2013 - present, Falk Family Endowed Professor of Public Health, Falk College Department of Public Health, Food Studies, and Nutrition
Brooks B. Gump, Ph.D., M.P.H., named the Falk Family Endowed Professor of Public Health in the Falk College at Syracuse University, joined the Falk College faculty in 2010 and is currently a professor in the Department of Public Health, Food Studies and Nutrition, where he also serves as the graduate program director for public health.
In 2011, Syracuse University alumni David B. and Rhonda S. Falk committed $15 million to SU—one of the largest-ever single gifts to the University. As part of their visionary and purposeful commitment to academics as a path to success, which created the David B. Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics, the Falks also established a series of endowed professorships. These professorships allow the Falk College to support internationally recognized faculty to enhance the research, academic and experiential components of its programs to advance its mission rich in teaching, research, scholarship, practice and service.
Recognized internationally for his research on cardiovascular disease risk in children, Gump was awarded an R01 grant from the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences earlier this year for the project, “Environmental Toxicants, Race and Cardiovascular Disease Risk in Children.” The study investigates the relationship between race, socioeconomic status, blood lead levels, cardiovascular responses to acute stress and cardiovascular disease risk. To better pinpoint the early antecedents of racial disparities, the study is focused on a sample of 300 African American and European American children ages 9 to 11 in the city of Syracuse, NY area over four years.
In addition to his ongoing NIH-supported research with children, Gump is currently principal investigator for a grant from the National Science Foundation Research Education for Undergraduate (REU) program, entitled, “Training Veterans to Conduct Trauma Research with Fellow Veterans.” Through this grant, Gump and a team from SUNY Oswego and SUNY Upstate Medical train undergraduates who are military veterans to conduct research with other veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The recipient of numerous research awards for his work, Gump was honored most recently with the Falk College's Faculty of the Year in Research for 2012-2013.
Previously, Gump served as an associate professor in the Department of Psychology at the State University of New York at Oswego. His work there was also supported by numerous NIH grants, including an R01, R21, and American Recovery and Reinvestment Award Supplement. With an array of research and publications, his specialties include psychosocial factors and their overall effect on health, and more recently, the effects of socioeconomic disadvantage, race, and environmental toxicants (e.g.,lead and mercury) on children and adolescents’ health. His teaching areas include introduction to epidemiology, introduction to psychology, health psychology, research methods/experimental psychology, health promotion, introductory and advanced statistics, behavioral medicine and psychophysiology.
He serves on the editorial board of two prominent journals in his field, Psychosomatic Medicine, and Health Psychology, and serves as an ad hoc reviewer for numerous other journals, including the American Journal of Epidemiology, Pediatrics, Stroke, and American Journal of Psychiatry. He is currently serving a four-year term as a member of the National Institute of Child Health and Development’s (NICHD’s) Health, Behavior, and Context Subcommittee.
Gump earned a Ph.D. at the University of California, San Diego, and M.P.H. degree in epidemiology at the University of Pittsburgh. He holds a master’s degree in general psychology from Radford University and a bachelor of arts degree in philosophy from Swarthmore College.
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
1995 - 1997, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, MPH in Epidemiology
1990 - 1995, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California, PhD in Experimental Psychology (Health and Social Psychology emphasis)
1988-1990, Radford University, Radford, Virginia, MA in General Psychology
1882-1886, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, BA in Philosophy
1884-1885, St. Edmund Hall, Oxford University, Oxford, England, Visiting student in Philosophy
AFFILIATIONS AND MEMBERSHIPS
Editorial Board Membership, Psychosomatic Medicine; Health Psychology, Conference Papers in Medicine: Public Health section
NIH Committee Membership, Health, Behavior, and Context Subcommittee, NICHD, 4-year term (9/2011-6/2015)
Ad Hoc Reviewer for the following Journals: American Journal of Epidemiology, Annals of Behavioral Medicine, Archives of General Psychiatry, Basic and Applied Psychology, Chest, Circulation, Health Psychology, International Journal of Psychophysiology, Journal of Applied Social Psychology, Journal of Health and Social Behavior, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Journal of Psychosomatic Research, Journal of Women’s Health and Gender-Based Medicine, Personality and Individual Differences, Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, Psychological Bulletin, Psychosomatic Medicine, Sex Roles, and Social Science and Medicine.
