Investigators
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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 |
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. |
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
Contact
Co-Director, Interdisciplinary Research Methods Core
Professor of Sociomedical Sciences, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health
TEL: 212-305-1185
jsh2124@columbia.edu
Contact
Meeting the challenges of global HIV/AIDS at the intersection of gender, sexuality, and mental health



