Jennifer Malat
Professor
Department of Sociology
University of Cincinnati
United States of America
Biography
Jennifer Malat, PhD is Professor of Sociology and Director of Research for the Kunz Center for Social Research. Jennifer received her PhD in sociology from the University of Michigan. Her research has primarily focused on how race affects doctor-patient encounters in ways that reduce health care quality. Her recent research has also examined how social forces affect the health of whites, blacks, and Latinos. Malat has published articles in leading social science journals, such as Social Science & Medicine, Journal of Health and Social Behavior, and Ethnic and Racial Studies as well as medical and public health journals, such as American Journal of Public Health, Public Health Reports, and Ethnicity & Disease.
Research Interest
Medical Sociology; Sociology of Racial and Ethnicity; Racial Inequality in Health and Healthcare; Quantitative Analysis
