Ricky N. Bluthenthal is a Distinguished Professor of Population and Public Health Sciences and Chair of the Department of Population and Public Health Sciences in the Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California. He is also the Flora L. Thornton Chair in Preventive Medicine. He received a BA in History and Sociology from the University of California Santa Cruz and a MA and PhD in sociology from the University of California Berkeley. His research is focused on structural impediments to wellness, harm reduction approaches to overcoming structural barriers, and centering the needs of the disadvantaged in epidemiological and intervention research. Bluthenthal has authored or co-authored over 240 articles in peer-reviewed scientific.
The problem of naturalizing inequality: How material deprivation undermines health and help seeking among people who use drugs
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The problem of naturalizing inequality: How material deprivation undermines health and help seeking among people who use drugs