Jennifer Kibicho

Jennifer Kibicho is an Associate Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) College of Nursing, specializing in health economics. She joined UWM in August 2013 after serving as an Assistant Professor at the Center for AIDS Intervention Research (CAIR) at the Medical College of Wisconsin.

• Ph.D., Economics, Wayne State University (2010)
• Postdoctoral Fellowship, HIV Prevention, CAIR (2010)

Her research focuses on economic analyses of healthcare costs, prescription drug cost drivers, and cost containment policies, particularly in HIV/AIDS care. She examines pharmacy-mediated medication adherence interventions in real-world settings and evaluates structural-level interventions addressing poverty, gender-based violence, and HIV risk in sub-Saharan Africa.

Recent publications highlight her work on pharmacist-initiated adherence tools, socioeconomic impacts of self-help groups, and resilience strategies in nursing homes during pandemics. She also explores gendered syndemics in rural Kenya and methodological protocols for violence-related studies.

Kibicho contributes to health policy discourse through cost-effectiveness analyses and frameworks for integrating behavioral health into nurse-led care. She is affiliated with UWM’s Local to Global Community Health Self-Management research group.