ABOUT OUR TEAM
- CORE FACULTY, Disaster Research Center
- Founding Chair and Professor, Department of Epidemiology
ADDRESS: University of Delaware Newark, DE 19716
EMAIL: horney@udel.edu
PHONE: 302-831-6618
BIO INFO: Associated Projects | CV/Resume
BIOGRAPHY
Jennifer Horney is Founding Chair and Professor, Department of Epidemiology, and Core Faculty at the Disaster Research Center at the University of Delaware. She also serves as the Director of the Partnership for Healthy Communities, a member of the University’s Community Engagement Initiative. Her research focuses on measuring the health impacts of disasters. She received her PhD in Epidemiology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Gillings School of Global Public Health.
Dr. Horney has led interdisciplinary research projects funded by many federal agencies and was part of the public health response to Hurricanes Isabel, Charley, Katrina, Wilma, Irene, Harvey, and Helene where she conducted rapid assessments of disaster impacts on health. She has provided technical assistance to public health agencies globally around disasters, emerging disease outbreaks, and pandemic planning and response. She is the author of 4 books and more than 250 peer-reviewed articles.