Ad Hoc Reviewer for the following Granting Agencies: NIEHS Superfund Basic Research Program, National Institute of Child Health and Disease (NICHD), The Stroke Association, Israel Science Foundation, Canadian Northern Contaminants Program
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In 2011, Syracuse University alumni David B. and Rhonda S. Falk committed $15 million to SU—one of the largest-ever single gifts to the University. As part of their visionary and purposeful commitment to academics as a path to success, which created the David B. Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics, the Falks also established a series of endowed professorships. These professorships allow the Falk College to support internationally recognized faculty to enhance the research, academic and experiential components of its programs to advance its mission rich in teaching, research, scholarship, practice and service.
Recognized internationally for his research on cardiovascular disease risk in children, Gump was awarded an R01 grant from the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences earlier this year for the project, “Environmental Toxicants, Race and Cardiovascular Disease Risk in Children.” The study investigates the relationship between race, socioeconomic status, blood lead levels, cardiovascular responses to acute stress and cardiovascular disease risk. To better pinpoint the early antecedents of racial disparities, the study is focused on a sample of 300 African American and European American children ages 9 to 11 in the city of Syracuse, NY area over four years.
In addition to his ongoing NIH-supported research with children, Gump is currently principal investigator for a grant from the National Science Foundation Research Education for Undergraduate (REU) program, entitled, “Training Veterans to Conduct Trauma Research with Fellow Veterans.” Through this grant, Gump and a team from SUNY Oswego and SUNY Upstate Medical train undergraduates who are military veterans to conduct research with other veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The recipient of numerous research awards for his work, Gump was honored most recently with the Falk College's Faculty of the Year in Research for 2012-2013.
Previously, Gump served as an associate professor in the Department of Psychology at the State University of New York at Oswego. His work there was also supported by numerous NIH grants, including an R01, R21, and American Recovery and Reinvestment Award Supplement. With an array of research and publications, his specialties include psychosocial factors and their overall effect on health, and more recently, the effects of socioeconomic disadvantage, race, and environmental toxicants (e.g.,lead and mercury) on children and adolescents’ health. His teaching areas include introduction to epidemiology, introduction to psychology, health psychology, research methods/experimental psychology, health promotion, introductory and advanced statistics, behavioral medicine and psychophysiology.
He serves on the editorial board of two prominent journals in his field, Psychosomatic Medicine, and Health Psychology, and serves as an ad hoc reviewer for numerous other journals, including the American Journal of Epidemiology, Pediatrics, Stroke, and American Journal of Psychiatry. He is currently serving a four-year term as a member of the National Institute of Child Health and Development’s (NICHD’s) Health, Behavior, and Context Subcommittee.
Gump earned a Ph.D. at the University of California, San Diego, and M.P.H. degree in epidemiology at the University of Pittsburgh. He holds a master’s degree in general psychology from Radford University and a bachelor of arts degree in philosophy from Swarthmore College.
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
1995 - 1997, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, MPH in Epidemiology
1990 - 1995, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California, PhD in Experimental Psychology (Health and Social Psychology emphasis)
1988-1990, Radford University, Radford, Virginia, MA in General Psychology
1882-1886, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, BA in Philosophy
1884-1885, St. Edmund Hall, Oxford University, Oxford, England, Visiting student in Philosophy
AFFILIATIONS AND MEMBERSHIPS
Editorial Board Membership, Psychosomatic Medicine; Health Psychology, Conference Papers in Medicine: Public Health section
NIH Committee Membership, Health, Behavior, and Context Subcommittee, NICHD, 4-year term (9/2011-6/2015)
Ad Hoc Reviewer for the following Journals: American Journal of Epidemiology, Annals of Behavioral Medicine, Archives of General Psychiatry, Basic and Applied Psychology, Chest, Circulation, Health Psychology, International Journal of Psychophysiology, Journal of Applied Social Psychology, Journal of Health and Social Behavior, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Journal of Psychosomatic Research, Journal of Women’s Health and Gender-Based Medicine, Personality and Individual Differences, Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, Psychological Bulletin, Psychosomatic Medicine, Sex Roles, and Social Science and Medicine.
