Janine M. Jurkowski

Janine M. Jurkowski is a Professor and Department Chair at the University at Albany's College of Integrated Health Sciences Department of Health Policy, Management and Behavior. With a PhD in Community Health Sciences from the University of Illinois at Chicago, she specializes in community-based participatory research (CBPR) addressing health disparities through:

• Family-centered childhood obesity prevention programs
• Empowerment theory applications in low-income communities
• Latino and disability health equity initiatives
• CBPR methodology development

Education:

• PhD - University of Illinois at Chicago (2003)
• MPH - Boston University (1998)
• BA - University of Rochester (1995)

Her research focuses on social determinants of health, cross-cultural survey methods, and Photovoice methodology. Recent publications examine:

• Parental empowerment in health promotion
• Co-leadership models in Head Start
• Impact of policy on breastfeeding support
• Health disparities among Latinas and African Americans

As former Associate Dean for Public Health Practice (7.5 years), she advanced community-university partnerships and co-developed tenure guidelines recognizing publicly engaged scholarship. She currently works on a toolkit for faculty to document community-engaged dossiers.