James Buszkiewicz
Research Assistant Professor, School of Public Health
University of Michigan
CSDE Research Areas:
- Health of People and Populations
- Wellbeing of Families and Households
Buszkiewicz is a social epidemiologist who applies both epidemiologic and econometric methods to understand how policy can address key structural determinants of health, such as income inequity, structural racism, and the built environment. To date, his work has examined the impact of raising state minimum wages on health and mental well-being, the influence of built and food environments on body weight trajectories, and the impact of COVID-19 policy changes on diet quality and food insecurity. As part of the Center for Social Epidemiology and Population Health (CSEPH), the Tobacco Center of Regulatory Science, and the Center for the Assessment of Tobacco and Health (CAsToR), his work examines how the Food and Drug Administration's tobacco control policies, such as couponing and flavoring in cigar products, may be used as a tool to reduce racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic inequities in tobacco use behaviors and health.