Ad Hoc Reviewer for the following Granting Agencies: NIEHS Superfund Basic Research Program, National Institute of Child Health and Disease (NICHD), The Stroke Association, Israel Science Foundation, Canadian Northern Contaminants Program
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About Brooks B. Gump
Brooks B. Gump, Ph.D., M.P.H., named the Falk Family Endowed Professor of Public Health in the Falk College at Syracuse University, joined the Falk College faculty in 2010 and is currently a professor in the Department of Public Health, Food Studies and Nutrition, where he also serves as the graduate program director for public health.
In 2011, Syracuse University alumni David B. and Rhonda S. Falk committed $15 million to SU—one of the largest-ever single gifts to the University. As part of their visionary and purposeful commitment to academics as a path to success, which created the David B. Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics, the Falks also established a series of endowed professorships. These professorships allow the Falk College to support internationally recognized faculty to enhance the research, academic and experiential components of its programs to advance its mission rich in teaching, research, scholarship, practice and service.
Recognized internationally for his research on cardiovascular disease risk in children, Gump was awarded an R01 grant from the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences earlier this year for the project, “Environmental Toxicants, Race and Cardiovascular Disease Risk in Children.” The study investigates the relationship between race, socioeconomic status, blood lead levels, cardiovascular responses to acute stress and cardiovascular disease risk. To better pinpoint the early antecedents of racial disparities, the study is focused on a sample of 300 African American and European American children ages 9 to 11 in the city of Syracuse, NY area over four years.
In addition to his ongoing NIH-supported research with children, Gump is currently principal investigator for a grant from the National Science Foundation Research Education for Undergraduate (REU) program, entitled, “Training Veterans to Conduct Trauma Research with Fellow Veterans.” Through this grant, Gump and a team from SUNY Oswego and SUNY Upstate Medical train undergraduates who are military veterans to conduct research with other veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The recipient of numerous research awards for his work, Gump was honored most recently with the Falk College's Faculty of the Year in Research for 2012-2013.
Previously, Gump served as an associate professor in the Department of Psychology at the State University of New York at Oswego. His work there was also supported by numerous NIH grants, including an R01, R21, and American Recovery and Reinvestment Award Supplement. With an array of research and publications, his specialties include psychosocial factors and their overall effect on health, and more recently, the effects of socioeconomic disadvantage, race, and environmental toxicants (e.g.,lead and mercury) on children and adolescents’ health. His teaching areas include introduction to epidemiology, introduction to psychology, health psychology, research methods/experimental psychology, health promotion, introductory and advanced statistics, behavioral medicine and psychophysiology.
He serves on the editorial board of two prominent journals in his field, Psychosomatic Medicine, and Health Psychology, and serves as an ad hoc reviewer for numerous other journals, including the American Journal of Epidemiology, Pediatrics, Stroke, and American Journal of Psychiatry. He is currently serving a four-year term as a member of the National Institute of Child Health and Development’s (NICHD’s) Health, Behavior, and Context Subcommittee.
Gump earned a Ph.D. at the University of California, San Diego, and M.P.H. degree in epidemiology at the University of Pittsburgh. He holds a master’s degree in general psychology from Radford University and a bachelor of arts degree in philosophy from Swarthmore College.
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
1995 - 1997, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, MPH in Epidemiology
1990 - 1995, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California, PhD in Experimental Psychology (Health and Social Psychology emphasis)
1988-1990, Radford University, Radford, Virginia, MA in General Psychology
1882-1886, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, BA in Philosophy
1884-1885, St. Edmund Hall, Oxford University, Oxford, England, Visiting student in Philosophy
AFFILIATIONS AND MEMBERSHIPS
Editorial Board Membership, Psychosomatic Medicine; Health Psychology, Conference Papers in Medicine: Public Health section
NIH Committee Membership, Health, Behavior, and Context Subcommittee, NICHD, 4-year term (9/2011-6/2015)
Ad Hoc Reviewer for the following Journals: American Journal of Epidemiology, Annals of Behavioral Medicine, Archives of General Psychiatry, Basic and Applied Psychology, Chest, Circulation, Health Psychology, International Journal of Psychophysiology, Journal of Applied Social Psychology, Journal of Health and Social Behavior, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Journal of Psychosomatic Research, Journal of Women’s Health and Gender-Based Medicine, Personality and Individual Differences, Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, Psychological Bulletin, Psychosomatic Medicine, Sex Roles, and Social Science and Medicine.
