Geoffrey Jacquez

Geoffrey Jacquez serves as an Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Environmental Health Sciences at the University of Michigan. He concurrently holds leadership positions as President of BioMedware, Inc. (since 1990) and Chairman of TerraSeer, Inc. (since 2000), specializing in geohealth solutions at the intersection of geography, health, and environmental science.

Education:

• PhD, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, SUNY Stony Brook (1989)
• MS, Resource Policy, Economics and Law, University of Michigan (1983)
• BS, Biology, University of Michigan (1977)

Research Focus: Dr. Jacquez investigates the application of geographic information systems (GIS) in public health contexts, with emphasis on temporal exposure effects on individual susceptibility to pollutants and latency periods between exposure and health outcomes. His interdisciplinary work bridges environmental science, epidemiology, and spatial analytics to advance geohealth methodologies.

Awards & Recognition:

• Honored as a 'Research Pioneer' by the National Cancer Institute's Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences (2007) for sustained contributions to population health science.

Leadership & Funding: Through his companies BioMedware and TerraSeer, Dr. Jacquez develops analytical tools for environmental health research. His work has been supported by the National Cancer Institute, where he was among the inaugural cohort of investigators funded during the formation of the Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences (DCCPS) in 1997.