Jennifer Beard
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Jennifer Beard is an American physician who is Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Global Health at
Boston University School of Public Health The Boston University School of Public Health (BUSPH) is one of the graduate schools of Boston University. Founded in 1976, the School offers master's- and doctoral-level programs in public health. It is located in the heart of Boston University' ...
(BUSPH), associate editor of ''Public Health Post'', leads the BUSPH Public Health Writing Program and also directs the MPH certificates in Global Health and Program Management.


Education

Beard has a BA from
Youngstown State University Youngstown State University (YSU or Youngstown State) is a public university in Youngstown, Ohio, United States. It was founded in 1908 and is the easternmost member of the University System of Ohio. The university is composed of six undergrad ...
(1988) and an MA from
Ohio University Ohio University (Ohio or OU) is a Public university, public research university with its main campus in Athens, Ohio, United States. The university was first conceived in the 1787 contract between the United States Department of the Treasury#Re ...
(1991), both in English literature. She has a PhD from the
University of New Hampshire The University of New Hampshire (UNH) is a Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university with its main campus in Durham, New Hampshire, United States. It was founded and incorporated in 1866 as a land grant coll ...
(1998) and an MPH in International Health from
Boston University Boston University (BU) is a Private university, private research university in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. BU was founded in 1839 by a group of Boston Methodism, Methodists with its original campus in Newbury (town), Vermont, Newbur ...
(2006).


Career

Beard was the founder of the BU Program for Global Health Storytelling which brings together the BUSPH, the BU College of Communication, and the Pulitzer Center. Her “scholarship explores the intersection between population health, the arts and humanities, and journalism; and the health and well-being of key populations at high risk for HIV and trauma including sex workers, drug users, orphans, and other highly vulnerable children.” Beard, from 2010-2014, was the principal investigator for the Ghana Operations Research for Key Populations project in collaboration with the
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), commonly known as UST, Tech or Kwame Tech, is a public university located in Kumasi, Ashanti region, Ghana. The university focuses on science and technology. It is the second public uni ...
, the Ghana AIDS Commission, and
USAID The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is an agency of the United States government that has been responsible for administering civilian United States foreign aid, foreign aid and development assistance. Established in 19 ...
.


Publications


Lessons Learned From a Peer Writing Coach Program in a School of Public HealthAcute respiratory infection Boston university's collaborative research work in the last decadeChildren of female sex workers and injection drug users: a review of vulnerability, resilience, and family-centered models of care in low and middle-income countriesBut What Exactly is Public Health?Strengthening capacity for AIDS vaccine research: analysis of the Pfizer Global Health Fellows program and the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative.


References

Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Boston University School of Public Health faculty Boston University School of Public Health alumni University of New Hampshire alumni Ohio University alumni Youngstown State University alumni American public health researchers {{US-med-bio-stub