Bob Aronson

Robert E. Aronson received the Master of Public Health degree from the Department of Health Education, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) in May 1986, and the Doctor of Public Health degree from the Department of International Health at the School of Hygiene and Public Health, Johns Hopkins University in May 1997. Dr. Aronson’s research agenda has focused on: 1) developing approaches to evaluate community-level changes as outcomes of intervention efforts; and 2) applying a cultural ecological framework to understanding racial, ethnic and income related disparities in health outcomes. Dr. Aronson has served on the evaluation of numerous community-based intervention programs, including: California Healthy Cities and Communities (1998-2003); Project DIRECT, a CDC funded national demonstration project for diabetes prevention and control (2002- present); Oklahoma Infants Assistance Program (1999-2000); Men’s Services Program of Baltimore City Healthy Start (1997-1998); and Baltimore City Healthy Start Infant Mortality Prevention Demonstration Program (1992-1997). He has extensive experience in ethnographic/qualitative research and program development and evaluation in minority communities in the U.S. His current interests focus on constructs of African American masculinity, manhood and fatherhood, and their relationships to risk factors for HIV/AIDS, STD’s, and other health problems.