Adam Hege

Adam Hege completed his PhD in Public Health at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG) in 2015, with a concentration in Community Health. He also holds a Master of Public Administration (MPA) degree from Appalachian State University. A member of the Appalachian State University faculty since 2015, Adam is currently Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Education in the Beaver College of Health Sciences and Associate Professor of Public Health. His research interests are broadly on health disparities and the underlying social and environmental determinants of health. Specifically, this has included examining disparities among rural populations in the surrounding Appalachia communities of western NC, with a focus on food insecurity, adverse childhood experiences, access to care, and other factors related to quality of life. Adam has published more than 50 articles in peer-reviewed journals to include Public Health Reports, Frontiers in Public Health, Health Education & Behavior, American Journal of Health Behavior, Accident Analysis & Prevention, Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, PLOS One, Science of the Total Environment, Public Health Nutrition, Family & Community Health, and the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, among others. He has co-authored two textbook chapters and co-edited the text Public Health Nutrition: Rural, Urban, and Global Community-Based Practice. His work has been funded by CDC, AmeriCorps, Dogwood Health Trust, NC Collaboratory for Science and Policy, and NC Department of Health and Human Services, among others. Adam also serves as the Associate Editor of Family & Community Health, on the Editorial Boards of Behavioral Medicine, Frontiers in Public Health, and the Journal of Appalachian Health, and has previously served two terms on the Governing Council of the American Public Health Association.