Jaquelyn Jahn

Jaquelyn Jahn is a social epidemiologist whose research investigates the consequences of social policies for population health and health equity. Her current projects examine the intergenerational implications of criminal legal contact for health and well-being across the lifecourse, as well as effects of reforms in U.S. health care and criminal justice policy. Her work has examined how mass incarceration and police violence affect the health of individuals and their communities. Her research in cancer epidemiology has explored structural racism and discrimination as drivers of inequalities in cancer incidence and prevention. She earned an MPH from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health in 2016, and received her Ph.D. from Harvard University’s Program in Population Health Sciences in May 2020.