Ad Hoc Reviewer for the following Granting Agencies: NIEHS Superfund Basic Research Program, National Institute of Child Health and Disease (NICHD), The Stroke Association, Israel Science Foundation, Canadian Northern Contaminants Program
In 2011, Syracuse University alumni David B. and Rhonda S. Falk committed $15 million to SU—one of the largest-ever single gifts to the University. As part of their visionary and purposeful commitment to academics as a path to success, which created the David B. Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics, the Falks also established a series of endowed professorships. These professorships allow the Falk College to support internationally recognized faculty to enhance the research, academic and experiential components of its programs to advance its mission rich in teaching, research, scholarship, practice and service.
Recognized internationally for his research on cardiovascular disease risk in children, Gump was awarded an R01 grant from the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences earlier this year for the project, “Environmental Toxicants, Race and Cardiovascular Disease Risk in Children.” The study investigates the relationship between race, socioeconomic status, blood lead levels, cardiovascular responses to acute stress and cardiovascular disease risk. To better pinpoint the early antecedents of racial disparities, the study is focused on a sample of 300 African American and European American children ages 9 to 11 in the city of Syracuse, NY area over four years.
In addition to his ongoing NIH-supported research with children, Gump is currently principal investigator for a grant from the National Science Foundation Research Education for Undergraduate (REU) program, entitled, “Training Veterans to Conduct Trauma Research with Fellow Veterans.” Through this grant, Gump and a team from SUNY Oswego and SUNY Upstate Medical train undergraduates who are military veterans to conduct research with other veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The recipient of numerous research awards for his work, Gump was honored most recently with the Falk College's Faculty of the Year in Research for 2012-2013.
Previously, Gump served as an associate professor in the Department of Psychology at the State University of New York at Oswego. His work there was also supported by numerous NIH grants, including an R01, R21, and American Recovery and Reinvestment Award Supplement. With an array of research and publications, his specialties include psychosocial factors and their overall effect on health, and more recently, the effects of socioeconomic disadvantage, race, and environmental toxicants (e.g.,lead and mercury) on children and adolescents’ health. His teaching areas include introduction to epidemiology, introduction to psychology, health psychology, research methods/experimental psychology, health promotion, introductory and advanced statistics, behavioral medicine and psychophysiology.
He serves on the editorial board of two prominent journals in his field, Psychosomatic Medicine, and Health Psychology, and serves as an ad hoc reviewer for numerous other journals, including the American Journal of Epidemiology, Pediatrics, Stroke, and American Journal of Psychiatry. He is currently serving a four-year term as a member of the National Institute of Child Health and Development’s (NICHD’s) Health, Behavior, and Context Subcommittee.
Gump earned a Ph.D. at the University of California, San Diego, and M.P.H. degree in epidemiology at the University of Pittsburgh. He holds a master’s degree in general psychology from Radford University and a bachelor of arts degree in philosophy from Swarthmore College.
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
1995 - 1997, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, MPH in Epidemiology
1990 - 1995, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California, PhD in Experimental Psychology (Health and Social Psychology emphasis)
1988-1990, Radford University, Radford, Virginia, MA in General Psychology
1882-1886, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, BA in Philosophy
1884-1885, St. Edmund Hall, Oxford University, Oxford, England, Visiting student in Philosophy
AFFILIATIONS AND MEMBERSHIPS
Editorial Board Membership, Psychosomatic Medicine; Health Psychology, Conference Papers in Medicine: Public Health section
NIH Committee Membership, Health, Behavior, and Context Subcommittee, NICHD, 4-year term (9/2011-6/2015)
Ad Hoc Reviewer for the following Journals: American Journal of Epidemiology, Annals of Behavioral Medicine, Archives of General Psychiatry, Basic and Applied Psychology, Chest, Circulation, Health Psychology, International Journal of Psychophysiology, Journal of Applied Social Psychology, Journal of Health and Social Behavior, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Journal of Psychosomatic Research, Journal of Women’s Health and Gender-Based Medicine, Personality and Individual Differences, Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, Psychological Bulletin, Psychosomatic Medicine, Sex Roles, and Social Science and Medicine.
