Kathryn H. Jacobsen

Kathryn H. Jacobsen, MPH, PhD (Epidemiology, University of Michigan), is Professor of Health Studies and holds the William E. Cooper Distinguished University Chair at the University of Richmond. Her research focuses on the ways that globalization, socioeconomic development, and environmental change affect the health of human populations. She has authored more than 200 scientific articles and two widely used textbooks, Introduction to Global Health and Introduction to Health Research Methods.