Jacqueline Curtis

Jacqueline Curtis, PhD, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. She specializes in spatial epidemiology, focusing on environment-health relationships and using geospatial techniques to improve care for vulnerable populations, including neurodiverse individuals. Her work emphasizes integrating local knowledge into spatial data collection to inform clinical interventions.

Education: PhD in Geography from Louisiana State University (2005). Professional affiliations include the American Public Health Association, Society of Gynecologic Oncology, and International Dyslexia Association. She teaches courses like MPH 426/PQHS 426: GIS for Health & Social Sciences.

Research Interests: Spatial epidemiology, geonarratives, GIS applications in public health, and health disparities. Her contributions include developing methods to assess environmental perceptions and enhance geospatial approaches for marginalized populations.

Affiliations: Member of the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center's Population and Cancer Prevention Program and faculty affiliate at the Mary Ann Swetland Center for Environmental Health. She also serves on editorial boards for Cartography and Geographic Information Science and International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.

Grants & Labs: Focuses on projects addressing homelessness, air pollution exposure, and lung transplantation through place-based methods. Collaborates on initiatives like GeoMEDD for early disease detection.