Nancy Adler

Nancy Elinor Adler is an American health psychologist and the Lisa and John Pritzker Professor of Medical Psychology at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). She is also the director of UCSF's Center for Health and Community Sciences, and has been the director of the MacArthur Foundation's Research Network on Socioeconomic Status and Health since it was founded in December 1996.[3]

Nancy E. Adler
Alma materWellesley College
Harvard University
Known forHealth behavior
Social determinants of health
Awards2013 James McKeen Cattell Fellow Award[1]
David Rall Medal from the National Academy of Medicine[2]
Scientific career
FieldsHealth psychology
InstitutionsUniversity of California, San Francisco
ThesisReactions of women to therapeutic abortion: a social psychological analysis (1974)

History

In 1980, Adler became the first woman to be offered a tenure track position in the Faculty of Management She was also the first woman to receive tenure, and the first woman to be promoted to an associate professor, and subsequently, a professor.[4] She served as the S. Bronfman Chair in Management.[4] Early on in Adler's career, she helped found the field of cross-cultural management.[4]

Education

Adler attended UCLA, and enrolled in the first MBA program to focus on arts management.[4]

Research

Adler is known for her research on health behaviors and social determinants of health.[2][5]

Honors and awards

Adler is a fellow of the American Psychological Society (APS) and the American Psychological Association (APA), as well as a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the National Academy of Medicine (NAM).[6] She received the James McKeen Cattell Fellow Award from the APS in 2013,[1] and the David Rall Medal from the NAM in 2010.[2][7] She received the APA Distinguished Scientific Award for the Applications of Psychology in 2009.[8] In 2017, she received the New York Academy of Medicine's Academy Medal for Distinguished Contributions in Biomedical Science.[9]

In 2021, she was recognized at the virtual Convocation ceremony for the Desautels Faculty of Management hosted by McGill with the Medal of Exceptional Academic Achievement for her contributions to the University, the faculty of management, and the discipline of global leadership.[10] Adler was the fourteenth person to win the McGill Medal, which was created in 2010 to honor professors that made an impact upon their retirement.[4]

Committee and workshop roles

Adler chaired multiple NAM committees and workshops on subjects including the Deepwater Horizon oil spill,[11] sexually transmitted diseases,[12] psychosocial treatments for cancer patients, and women's health.[13]

Personal life

Adler is the daughter of an American father, and an Austrian mother.[4]

References
  1. "Nancy Adler". Association for Psychological Science. 2013-04-23. Retrieved 2017-08-19.
  2. "Nancy Adler". UCSF AME Website. Retrieved 2017-08-19.
  3. Shweder, Richard A. (1997-03-09). "It's Called Poor Health for a Reason". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2017-08-19.
  4. "Nancy J. Adler first Desautels prof to win prestigious McGill Medal". McGill Reporter. 2021-06-11. Retrieved 2021-09-30.
  5. Goode, Erica (1999-06-01). "For Good Health, It Helps to Be Rich and Important". New York Times Learning Network. Retrieved 2017-08-19.
  6. "Nancy Adler". Social Psychology Network. Retrieved 2017-10-30.
  7. "David Rall Medal - National Academy of Medicine". National Academy of Medicine. Retrieved 2017-09-05.
  8. "APA Distinguished Scientific Award for the Applications of Psychology Past Recipients". American Psychological Association. Retrieved 2017-08-19.
  9. "Nancy Adler Honored by The New York Academy of Medicine". UC San Francisco. 2017-08-25. Retrieved 2018-03-29.
  10. "Nancy J. Adler first Desautels prof to win prestigious McGill Medal". McGill Reporter. 2021-06-11. Retrieved 2021-09-22.
  11. Price, Michael (2010-09-01). "A mental health crisis unfolds". Monitor on Psychology. Retrieved 2017-08-19.
  12. Kent, Don (1996-05-01). "Psychology in the Institute of Medicine". APS Observer. Retrieved 2017-08-19.
  13. "Nancy E. Adler, PhD". Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. Retrieved 2017-08-19.


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