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Kathryn H. Jacobsen

William E. Cooper Distinguished University Chair, Professor of Health Studies, University of Richmond
Kathryn H. Jacobsen, PhD, MPH, is a Professor of Health Studies and holds the William E. Cooper Distinguished University Chair at the University of Richmond. She was previously a professor of epidemiology and global health at George Mason University.

Dr. Jacobsen the author of two widely used textbooks, Introduction to Global Health and Introduction to Health Research Methods, and teaches courses on global health, epidemiology, research methods, and disease prevention and control. She is on the board of Teach Global Health, which promotes excellence in undergraduate global health education, and has chaired the undergraduate and master’s education committee for the Consortium of Universities for Global Health.

Her research focuses on the population health transitions that occur with globalization, socioeconomic development, and environmental change. Her research portfolio includes analyses of the global epidemiology of hepatitis A virus, emerging infectious and noncommunicable diseases, adolescent risk behaviors, and other global public health concerns. She has authored more than 200 peer-reviewed scientific articles.

Dr. Jacobsen has served as a technical expert for the World Health Organization and other public health agencies, global health partnerships, and international health groups. She is a Global Burden of Disease (GBD) Study collaborator; serves on several journal editorial boards (including Epidemiology & Infection, Global Health Research and Policy, and World Medical & Health Policy) and grant review panels; leads research writing seminars; and frequently provides health and medical commentary for print and television media.

Monkeypox is now a national public health emergency in the U.S. – an epidemiologist explains what this means

Aug 08, 2022 05:42 am UTC| Health

After news broke that the U.S. declared monkeypox to be a public health emergency, friends and family started asking me, an infectious disease epidemiologist, if monkeypox is about to begin causing widespread death and...

Economy

Cisco Acquires Cybersecurity Giant Splunk for $28B; Tidal Partners Advises in Historic Deal

Cisco Systems, Inc., announced it has acquired Splunk, a software company specializing in cybersecurity. It has tapped Tidal Partners, a new mergers and acquisitions advisory group that was established last year by David...

Toshiba to Exit Stock Market After 74 Years Following $14B JIP-led Acquisition

BLACKPINK Shakeup: 3 Members May Exit YG Entertainment; Shares Plummet 13%

YG Entertainment Inc., one of the leading entertainment agencies in South Korea, experienced a sudden drop in its share prices after it was reported that three of the BLACKPINK members had decided to leave the...

WeBank Eyes 'Open Consortium Chain 2.0' Amid Shift to More Public-Oriented Blockchains

WeBank, Chinas leading digital-only bank, aims to transition from its permissioned consortium blockchains toward more public-oriented ones, highlighting the potential of Open Consortium Chain 2.0. As it seeks greater...

Unilever Revives Q-Tips Sale, Hired Morgan Stanley to Launch Renewed Bid for Divestiture

Unilever plc has restarted the sale process for its Q-Tips and Impulse perfume line. Sources who are familiar with the matter revealed the company already hired Morgan Stanley and Evercore Inc. to organize the sale of the...

JPEX Cryptocurrency Exchange Initiates Deregistration in Australia Amid Hong Kong Controversy

Jieyi Chen, Director of JP-EX Crypto Asset Platform PTY LTD (JPEX), has begun deregistration of the exchange in Australia amid regulatory challenges and accusations in Hong Kong. While no official confirmation has been...

Politics

Sunak should be wary of backtracking on net zero – what history tells us about flip-flopping on the environment

Rishi Sunak has delivered a speech in which he announced delays to key net zero targets, including postponing the ban on the sale of new petrol and diesel cars until 2035. It is a remarkable event given that the UK...

The fraught history of India and the Khalistan movement

The Indian government has warned its citizens living in Canada to exercise extreme caution due to a deteriorating security environment in the country. The warning came after Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau...

City watchdog finds no evidence for recent political 'debanking' – but private banks have been picky for centuries

After a row over the closure of his bank account earlier this year, former politician Nigel Farage has hit out at the UK financial regulator for saying it has found no recent evidence of customers being de-banked over...

Nagorno-Karabakh: longest war in post-Soviet space flares yet again as Russia distracted in Ukraine

A 24-hour anti-terrorist operation launched by Azerbaijan to restore the countrys constitutional order threatened briefly to escalate into a full-scale war with Armenia over the contested territory of Nagorno-Karabakh. But...

Racism and democracy: why claims of ‘division by race’ in the NZ election and Voice referendum need challenging

Its a coincidence that New Zealand elects a new parliament on October 14, the same day Australians decide whether (at the request of Indigenous people) they will entrench in the constitution an Aboriginal and Torres...

Science

Five golden rules for effective science communication – perspectives from a documentary maker

Over the past three years, people from all walks of life have learned a great deal about different branches of science. The COVID-19 pandemic introduced many of us to information about virology and vaccine production....

Discovering the universe from our own backyards

When I was a college student, I worked at the Charlevoix Astronomical Observatory in Québec. It was a pretty decent summer job, as I got to observe celestial bodies until the dead of night, talk to astronomy...

Our planet is burning in unexpected ways - here’s how we can protect people and nature

People have been using fire for millennia. It is a vital part of many ecosystems and cultures. Yet human activities in the current era, sometimes called the Anthropocene, are reshaping patterns of fire across the...

Jamais vu: the science behind eerie opposite of déjà vu

Repetition has a strange relationship with the mind. Take the experience of déjà vu, when we wrongly believe have experienced a novel situation in the past leaving you with an spooky sense of pastness. But...

Space junk in Earth orbit and on the Moon will increase with future missions − but nobody's in charge of cleaning it up

Theres a lot of trash on the Moon right now including nearly 100 bags of human waste and with countries around the globe traveling to the Moon, theres going to be a lot more, both on the lunar surface and in Earths...

Technology

Hyundai, Kia Launch 'Universal Mobility 2.0' in Singapore to Aid Vulnerable Pedestrians

Hyundai and Kia kick-start Universal Mobility 2.0 in Singapore, a navigation initiative supporting vulnerable pedestrians, focusing on the visually impaired and wheelchair users, evolving from their successful EnableLA...

Busan Aims to Become South Korea's Blockchain Hub with $75M Public Mainnet Project

Busan, the second largest city in South Korea, has set out to work on achieving its goal of becoming a Blockchain City. The city will soon launch a public mainnet as part of its initiative for the project that has been...

YouTube Unveils AI-Driven Tools for Enhanced Video Creation

YouTube revealed a range of cutting-edge artificial intelligence (AI)-powered features aimed at assisting creators in producing videos and expanding their audience reach. As companies incorporate generative AI technology...

Not everyone wants to delegate their chores to technology

Household chores have a bad reputation. Many of us do not particularly like doing the dishes and cleaning the floor. No wonder companies are leveraging advances in robotics and artificial intelligence to introduce a new...

In future, we'll see fewer generic AI chatbots like ChatGPT and more specialised ones that are tailored to our needs

AI technology is developing rapidly. ChatGPT has become the fastest-growing online service in history. Google and Microsoft are integrating generative AI into their products. And world leaders are excitedly embracing AI as...