Katherine Lemasters
social epidemiologist | PhD | assistant professor | mass incarceration researcher | health equity advocate | community-engaged scholar | ultra-trail runner
- Role
- Assistant Professor at University of Colorado Anschutz
- Location
- Denver, CO, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Katherine Lemasters
What I do: I am an assistant professor at the University Colorado Anschutz School of Medicine. I work at the intersection of social epidemiology and health equity with a focus on mass incarceration as a structural determinant of health inequity. Why I do it: In 2019, I visited the prison where a loved one was incarcerated and was struck with the realization that a pervasive cause of health disparities in the US, mass incarceration, was missing from my understanding of social and structural determinants of health. While the criminal legal system affects millions, contributes to drastic health disparities, and is intertwined with many other systems and structures, it is largely understudied in social epidemiology.Skillsets: Quantitative and qualitative data collection and analysis • Building partnerships with communities experiencing health inequities in the United States and globally • Interview guide, scale, and survey development • R, STATA, and SAS for quantitative and NVivo and Dedoose for qualitative analysis • Racial Equity Institute Phase I training
Experience
Assistant Professor
University of Colorado Anschutz
Jun 2023 — Present · Aurora, CO, US
I am an assistant professor in the Division of General Internal Medicine- Analyzing the relationship between making fentanyl possession a felony and health including overdose and substance use treatment in the state of Colorado- Conducting community engaged research at the intersection of the criminal legal system and harm reduction in Colorado.
Education
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Epidemiology
2018 — 2023
Washington and Lee University
Global Politics and Economics, Development Economics and International Development
2011 — 2015
School for International Training
Study Abroad Program Winter 2014, Global Health and Development Policy
2014 — 2014
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Master of Public Health - MPH, Maternal and Child Health
2016 — 2018
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