Associate Professor
George Washington University
Washington, DC, United States
Dr. Robert W. Turner II is an Associate Professor in the Department of Clinical Research and Leadership with a secondary appointment in Neurology & Rehabilitation at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences. He is a health disparities researcher with ethnographic and mixed methods training. His research involves broadening sociocultural bio-behavioral understanding of how inequalities emerge over the life course within different racial and ethnic populations. Dr. Turner's research examines how socialization patterns, related to intersections of race, class, and gender, as well as powerful actors and institutions, influence access to opportunities and exposure to risks, with a particular focus on the interrelationship between neurocognitive and psychosocial factors associated with mild traumatic brain injury, cognitive impairment, and dementia among males across the life course. Over the last ten years, the NIH has continuously funded him to address gaps in the knowledge of biobehavioral factors underlying accelerated cognitive aging related to mTBI and AD/ADRD using a mixed-method, multi-method research approach. His book manuscript, Not For Long: The Life and Career of the NFL Athlete (Oxford University Press, August 2018), is an ethnographic project that offers a descriptive analysis of the social world of NFL athletes based on the author's personal experience as a former professional football player, interviews with current and former players, archived resources that discuss the socialization of young athletes, the relationship between the NFL and the NFL Players Association, and how athletes transition to life after football.
Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose
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