Senior Scientist and Senior Lecturer
ljeffers@brandeis.edu 781-736-3757
Courses
- EL 94a - Experiential Learning Practicum
- HS 249f - Social Justice, Management, and Policy
- HS 515a - Race/Ethnicity and Gender in Health and Human Services Research
- HS 527a - Race, Ethnicity and Gender in Public Policy
- HSSP 114b - Racial/Ethnic and Gender Inequalities in Health and Health Care
Scholarship
- Gibbs BK, Nsiah-Jefferson L., McHugh M, Triveda A, & Prothrow-Stith D.. "Reducing racial and ethnic health disparities: An outcomes oriented research and policy agenda.." Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law, 2006 31. 1 (2012).
- Nsiah-Jefferson, Laurie A.. "Pharmacogenomics: Considerations for communities of color." Pharmacogenomics: Social, ethical and clinical dimensions.. Ed. M. Rothstein. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley @ Sons, 2012. 267-290.
- Triveda A., Gibbs B, Nsiah-Jefferson L., Ayanian Z, & Prothrow-Stith. ".Creating a state minority health report card.." Health Affairs 24. 2 (2012): 388--96.
- Nsiah-Jefferson, Laurie A.. "Nsiah-Jefferson, L. Inequities in Health Care and African-American Women: Intersectional Applications of Research and Policy: In: Black Women’s Health: Challenges and Opportunities. New York, NY: Nova Science Publishers, Inc; pp: 1-56.", 2009
Degrees
Brandeis University
Ph.D.
Brandeis University
M.A.
Yale University
M.P.H.
Brandeis University
B.A.
Awards and Honors
- David Teaching and Learning Fellowship (2012)
- Shiff Fellowship Faculty Mentor (2011)
- Visiting Scholar, Womens Center for Health and Human Rights, Suffolk University (2010)
- Research Clerkship, Center for Minority Health, University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health (2009)
- Senior Fellow, National Center for Health Behavioral Change (2009)
- Certificate for Distinction in Teaching, Derek Bok Center for Teaching, Harvard University (2008)
- Isak Kazes Prize in Women’s and Gender Studies, Women’s and Gender Studies, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Brandeis University (2006)