Kathryn H. Jacobsen, PhD, MPH

Assistant Professor

Unit: Department of Global and Community Health
Mail Stop: 5B7
Office Location: Robinson B 415C
Phone: 703-993- 9168
Email: kjacobse@gmu.edu

Kathryn H. Jacobsen is an assistant professor of epidemiology in the Department of Global and Community Health.  Her research focuses on the health transitions that occur in conjunction with socioeconomic development and globalization, and, in particular, on the shifting epidemiology of infectious diseases.  She is an internationally-recognized expert on the global epidemiology of hepatitis A virus.  Dr. Jacobsen is the author of Introduction to Global Health and teaches courses in epidemiology, research ethics and methods, and global health.  She earned an M.P.H. in International Health and a Ph.D. in Epidemiology from the University of Michigan.

Recent Publications:

Jacobsen KH.  Patterns of co-authorship in international epidemiology.  Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 2009; 63(8): 665-669.

Parker DC, Jacobsen KH, Komwa MK.  A qualitative study of the impact of HIV/AIDS on agricultural households in southeastern Uganda.  International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2009; 6(8): 2113-2138.

Manock SR, Jacobsen KH, Brito de Bravo N, Russell KL, Negrete M, Olson JG, Sanchez JL, Blair P, Smalligan RD, Quist BK, Freire Espin J, Espinoza WR, MacCormick F, Fleming LC, Kochel T.  Etiology of acute undifferentiated febrile illness in the Amazon River Basin of Ecuador.  American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 2009; 81(1): 146-151.

Jacobsen KH.  Reporting of ethics-related methods in epidemiological research.  Journal of Medical Ethics 2009; 35(4): 262-267.

Fleming LC, Jacobsen KH.  Bullying and symptoms of depression in Chilean middle-school students.  Journal of School Health 2009; 79(3): 126-133.

Yang L, Jacobsen KH.  A systematic review of the association between breastfeeding and breast cancer.  Journal of Women’s Health 2008; 17(10): 1635-1645.

Padgett JJ, Jacobsen KH.  Loiasis: African eye worm.  Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 2008; 102(10): 983-989.

Ribeiro PS, Jacobsen KH, Mathers CD, García-Moreno C.  Priorities for women’s health from the Global Burden of Disease study.  International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics 2008; 102(1): 82-90.

Jacobsen KH.  Introduction to global health.  Sudbury, MA: Jones and Bartlett Publishers; 2008.