Kathryn H. Jacobsen
Assistant Professor
Unit: Dept. of Global and Community Health
Mail Stop: 5B7
Office Location: Robinson B 430
Phone: 703-993- 9168
Email: kjacobse@gmu.edu
Dr. Jacobsen in an assistant professor in the Department of Global and Community Health. She teaches courses in epidemiology and international health. Her research seeks to better understand the health effects of economic and infrastructural development using a diverse range of epidemiologic methods, including the development of mathematical models of infectious disease transmission and field research. She has worked with collaborators in Africa and South America designing, conducting, and analyzing program evaluations and studies of infectious disease epidemiology. Dr. Jacobsen earned an M.P.H. in International Health and a Ph.D. in Epidemiology from the University of Michigan.
Recent Publications:
Jacobsen KH. Introduction to Global Health. Sudbury, MA: Jones and Bartlett Publishers, 2008.
Jacobsen KH. "Migration and Health in Africa and the African Diaspora." In: The Human Cost of African Migrations. Toyin Falola and Niyi Afolabi, editors. New York, NY: Routledge, 2007.
Jacobsen KH & Van Dyke MK. "Development and the Epidemiologic Transition in sub-Saharan Africa." In: HIV/AIDS, Illness, and African Well-Being. Toyin Falola and Matthew M. Heaton, editors. Rochester, NY: University of Rochester Press, 2007.
Jacobsen KH & Koopman JS. The effect of socioeconomic development on worldwide hepatitis A virus seroprevalence patterns. International Journal of Epidemiology, June 2005; 34(3): 600-609.