Joe Grzywacz, Ph.D.

Interests

I am fundamentally interested in eliminating social injustices borne by adults in poverty (frequently members of racial and ethnic minority groups) that threaten families and enable disease and disability for everyone in those families. I do this by studying adults’ everyday work and family life, and how these experiences “get under the skin” to produce poor health for both parents and children.

Education

All of my academic training has been interdisciplinary.

B.S. Health Promotion & Wellness (University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point)
M.S. Human and Community Resources (University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point)
Ph.D. Child and Family Studies (University of Wisconsin)
Postdoctoral training, Social Ecology of Health (University of California Irvine)

Publications and Other Scholarly Activities

Published over 250 articles in flagship disciplinary and interdisciplinary journals including:

• Journal of Marriage and Family
• American Journal of Public Health
• American Journal of Industrial Medicine
• Journal of Health and Social Behavior
• Journal of Occupational Health Psychology

Accomplishments

Proud to admit…

• 15 years of continuous National Institutes of Health funding
• Led P20GM109097-A1 ($11,246,458), a Center for Biomedical Research Excellence to launch the extramural competitiveness of promising emerging scientists
• 2015-present, Norejane Hendrickson Professor of Family and Child Sciences
• Fellow, National Council of Family Relations
• 2012-2015, George Kaiser Family Foundation Endowed Professor of Family Resilience
• 2012, 2nd Highest NIH-funded investigator nationally in Departments of Family and Community Medicine
• Rosabeth Moss Kanter Award for Excellence in Work-Family Research, Top 20 publication