James Thomas, PhD, MPH

Director
Program in Public Health Ethics
Gillings School of Global Public Health
CB 7435
2104B McGavran-Greenberg Hall
School of Public Health
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7435
Phone: 919-966-7434
Fax: 919-966-2089
Email: thomasjc@email.unc.edu

Summary of Research Interests
Public Health Ethics (List of Dr. Thomas' contributions to Public Health Ethics)

Research Classification
International Health
Minority Health
Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Educational Background
B.S., University of California, Davis, Nutrition Science, 1977
M.P.H., University of California, Los Angeles, Population and Family Health, 1982
Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles, Epidemiology, 1987

Professional Memberships
American Public Health Association
Association for Practical and Professional Ethics
Center for Bioethics and Human Dignity
Delta Omega

Previous Positions
1989 - 1996, Assistant Professor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Public Health
1986 - 1989, Epidemiologist, Los Angeles County Health Department
1984 - 1985, Research Assistant, Nutrition Collaborative Research Support Program, Kenya
1979 - 1981, Community Nutritionist, Paul Carlson Medical Program, Zaire