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Robert Anda
Epidemiology, preventive medicine
Known for
Co-principal investigator of the CDC–Kaiser Permanente ACE Study
Why their work may matter
Anda's epidemiological work established the graded relationship between number of adverse experiences and later health risk — and has cautioned against using ACE scores as individual diagnoses.
Connection to a theme in The Trenches
Risk is not destiny. Chapter 7 holds this line: adversity influences, it does not decide.
Start here
The 1998 ACE Study, then CDC's guidance on prevention and protective factors.
Research / articles
Original sources
Listed as additional recommended reading. This is not a source for The Trenches, does not imply endorsement, and does not imply agreement with everything this person teaches.