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Investigators

Jennifer S. Hirsch, Ph.D.

Co-Director, Interdisciplinary Research Methods Core

Professor of Sociomedical Sciences, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health
Overview Publications Professional Background

EDUCATION

Princeton University, Princeton, NJ B.A. 1988 History
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD Ph.D. 1998 Population Dynamics and Anthropology

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1990-1991     Program Assistant, Advocates for Youth (Center for Population Options), Washington, DC
1992   Program Assistant, Casa de Passagem, Recife, Brazil
1992   Summer Intern, Behavioral Epidemiology and Demographic Research Branch, Division of Reproductive Health, National Center for Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, GA
1992-1993   Research Assistant, Department of Population Dynamics, Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health, Baltimore, MD
1993-1994   Research Assistant, Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health, Baltimore, MD
1994-1995   Teaching Assistant, Department of Population Dynamics, Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health, Baltimore, MD
1994-1995   Teaching Assistant, Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health, Baltimore, MD
1994-1995   Research Assistant, Department of Population Dynamics, Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health, Baltimore, MD
1998-1999   Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of International Health, Rollins School of Public Health, Atlanta, GA
1999-2004   Assistant Professor, Department of International Health; Associate Director, Emory AIDS International Training and Research Program; Associate Faculty, Institute for Women's Studies, Joint Appointment, Department of Anthropology, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
2004-2010   Associate Director for the Anthropology Concentration, Department of Sociomedical Sciences Doctoral Program, New York, NY
2004-present   Associate Professor, Department of Sociomedical Sciences, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, New York, NY
2004-present   Co-Director, Interdisciplinary Research Methods Core, HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY
2005-present   Faculty Affiliate, Institute for Research on Women and Gender, Columbia University, New York, NY
2006-present   Faculty Affiliate, Institute for Latin American Studies, Columbia University, New York, NY
2007-present   Member, Board of Directors, Center for the Study of Human Rights, Columbia University, New York, NY
2007-present   Columbia Population Research Center: Member, Steering Committee; Co-Director, Developmental Core; Co-Director, HIV and Reproductive Health Research Area Group, Columbia Population Research Center, New York, NY
2010-present   Co-Director, Training Grant for Gender, Sexuality and Health (NIH-funded T-32 pre-doctoral training program) Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, New York, NY
2010-present   Deputy Chair for Doctoral Studies, Department of Sociomedical Sciences, Doctoral Program, New York, NY


HONORS AND AWARDS

1988     Summa Cum Laude & Phi Beta Kappa, Princeton University
1992   Pre-doctoral Trainee, National Institutes of Health Multidisciplinary Training Grant in Population Dynamics
1995-1997   Support for Dissertation Data Collection in Mexico, The Mellon Funding Committee, Department of Population Dynamics
1996-1996   Doctoral Disesertation Research imporvement Grant, Cultural Anthropology Program, National Science Foundation
1997   Dissertation Research Fellowship, Committee on International Migration, Social Science Research Council
1997   Carl S. Schultz Award, Department of Population Dynamics, Johns Hopkins University
1999   Center for AIDS Research Developmental Core Grant for "Mexican Migrant Men in the Urban South: Social Ties and HIV Risk"
1999   Paul and Esther Harper Endowment Award, Department of Population Dynamics and Family Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins University
2010   CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title of 2010 Award for “The Secret: Love, Marriage and HIV”
2011   Distinguished lecturer, The George and Mary Foster Distinguished Lecture in Cultural Anthropology, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas, April 2011.

                 

 

 

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Jennifer S. Hirsch, Ph.D.

Co-Director, Interdisciplinary Research Methods Core

Professor of Sociomedical Sciences, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health

TEL: 212-305-1185

jsh2124@columbia.edu

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