Sociologists Talking About Population Health (STAPH) is the Rice Department of Sociology population health lab group, comprising Dr. Tony Brown, Dr. Christina Diaz, Dr. Bridget Gorman, Dr. Rachel Kimbro, Dr. Jing  Li, and Dr. Miranda Waggoner, and their postdoctoral fellows and Ph.D. students.

Our group focuses primarily on health disparities, broadly defined; both the shape of differences between groups as well as explanatory mechanisms for those differences. Some of the topic areas we are actively engaged in researching include:

• Sleep
• Food insecurity
• Gender and sexuality
• Race, racism, and ethnicity
• Childhood health
• Aging populations
• Migration
• Indigenous health
• Health disparities
• Family formation
• Household crowding
• Intersectionality
• Opioid use
• Healthcare access

We hold workshops, discussions, and guest lectures throughout the year – if you would like to join our mailing list to hear about upcoming events please email Simon

Want to get in touch? staph@rice.edu