The Social Determinants of Mental Health: From Awareness to Action - Softcover

Lynn C. Todman, Ph.D. is the Executive Director of the Institute on Social Exclusion (ISE) at the Adler School of Professional Psychology in Chicago, IL. Dr. Todman earned a B.A. from Wellesley College and a Master's in City Planning (M.C.P) and a Ph.D. in Urban and Regional Planning from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Dr. Todman's areas of interest include urban poverty and community development. She is especially interested in the ways in which social, political, and economic structures systematically marginalize urban populations. Her work is multidisciplinary, drawing on fields such as economics, political science, sociology, public health, and systems' dynamics. She has lived and worked in Sweden, Belgium, the United Kingdom, and most recently in Italy where she worked with urban sociologists investigating the impact of urban transport policy on social welfare and the role of community participation in community development processes. Dr. Todman is a member of the American Sociological Association, the International Sociological Association, and the American Planning Association. Outside of work, she is on the boards of Heartland Alliance, a human needs and rights organization; the Chicago Committee of Human Rights Watch; the Chicago Committee of the African Women's Development Fund; and the Young Women's Leadership Charter School. She is also a member of the Corporation Visiting Committee for the Department of Social Sciences at MIT and a member of the Advisory Board of the Center for International Studies, also at MIT.