Camara Phyllis Jones

Camara Phyllis Jones is an American physician, epidemiologist, and civil rights activist who specializes in the effects of racism and social inequalities on health. She is known for her contributions to critical race theory and her work in defining institutional racism, personally mediated racism, and internalized racism in the context of modern U.S. race relations.[1] During the COVID-19 pandemic, Jones drew attention to why racism and not race is a risk factor[2] and called for actions to address structural racism.[3][4]

Camara Phyllis Jones
Born
San Francisco, California, U.S.
EducationWellesley College (B.A.)

Stanford University School of Medicine (M.D.) Johns Hopkins University (M.P.H.)

Johns Hopkins University (Ph.D.)
OccupationEpidemiologist
Spouse(s)Herbert Singleton
Children2

Career

Jones' work focuses on naming, measuring and addressing the impacts of racism on health and well-being.[5][6] To illustrate the effects of racism, Jones often uses allegories or stories, such as The Gardener’s Tale, which she shared in a 2000 article in the American Journal of Public Health[7] and in a TEDx talk she gave in 2014. Along with co-authors, she wrote a chapter on Action and Allegories for the American Public Health Association book, Racism: Science & Tools for the Public Health Professional.[8]

Jones is a 2019–2020 Radcliffe Fellow at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University.[5] As a Radcliffe fellow, she is developing tools to inspire, equip, and engage all Americans in a national campaign against racism.[5] She is a Past President of the American Public Health Association (2015–2016) and a Senior Fellow at the Satcher Health Leadership Institute and the Cardiovascular Research Institute at the Morehouse School of Medicine.[9] She was a Medical Officer and Research Director on Social Determinants of Health and Equity for the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (2000–2014).[10]

Jones has delivered seven Commencement Addresses since 2013 at the University of North Carolina Gillings School of Global Public Health (2018),[6] University of Minnesota School of Public Health (2017), Southern Illinois University School of Medicine (2017),[11] City University of New York School of Medicine (2017), University of California San Francisco School of Medicine (2016), University of California Berkeley School of Public Health (2016), and University of Washington School of Public Health (2013).[12] In 2016, she was awarded an honorary Doctor of Science degree by the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.[13]

Education

Following her graduation from high school, Jones went on to receive her B.A. in Molecular Biology from Wellesley College in 1976.[12] She then went on to earn her M.D. from Stanford University School of Medicine in 1981[12] and her M.P.H. from Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health the following year.[12] She earned her Ph.D. in Epidemiology from Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health in 1995. The title of her dissertation was Methods for Comparing Distributions: Development and application exploring "race"-associated differences in systolic blood pressure.

Post-graduate training

Following her graduation from Stanford University School of Medicine and Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health, Jones completed two residency programs: one in general preventive medicine from 1981 to 1983 at Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health and another in family practice at Montefiore Medical Center from 1983 to 1986.[5]

Faculty appointments

Following the completion of her residency in family practice from Montefiore Medical Center, Jones held the position of visiting assistant professor in the Department of Community Health and Social Medicine at City University of New York Medical School from 1986 to 1987. Her first professorship was at Harvard School of Public Health, where she held the position of assistant professor in the Departments of Health and Social Behavior, Epidemiology, and Division of Public Health Practice from 1994 to 2000.

In 2003, Jones was appointed adjunct associate professor at Morehouse School of Medicine in the Department of Community Health and Preventive Medicine, and in 2004 she was appointed adjunct professor at Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University in the Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education, and in the Department of Epidemiology. She continues to hold both of these positions to this day.

In 2012, Jones was a visiting professor[14] at Meharry Medical College as a part of the Scholars-in-Residence Program under the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Center for Health Policy.

She was also a "Myron and Margaret Winegarden Visiting Professor" at the University of Michigan Flint in the Department of Public Health and Health Sciences during 2016 and 2017.

Hospital appointments

Jones was appointed Chief Resident in Family Practice at Montefiore Hospital from 1985 to 1986. Her next hospital appointment was held from 1994 to 1996 at Brigham and Women's Hospital as a Research Associate in Medicine.