Ad Hoc Reviewer for the following Granting Agencies: NIEHS Superfund Basic Research Program, National Institute of Child Health and Disease (NICHD), The Stroke Association, Israel Science Foundation, Canadian Northern Contaminants Program
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| Present | 2013 - present, Falk Family Endowed Professor of Public Health, Falk College Department of Public Health, Food Studies, and Nutrition, Syracuse University | |
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Disciplines
Research Interests
Honors and Awards
- Principal Investigator: R01 Grant, Public Health Service (NIEHS), “Environmental Toxicants, Race, and Cardiovascular Disease Risk in Children”; Awarded $1,809,340 for 2/13 – 10/16.
- Falk College “Faculty of the Year in Research”; 2012-2013.
- Principal Investigator and Program Director; NSF Research Education for Undergraduates (REU) program (“Training Veterans to Conduct Trauma Research with Fellow Veterans”), Awarded $228,750 for 7/1/2011 – 6/30/2013.
- Principal Investigator: Administrative Supplement to R15 Grant funded through American Reinvestment and Recovery Act (ARRA), Awarded $96,895 for 5/09-5/11.
- Principal Investigator: R15 Grant, Public Health Service (NIEHS), “Lead and Vascular Reactivity to Acute Stress in Children”; Awarded $205,741 for 5/07 – 5/10.
- SUNY Scholarly and Creative Activities Grant, Awarded: $3,000 for Fall, 2009.
- President’s Award for Scholarly and Creative Activity or Research, 2008.
- SUNY Scholarly and Creative Activities Grant, Awarded: $3,000 for Fall, 2006.
- Provost’s Award for Creative and Scholarly Activity or Research, 2002.
- Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers, Who’s Who Who’s Who in Medicine and Healthcare, Who’s Who in Science and Engineering, 2002-present.
- Pediatric Loan Repayment Program (NIH), 9/03 – 5/07; Awarded approximately $40,000 in student loan payments.
- Grant from Oswego Joint Labor/Management Committee for Professional Development and Quality of Work Life - $250.
- President’s Award for Excellence in Academic Advisement, 2001.
- Principal Investigator: RO1 Grant, Public Health Service (NIEHS), “Prenatal PCB Exposure and Acute Stress Reactivity”; Awarded $636,889 for 9/00 – 9/04.
- Principal Investigator: CISCA Incentive Grant, SUNY Oswego; “The Effect of Lake Ontario Fish Consumption on Cardiovascular Responses to Acute Stress in Rats and Humans”; Awarded $2,400, July, 2000 – August, 2000.
- Co-Principal Investigator: New York Community Trust Grant; “Prenatal Exposure to PCBs: Possible Links to Abnormal Brain Development and ADHD; Awarded $168,314 for 10/99 – 10/01 (awarded no-cost extension).
- Co-Investigator on grant "Do hostility and stress predict CV mortality in MRFIT" (P.I.: Karen A. Matthews, Ph.D.). Awarded $376,716 for 10/98 – 2/01.
- SUNY Oswego CISCA Award to study “PCB-induced Maternal Hypertension”, June, 2000-August, 2000.
- SUNY Oswego CISCA Award to study “PCB-induced Hypertension”, February, 1999- February, 2000.
- SUNY Oswego Faculty Enhancement Award to study “Prenatal PCB Exposure and Acute Stress Reactivity”, Spring, 1999.
- Honorable Mention in the 1996 Psi Chi/APA Edwin B. Newman Graduate Research Award competition for paper by Gump and Kulik (1995).
- Teaching Assistant Training and Development Award, University of California, San Diego. 1993 and 1994.
- Gump, L., & Gump, B. Gender differences in the formation of moral judgments. Research grant funded by the Women's Research Institute, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. May, 1989 to May, 1990.
Courses
- Introduction to Epidemiology
- Introduction to Psychology
- Health Psychology (class and online versions)
- Research Methods/Experimental Psychology
- Health Promotion
- Introductory or Advanced Statistics
- Behavioral Medicine
- Psychophysiology
Contact Information
426 Ostrom Avenue, Room 317
Syracuse, NY 13244
Phone: (315) 443-2208
Email:bbgump@syr.edu
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