Dr. Jacob Bor [Assistant Professor]

Jacob Bor, ScD, SM, is Assistant Professor in the Departments of Global Health and Epidemiology at Boston University School of Public Health. His research applies the analytical tools of economics and data science to the study of population health, with focus areas on HIV treatment and prevention in southern Africa and on U.S. health disparities. Research interests include the economics of health behaviors; population health impacts of social policy; and causal inference in public health research. Prior to his graduate training at Harvard School of Public Health, Dr. Bor worked with an HIV-prevention NGO in Botswana, Lesotho, and South Africa. He is a Senior Researcher at the Health Economics and Epidemiology Research Office