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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 (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.[1]

Education

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Beard has a BA from Youngstown State University (1988) and an MA from Ohio University (1991), both in English literature. She has a PhD from the University of New Hampshire (1998) and an MPH in International Health from Boston University (2006).[1]

Career

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Beard was the founder of the BU Program for Global Health Storytelling[2] 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.”[1]

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, the Ghana AIDS Commission, and USAID.[1]

Publications

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Jennifer Beard". School of Public Health. Boston University. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
  2. ^ Grant, Geena (November 21, 2019). "Pulitzer Center Global Health Reporting Fellowship bridges the gap between public health and journalism". The Daily Free Press. Retrieved 15 March 2021.