Thomas Arcury, PhD
Professor and Vice Chair for Research
Department of Family & Community Medicine
Interests
Rural Health, Minority Health, Immigrant Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Community-Based Research
Education
| 1975 | Duquesne University
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
B.A. Degree, Sociology |
| 1978 | University of Kentucky
Lexington, Kentucky
M.A. Degree, Anthropology |
| 1983 | University of Kentucky
Lexington, Kentucky
Ph.D. Degree, Anthropology
Dissertation: Household Structure and Economic Change in a Rural Community: 1900 to 1980 |
Postdoctoral Training
| 1994 – 1996 | NRSA Postdoctoral Fellow
Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
Academic Career
| 1994 | Assistant Research Professor
Department of Preventive Medicine and Environmental Health
University of Kentucky |
| 1993 – 1994 | Research Coordinator for Rural Health
College of Medicine
University of Kentucky |
| 1996 – 1999 | Senior Research Associate
Center for Urban and Regional Studies
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
| 1999 – 2002 | Associate Professor and Research Director
Department of Family and Community Medicine
Wake Forest School of Medicine |
| 2002 – 2008 | Professor and Research Director
Department of Family and Community Medicine
Wake Forest School of Medicine |
| 2008 - present | Professor and Vice Chair for Research
Department of Family and Community Medicine
Wake Forest School of Medicine |
| 2008 - present | Director
Center for Worker Health
Wake Forest School of Medicine |
Selected Books
Arcury TA, Quandt SA, eds. Latino Farmworkers in the Eastern United States: Health, Safety, and Justice. New York: Springer, 2009.