Rourke O’Brien

Guest Author

Rourke O’Brien is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Yale University. His research focuses on the relationship between economic opportunity and population health. Rourke was previously a RWJF Health & Society Scholar at Harvard University and served as a Senior Policy Advisor at the U.S. Department of the Treasury.

Rourke's Work:

06.10.2020 a yellow line on a black surface

Health Equity

Racism and the Opportunity Gap

The racial opportunity gap offers one framework for modeling the effect of place in generating racial disparities in economic and health outcomes.

Guest Author Rourke O’Brien