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I am Associate Professor of Sociology and Demography in the Department of Sociology and Criminology and the Social Science Research Institute (SSRI) at The Pennsylvania State University. I am also a Faculty Affiliate of the Population Research Institute (PRI).

I received my Ph.D. in Demography and Sociology from the University of Pennsylvania in 2013. I was a Postdoctoral Fellow and Research Scientist at Duke University from 2013-2017.

Research Interests: Sociology of health and illness; medical sociology; stratification; demography; sociology of aging and the life course; racial, socioeconomic, and gender inequalities in health; global health; comparative health care systems; quantitative methods; drug overdose

Contact Information:

601 Oswald Tower

Department of Sociology and Criminology

The Pennsylvania State University

University Park, PA 16802

E-mail: jessica.ho at psu.edu