Jessica Jaiswal

Education: 
PhD, Doctor of Philosophy in Sociomedical Sciences, Columbia University in the City of New York, 2016
MPH, Master of Public Health in Behavioral Sciences and Health Education, Emory University, 2009
B.A., Bachelor of Arts in Women's Studies, Native American Studies & Latin American Studies, The University of Michigan, 2007

Biography: 
​Dr. Jessica Jaiswal is an assistant professor in the department of health science at The University of Alabama and a visiting scholar at Yale University in the Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS. She earned her Ph.D. in sociomedical sciences from Columbia University in the city of New York, her M.P.H. in behavioral science and health education from Emory University Rollins School of Public Health, and her bachelor’s degree from the University of Michigan in women’s, Native American and Latin American studies. Prior to joining the faculty at UA, Dr. Jaiswal completed postdoctoral training at New York University in the College of Global Public Health as a provost fellow and was a research fellow in the Behavioral Science Training Program in Substance Use, funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (N.I.D.A.). Dr. Jaiswal’s two main research areas focus on inequalities around the HIV prevention and HIV care continua and treatment for opioid use disorder. She is particularly interested in medical mistrust and stigma. Her current work on HIV prevention efforts in methadone clinic settings is funded by NIDA. More information about Dr. Jaiswal's work can be found at https://jljaiswal.people.ua.edu/.