Amanda Simanek is an American

epidemiologist Epidemiology is the study and analysis of the distribution (who, when, and where), patterns and determinants of health and disease conditions in a defined population, and application of this knowledge to prevent diseases. It is a cornerstone ...

. Previously, she was a professor at the

University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee The University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee (UW–Milwaukee, UWM, or Milwaukee) is a Public university, public Urban university, urban research university in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States. It is the largest university in the Milwaukee metropo ...

's Joseph J. Zilber School of Public Health. She is currently at the

Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science The Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science (RFU) is a Private university, private Postgraduate education, graduate school in North Chicago, Illinois. It has more than 2,000 students in six schools: Chicago Medical School, College of ...

as the Director of the Michael Reese Foundation Center for Health Equity Research and Associate Professor of Epidemiology. She is also a founding member of Those Nerdy Girls. She is a social epidemiologist and focuses on the study of the "psychosocial determinants of infectious disease, links between infection and chronic disease, and the pathways by which social inequities in health occur across the lifecourse and across generations."

Biography

Simanek grew up in the

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suburbs. She graduated from the

University of Wisconsin–Madison The University of Wisconsin–Madison (University of Wisconsin, Wisconsin, UW, UW–Madison, or simply Madison) is a public land-grant research university in Madison, Wisconsin, United States. It was founded in 1848 when Wisconsin achieved st ...

with degrees in women's studies and political science. She went to the

University of Michigan School of Public Health The University of Michigan School of Public Health is one of the professional graduate schools of the University of Michigan. Located in Ann Arbor, Michigan, UM SPH is one of the oldest schools of public health in the country and is also consid ...

for graduate school, earning a

Master of Public Health The Master of Public Health (MPH), Master of Science in Public Health (MSPH), Master of Medical Science in Public Health (MMSPH) and the Doctor of Public Health (DrPH), International Masters for Health Leadership (IMHL) are interdisciplinary profes ...

in International Health Epidemiology and a PhD in Epidemiologic Sciences.

References

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