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Johan Galtung
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Coined the term "Structural Violence"
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John Snow
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"Father of Epidemiology", studied the London Cholera epidemics of 1848 & 1854. Helped demonstrate the importance of systematic data collection to trace disease origins
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William Farr
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helped develop health and vital statistics records
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Ignaz Semmelweis
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helped establish hospital best practices for hygiene
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Patrick Manson
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Father of Tropical Medicine. study of malaria transmission
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Adam Smith
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Scottish economist (father of capitalism): lack of government regulation allows economies to flourish and grow
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Henrietta Lacks
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Cancer cells taken without her knowledge, became HeLa cell line.
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Thomas McKeown
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argued that population health had to do mostly with living conditions, and not prevalence of specific disease
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Michael Marmot
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According to this individual, population-level health differences arise from social inequalities, not from the fault of individuals. Thus, reducing health inequalities is a matter of social justice
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Paul Farmer
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linked poverty and health with structure violence
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Josh Snodgrass and Larry Sugiyama
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Researchers in the Shuar Study
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Robert Sapolsky
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Humans and other primates experience psychological stressors related to perceived social challenges
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Walter Cannon
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fight or flight
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Hans Selye
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General Adaptation Syndrome