Awards and honors
  • (2019): 2019–2020 Radcliffe Fellow: Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University[5]
  • (2019): Chanchlani Global Health Research Award: McMaster University[15]
  • (2018): Wellesley Alumnae Achievement Award[12]
  • (2018): SOPHE Honorary Fellow: Society for Public Health Education[16]
  • (2018): Cato T. Laurencin MD, PhD Distinguished Research Award: W. Montague Cobb/NMA Health Institute National Medical Association[12]
  • (2018): Progressive Change Maker Award: New Leaders Council Atlanta
  • (2018): Frances Borden-Hubbard Social Justice Award: The Springfield Adolescent Health Project[12]
  • (2018): Louise Stokes Health Advocacy Award: National Medical Association[12]
  • (2017): Richard and Barbara Hansen Leadership Award: The University of Iowa College of Public Health
  • (2017): Outstanding Woman Leader in Healthcare Award: Leadership Summit for Women in Academic Medicine and Healthcare University of Michigan
  • (2016): Shirley Nathan Pulliam Health Equity Leadership Award: University of Maryland School of Public Health and Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene[12]
  • (2016): Myron and Margaret Winegarden Visiting Professor: University of Michigan Flint
  • (2016): 2016 Royal Society of Public Health Honorary Member
  • (2016): Paul Cornely Award: Health Activist Dinner American Public Health Association[12]
  • (2016): Doctor of Science (honoris causa): Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
  • (2016): 2016 Jonathan M. Mann Lecturer: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Foundation
  • (2014): American Public Health Association:
    • President-Elect (2014–2015)
    • President (2015–2016)
    • Immediate Past President (2016–2017)
  • (2012): Senior Fellow in Health Disparities Research: W. Montague Cobb/National Medical Association (NMA) Health Institute
  • (2011): John Snow Award- Epidemiology Section: American Public Health Association and the Royal Society for Public Health[12]
  • (2010): Distinguished Service Award: Georgia State Medical Association
  • (2010): Presidential Citation: Society for Public Health Education
  • (2009): Hildrus A. Poindexter Distinguished Service Award: Black Caucus of Health Workers, American Public Health Association[12]
  • (2009): Nominee, Charles C. Shepard Science Award: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
    • Nominated in the category "Assessment and Epidemiology" for the publication: Jones CP, Truman BI, Elam-Evans LD, Joens CA, Jones CY, Jiles R, Rumisha SF, Perry GS. Using "socially assigned race" to probe White advantages in health status. Ethnicity and Disease 2008;18(4):496–504.
  • (2006): Fulbright Senior Specialists Roster: US Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs
  • (2006): Elected inaugural member of the National Board of Public Health Examiners
  • (2003): David Satcher Award: Association of State and Territorial Directors of Health Promotion and Public Health Education[12]

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Selected works and publications
  • Jones CP. "Levels of racism: a theoretic framework and a gardener's tale". American Journal of Public Health. 2000 August;90(8):1212. https://dx.doi.org/10.2105%2Fajph.90.8.1212
  • Jones CP. "Confronting institutionalized racism". Phylon (1960–). 2002 Jan 1:7–22. DOI: 10.2307/4149999
  • Jones CP, Jones CY, Perry GS, Barclay G, Jones CA. "Addressing the social determinants of children's health: a cliff analogy". Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved. 2009;20(4):1–2. https://doi.org/10.1353/hpu.0.0228
  • Jones CP. "Systems of power, axes of inequity: parallels, intersections, braiding the strands". Medical Care. 2014 October 1:S71-5. https://www.jstor.org/stable/24465890
  • Jones CP. "Toward the science and practice of anti-racism: launching a National Campaign against Racism". Ethnicity & Disease. 2018;28(Suppl 1):231. https://dx.doi.org/10.18865%2Fed.28.S1.231

References
  1. Jones, Camara Phyllis (2002). "Confronting Institutionalized Racism". Phylon (1960-). 50 (1/2): 7–22. doi:10.2307/4149999. ISSN 0031-8906. JSTOR 4149999.
  2. Wallis, Claudia. "Why Racism, Not Race, Is a Risk Factor for Dying of COVID-19". Scientific American. Retrieved 2020-07-12.
  3. Levenson, Eric. "Why Black Americans are at higher risk for coronavirus". The Philadelphia Tribune. Retrieved 2020-07-12.
  4. "Facing the denial of American racism". Harvard Gazette. 2020-06-05. Retrieved 2020-07-12.
  5. "Camara Phyllis Jones". Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University, 4 Dec. 2019, [www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/people/camara-phyllis-jones.]
  6. "Former APHA president to deliver Gillings School's spring commencement address". UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health. Retrieved 2020-07-12.
  7. "Levels of racism: a theoretic framework and a gardener's tale". American Journal of Public Health. 90 (8): 1212–1215. 2000-08-01. doi:10.2105/AJPH.90.8.1212. ISSN 0090-0036. PMC 1446334. PMID 10936998.
  8. Jones, Camara Phyllis (2019-01-01), "11. Action and Allegories", Racism: Science & Tools for the Public Health Professional, American Public Health Association, doi:10.2105/9780875533049ch11, ISBN 978-0-87553-303-2, retrieved 2020-07-12
  9. CP, Jones. "Rollins School of Public Health". Rollins School of Public Health | Faculty, 1 Jan. 1970, [sph.emory.edu/faculty/profile/index.php?FID=camara-jones-8843.]
  10. "IPS Opening Session Presenter: Dr. Camara Phyllis Jones". www.psychiatry.org. Retrieved 2019-03-08.
  11. "'Go Forth and Matter' -- Commencement 2017". SIU School of Medicine. Retrieved 2020-07-12.
  12. "Camara Phyllis Jones, M.D., M.P.H., Ph.D. | Morehouse School of Medicine". www.msm.edu. Retrieved 2020-07-12.
  13. "Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Honors Graduates and Health Care Leaders at 47th Annual Medical Education Commencement Ceremony and Inaugural Master's Degree Commencement Ceremony | Mount Sinai - New York". Mount Sinai Health System. Retrieved 2020-07-12.
  14. "Research & Resources". Meharry Medical College. Retrieved 2020-07-12.
  15. "Chanchlani Global Health Research Award and Lecture – Camara Phyllis Jones". Retrieved 2020-07-12.
  16. "SOPHE names its 2018 Honorary Fellows". Society for Public Health Education - SOPHE. 2018-09-29. Retrieved 2020-07-12.
  17. "Camara Phyllis Jones, M.D., M.P.H., Ph.D." www.msm.edu. Retrieved 2019-03-08.
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