Mark VanLandingham
Thomas C. Keller Professor
Department(s):
International Health and Development
Email:
mvanlan@tulane.edu
Research Interests:
Migration and Health; Immigrant Health; Disasters and Health; HIV/AIDS
Professional Achievements:
2008 Fulbright Scholar, Hanoi School of Public Health
2007- Thomas C. Keller Professor of Diversity
2003-2007 Member, NICHD Population Sciences Subcommittee; grant review
2007-2012 Member, Advisory Board, Social Science Research Council Evaluation of Health Investments in Vietnam
2006-present Member, Katrina Task Force, Social Science Research Council
2005-2011 Member, Editorial Advisory Committee, International Family Planning Perspectives
2004-2011 International Outreach Committee, Population Association of America
2003-present Member, Tulane Personnel and Honors Committee
2003-2010 Foreign Academic Advisor, Thai Royal Golden Jubilee Fund
2001-2005 Member, Board of Directors: Planned Parenthood of Louisiana and the Mississippi Delta
Educational Background:
PhD, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey
MPH, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
BA, Mercer University, Macon, Georgia
Publications:
Selected recent publications
Wachter Ken W, John E Knodel and Mark VanLandingham. 2002. AIDS and the Elderly of Thailand: projecting familial impacts. Demography 39(1): 25-42).
Knodel, John and Mark VanLandingham. 2003. Return migration in the context of parental assistance in the AIDS epidemic: the Thai experience. Social Science and Medicine 57(2):327-342.
Knodel John and Mark VanLandingham. 2003. The impact of the AIDS epidemic on older persons. AIDS 16 (suppl 4): S77-S83.
Kespichayawattana Jiraporn and Mark VanLandingham. 2003. Health impacts of co-residence with and care giving to persons with HIV/AIDS (PHAs) on older parents in Thailand. Journal of Nursing Scholarship.
VanLandingham Mark. 2005. Book review of Steinfatt, Thomas M. 2002. Working at the Bar: Sex work and Health Communication in Thailand. Westport, Connecticut: Aplex. Reviewed in Journal of Asian Studies 64(1) 259-261.
VanLandingham Mark, Wassana Im-em, and Chanpen Saengtienchai. 2005. Community reaction to persons with HIV/AIDS and their parents in Thailand. Journal of Health and Social Behavior 46(4).
VanLandingham, Mark, Wassana Im-em, and Fumihiko Yokota. 2006. Access to treatment and care associated with HIV infection among members of AIDS support groups in Thailand. AIDS Care 18(7): 637-646.
VanLandingham Mark. Sept 2007. Murder rates in New Orleans, 2004-2006. American Journal of Public Health 97(9): 1614-1616.
VanLandingham Mark, Hongyun Fu, and Dominique Meekers. 2008. HIV/AIDS and population. In Ritzer, George (ed). Encyclopedia of Sociology. Oxford: Blackwell Books.
Norris Fran, Mark VanLandingham, and Lung Vu. 2009. PTSD in Vietnamese Americans Following Hurricane Katrina: Prevalence, Patterns, and Predictors. Journal of Traumatic Stress 22-2: 91-101.
VanLandingham Mark. 2009. Impacts of rural to urban migration on the health of young adult migrants in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. In: Luong, Hy Van (editor): Urbanization, Migration, and Poverty in a Vietnamese Metropolis: Ho Chi Minh City in Comparative Perspective. Singapore: National University of Singapore Press.
Vu Lung, Mark VanLandingham, Mai Do, and Carl L. Bankston III. 2009. Evacuation and Return of Vietnamese New Orleanians Affected by Hurricane Katrina. Organization and Environment.
Do Mai, Paul Hutchinson, Kathryn Mai, and Mark VanLandingham. 2009. Disparities in health care among Vietnamese New Orleanians and the impacts of Hurricane Katrina. Research in the Sociology of Health Care.
Personal Statement:
Dr. VanLandingham is currently investigating the social antecedents and consequences of the AIDS epidemic in Thailand; rural-to-urban migration in Southeast Asia; the health of Vietnamese immigrants; and the social and health consequences of Hurricane Katrina for New Orleanians. VanLandingham has received major funding for his work from the National Institutes of Health, the Rockefeller Foundation, the Mellon Foundation, and Family Health International.
Contact Information:
1440 Canal Street
Suite 2200
New Orleans, LA 70112
Phone: 504.988.2113
Fax: 504.988.3653
E-mail: mvanlan@tulane.edu
Level of Instruction:
graduate
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