Health Studies in Action
The HS program invites students to participate in team building activities and outside-of-the-classroom learning throughout the year.
Health Studies photo scavenger hunt, August 2022.
Health Studies Events
Accomplishments
Kathryn H. Jacobsen, William E. Cooper Distinguished University Chair and professor of health studies, published the fourth edition of the textbook Introduction to Global Health.
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Kathryn H. Jacobsen, William E. Cooper Distinguished University Chair and professor of health studies, published the article, "Anxiety and School Absenteeism Without Permission Among Adolescents in 69 Low- and Middle-Income Countries" published in Dialogues in Health.
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Kathryn H. Jacobsen, William E. Cooper Distinguished University Chair and professor of health studies, published the chapter "An Epidemiological Perspective on Historic and Emerging Pandemics" in the book A Multidisciplinary Approach to Pandemics: COVID-19 and Beyond by Oxford University Press.
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Kathryn H. Jacobsen, William E. Cooper Distinguished University Chair and professor of health studies, and undergraduate students published the article, "A Call for Loiasis to be Added to the WHO List of Neglected Tropical Diseases," in the journal Lancet Infectious Diseases.
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In The News
Health studies professor and epidemiologist Kathryn Jacobsen authored this piece, which first appeared in The Conversation.
Contact Us
Mailing address:
Dr. Kathryn Jacobsen
Dr. Rick Mayes
Department of Health Studies
Weinstein Hall
231 Richmond Way, Rm. 108
University of Richmond, Virginia 23173
Phone: (804) 289-8529
Fax: (804) 289-8233