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'''John Armand Rich''' is Professor and chair of the Department of Health Management and Policy at [[Drexel University]] in [[Philadelphia]], Pennsylvania, and was a 2006 [[MacArthur_Fellows_Program#2006|MacArthur Fellow]],▼
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Rich received an A.B. in 1980 from [[Dartmouth College]] his M.D. in 1984 from [[Duke University School of Medicine]], and an M.P.H. in 1990 from the [[Harvard School of Public Health]]. Before coming to Drexel, he was associate professor of medicine and of public health at [[Boston University]] ▼
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▲'''John Armand Rich''' is Professor and chair of the Department of Health Management and Policy at [[Drexel University]] in [[Philadelphia]], Pennsylvania, and was a 2006 [[
==Early life==
Rich, originally from [[Queens]], [[New York City]],<ref name="Rich">{{cite web |url=https://www.dartmouth.edu/~news/releases/2007/04/19e.html |title=John A. Rich '80 |last=Adams |first=Roland |publisher=Trustees of Dartmouth College |date= April 19, 2007 |access-date=June 2, 2017}}</ref> received an A.B. in 1980 from [[Dartmouth College]] his M.D. in 1984 from [[Duke University School of Medicine]], and an M.P.H. in 1990 from the [[Harvard School of Public Health]]. He did his internship and residency at [[Massachusetts General Hospital]] in [[Boston]].<ref name="Rich" />
==Career==
In 2007, he received an honorary Doctor of Science from Dartmouth College. He has been featured in the 2001 documentary film “The Angry Heart”, produced by Jay Fedigan.▼
In the 1990s Rich worked at [[Boston City Hospital]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=122791527 |title=Doctor Works To Get Young Men Out Of 'Wrong Place' |publisher=npr |date=February 9, 2010 |access-date=June 2, 2017}}</ref> as a [[primary care physician]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/22/AR2010012202142.html |title=Wrong Place, Wrong Time |last=Rich |first=John |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=January 24, 2010 |access-date=June 2, 2017}}</ref> In 1993, he established the Young Men's Health Clinic in Boston aimed at young men who were victims of urban violence. His work there has been published in journal papers and elsewhere.<ref>Rich J, Grey C. "Pathways to recurrent trauma for young black men: traumatic stress, substance use and the "code of the street." American Journal of Public Health 95: 816-824, 2005.</ref><ref>Rich JA. The health crisis of young black men in the inner city. In ''The Crisis of the Young African American Male in the Inner Cities'': A Consultation of the United States Commission on Civil Rights, Volume 1.</ref> In addition to the Young Men's Health Clinic he initiated the Men's Health CREW.<ref name="Rich" /> The Men's Health CREW is a community health-worker training program for young men of color.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bphc.org/whatwedo/Teens/mens-health-crew/Pages/Mens-Health-Crew.aspx |title=Men's Health Crew |publisher=Boston Public Health Commission |access-date=June 2, 2017}}</ref> His book, ''Wrong Place, Wrong Time: Trauma and Violence in the Lives of Young Black Men'' was published in late 2009 by the Johns Hopkins University Press.
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Rich is the Director and Founder of the [[Center for Nonviolence and Social Justice]] at the [[Drexel University School of Public Health]].▼
▲In 2007, he received an honorary Doctor of Science from Dartmouth College. He has been featured in the 2001 documentary film
▲Rich is the Director and Founder of the [[Center for Nonviolence and Social Justice]] at the [[Drexel University School of Public Health]]. Rich served as a member of the [[Board of Trustees of Dartmouth College]] from 2008 to 2016.
==Awards==
In 2006 he was awarded the [[MacArthur Fellows Program|MacArthur Fellowship]] in honor of his design for "new models of health care that stretch across the boundaries of public health, education, social service, and justice systems to engage young men in caring for themselves and their peers."<ref name="Rich" />
Other Awards:
* President's Award from the [[Whittier Street Health Center]]
* Healthy Hero Award from [[Roxbury Community College]]
* [[William Augustus Hinton|William A. Hinton]] Award from the [[Massachusetts Department of Public Health]]<ref name="Rich" />
==References==
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==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080503003048/http://www.publichealth.drexel.edu/Academics/Faculty_Staff/John_A_Rich_MD_MPH/101/ Official web site at Drexel]
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