Sharon Green is a Postdoctoral Scholar in the Department of Demography at the University of California, Berkeley. She is a social epidemiologist and medical sociologist. Her work has been published in leading journals, including the New England Journal of Medicine, Social Science and Medicine – Population Health, and American Journal of Public Health. Her research and training have been supported by the National Institute on Aging, the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development, and the National Institute of General Medical Sciences.