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Sean Valles is a philosopher specializing in the ethical and evidentiary complexities surrounding social contexts that contribute to health disparities. His work investigates how various factors, such as local food options and issues related to violent policing practices, intersect and create patterns of inequitable health outcomes. Valles focuses on challenges associated with the responsible use of concepts related to race and ethnicity in monitoring health disparities, and he critically examines the rhetoric surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic as an 'unprecedented' public health issue. He is the author of the 2018 book, Philosophy of Population Health: Philosophy for a New Public Health Era, and co-editor of the Oxford University Press book series “Bioethics and Social Justice” alongside Quill R. Kukla. Currently, he is accepting new graduate students for research supervision.
Department of Psychology