Heide Jackson
Contact
Information
1033 Fiedler Ln. Apt. 2
Madison, WI 53713
Education
University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
heidejackson.com
[email protected]
Ph.D., Sociology, Expected: Spring 2015
• Topic: Obesity Over the Life Course: A Study of How Obesity Produces Health
Disadvantage, Economic Insecurity, and Excess Mortality in the United States
• Committee: Alberto Palloni, Ph.D and Monica Grant, Ph.D Dave Vanness, Ph.D
Jenna Nobles, Ph.D
M.S., Population Health Sciences, Expected: Spring 2015
• Advisor: Dave Vanness, Ph.D
M.S., Sociology, May 2012
• Topic: Associations in Family Planning and Mobile Telecommunications in Peru
• Committee: Monica Grant, Ph.D Katherine Curtis, Ph.D Gay Seidman, Ph.D
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
A.B., Sociology and Political Science (Double Major), May 2010
• Magna Cum Laude
Research
Interests
Social Demography, Health over the Life Course, Health and Technology in Developing
Countries
Passed Preliminary Examinations: Demography, Social Stratification
Affiliations
Center for Demography and Ecology, Center for Demography of Health and
Aging, Population Association of America
Research
Positions
NIA Pre-Doctoral Trainee
Center for Demography and Ecology,
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Supervisor: Michal Engelman, Ph.D.
Research Assistant
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation,
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Supervisor: Jayanti Owens, Ph.D.
NIA Pre-Doctoral Trainee
Center for Demography and Ecology,
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Supervisor: Alberto Palloni, Ph.D.
Research Assistant
Center for Demography and Ecology,
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Supervisor: Alberto Palloni, Ph.D.
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May 2014 to May 2015
April 2015 to August 2015
May 2012 to May 2014
May 2010 to 2012
Consulting
Cancer Intervention and Surveillance Network
• Estimated All Cause and Non-Breast Cancer Mortality in the United States by Race
and Weight Status from 1900-2010
Wisconsin Coalition Against Sexual Assault
• Prepared Tables on Sentence Duration for Those Convicted of Sexual Assault in
Wisconsin
Publications
• “Cost Effectiveness of Injectable Extended Release Naltrexone Compared to Methadone
Maintenance and Buprenorphine Maintenance Treatment for Opioid Dependence.”
Heide Jackson, Kara Mandell, Kimberly Johnson, Debanjana Chatterjee, Dave Vanness.
Substance Abuse. Accepted December 2014.
Presentations
• “The Role of Work Characteristics in Differentiating Trajectories of Health in Later
Life.” Michal Engelman and Heide Jackson. Population Association of America.
Planned May 2015.
• “The Role of Work Characteristics in Differentiating Trajectories of Health in Later
Life.” Michal Engelman and Heide Jackson. Gerontological Society of America
Annual Meeting. November 2014.
• “Adolescent Autonomy and Cell Phone Use in Rural Malawi” Heide Jackson and
Monica Grant. American Sociological Association Annual Meeting. August 2014.
• “The Long Arm of Mental Health: Quantifying the Effects of Child Mental Health on
Scholastic Achievement” Heide Jackson, Alberto Palloni, Anna Barker. Population
Association of America Annual Meeting. May 2014.
• “Does Mortality Affect Care Use? A Case Study in Bangladesh” Heide Jackson.
Population Association of America Annual Meeting. May 2014.
• “Relation of Obesity to Disability: Key Findings From a Multi-State Model” Heide
Jackson. Population Association of America Annual Meeting. May 2014.
• “Cost Effectiveness of XR-NTX as a Treatment for Opioid Dependence.” Heide
Jackson, Kimberly Johnson, Kara Mandell, Debanjana Chatterjee, and Dave Vanness.
AcademyHealth. June 2013.
• “The Ways Weight Matters: The Intergenerational Transmission of Weight, Health
and Human Capital Disadvantage.” Heide Jackson. Population Association of
America Annual Meeting. April 2013.
• “The Development of Early Skills:Self-Productivity and Cross-Fertiliization.” Jason
Thomas, Heide Jackson, Katsuya Oi. Population Association of America Annual
Meeting. April 2013.
• “Projecting the Impact of Obesity on a Cohort of School-Aged Hispanic Children.”
Heide Jackson, Alberto Palloni. Population Association of America Annual Meeting.
April 2013.
• “All Cause and Breast Cancer Mortality in the United States by Race and Weight.”
CISNET Breast Cancer Working Group. November 2012.
• “Exploring the Association Between Family Planning and Developing Telecommunications
Infrastructure in Rural Peru.” Population Association of America Annual Meeting.
May 2012.
• “Telemedicine in the Global South. Sociology of Economic Change and Development
Seminar.” March 2012.
Awards
Robert Wood Johnson Dissertation Grant, University of Wisconsin-Madison May 2014
Phi Beta Kappa, University of Wisconsin-Madison
January 2011
Deans List, University of Pennsylvania
September 2008-May 2010
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University Scholars, University of Pennsylvania
University Scholars Summer Grant
Benjamin Franklin Scholars, University of Pennsylvania
Service
Other
Professional
Activities
May 2009-May 2010
May 2009-August 2009
May 2006-May 2010
Tutoring Minority Recruitment and Retention Committee,
Department of Sociology University of Wisconsin-Madison
• Tutored SOCI 362 Statistics for Sociologists III
Recruiting Committee,
Department of Sociology University of Wisconsin-Madison
• Assisted with planning visit day for admitted students
• Coordinated housing and graduate mentorship for admitted students
Spring 2014
Spring 2011
Member of: Population Association of America, American Sociological Association
Journals Reviewed: OpenSage
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