Lynne Cossman

Lynne Cossman, Ph.D. is a Professor and Dean of the College for Health, Community and Policy (HCAP) at the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA). She holds a Ph.D. in Sociology and Demography from The Florida State University, along with an M.S. and B.S. in Sociology from the same institution. Her research focuses on spatial health disparities, rural health/mortality, and the intersection of social factors with public health outcomes.

• Affiliations: UTSA HCAP, Department of Sociology and Demography
• Educations: Ph.D. (FSU), M.S. (FSU), B.S. (FSU)

Her work addresses critical public health challenges such as self-injury mortality trends, pandemic health behaviors, and rural-urban health disparities. Recent studies explore how divine control beliefs influence health perceptions and the economic impacts of self-injury mortality. Her research has been funded by the CDC and NIH.

Publications span topics like pandemic health behaviors, religious struggles' role in health, and mobility patterns in disease spread. She has contributed to high-impact journals including JAMA Network Open and EClinicalMedicine.

Grants and collaborations include CDC-funded projects on injury prevention and NIH-supported studies on drug misuse. Her interdisciplinary approach bridges sociology, demography, and public health to address systemic health inequities.