Award, Epidemiology Section of the American Public Health Association, 2020
- TrueHero Award, TruEvolution, 2020
- Paul Cornely Award from the Health Activist Dinner group, 2019
- Lifetime Achievement Award, Association of Black Women Physicians, 2019
Contact Information
1518 CLIFTON RD
ATLANTA , GA
1518002
Phone: (404) 727-2038
Email: Chandra.L.Ford@emory.edu
Education
- PhD 2005, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Gillings School of Global Public Health
- MLIS 1998, University of Pittsburgh
- MPH 1997, University of Pittsburgh
Courses Taught
- PUBH 505: PH Critical Race Praxis
- PUBH 506: Critical Race Theory Concepts
Affiliations & Activities
African American Studies, Emory College of Arts and Sciences
Publications
- Chandanabhumma PP, Fàbregues S, Oetzel J, Duran B, Ford CL, 2023, Examining the influence of group diversity on the functioning of community-based participatory research partnerships: A mixed methods study, American Journal of Community Psychology, 71, 242-254
- Bradford NJ, Amani B, Walker VP, Sharif MZ, Ford CL, 2022, Barely Tweeting and Rarely About Racism: Assessing US State Health Department Twitter Use During the COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout, Ethnicity & Disease, 32, 257-264
- Harawa NT, Amani B, Abotsi-Kowu C, Nwankwo E, and Ford CL, 2022, Using COVID-19 Surveillance Systems to Identify and Monitor Disparities: Best Practices and Recommendations, Ethnicity & Disease, 32, 151-164
- Yam EA, Silva M, Ranganathan M, White J, Hope TM, and Ford CL, 2021, Time to take Critical Race Theory seriously: Moving beyond a colorblind gender lens in global health, Lancet Global Health, 9, e389-e390
- Ledesma, Elida and Ford CL, 2020, Exploring the Health Implications of Housing Assignments on Incarcerated Transgender Women, American Journal of Public Health, 110, 650-654
- Ford CL, Griffith DM, Bruce M, and Gilbert K [Eds.], 2019, Racism: Science and Tools for the Public Health Professional, Washington DC: American Public Health Association (APHA) Press, , 583
- Ford CL, Takahashi LM, Chandanabhumma PP, Ruiz ME and Cunningham WE, 2018, Anti-racism Methods for Big Data Research: Lessons Learned from the HIV Testing, Linkage, & Retention in Care (HIV TLR) Study, Ethnicity & Disease, 28, 261-266
- Ford CL and Airhihenbuwa CO, 2018, Just What is Critical Race Theory and What's it Doing in a Progressive Field like Public Health?, Ethnicity & Disease, 28, 223-230.
- Cunningham WE, Ford CL, Kinsler JJ, Seiden D, Andrews L, Nakazono T and Bell, DS, 2017, Effects of a Laboratory Health Information Exchange Intervention on Antiretroviral Therapy Use, Viral Suppression, and Racial/Ethnic Disparities, Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (JAIDS), 75, 290-298
- Doll KM, Snyder CR and Ford CL, 2017, Endometrial Cancer Disparities: A Race Conscious Critique of the Literature, American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology, 218, 474-482
- Caldwell JT, Ford CL, Wallace ST, Wang MC, Takahashi LM, 2017, Racial and Ethnic Residential Segregation and Access to Healthcare in Rural Areas, Health & Place, Jan, 104-112
- Gee GC and Ford CL, 2011, Structural Racism and Health Inequities: Old Issues, New Directions, DuBois Review: Social Science Research on Race, 8, 115-132
- Ford CL and Harawa NT, 2010, A new conceptualization of ethnicity for social epidemiologic and health equity research, Social Science & Medicine, 71, 251-258
- Ford CL and Airhihenbuwa CO, 2010, The Public Health Critical Race Methodology: Praxis for Antiracism Research, Social Science & Medicine, 71, 1390-1398