Katrina M. Walsemann
Associate Professor and Undergraduate Director, Department of Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior, School of Public Health, University of South Carolina.
Ph.D., Public Health, University of Michigan
Research Interests: Dr. Walsemann is a population scientist whose research focuses on bridging life course analysis with sociocultural perspectives on population health. An important aspect of her research is examining how early life experiences can influence health and health inequities across the life course. Her work focuses on the ways educational inequities can influence physical and mental health during adolescence and transition into adulthood. Other projects focus on how marginalization (e.g., legal status, sexual minority status) impacts health and how debt, in the form of student loans, may reduce the generally positive association between education and health.
Select Publications
Osman, Amira, and Katrina M. Walsemann. 2013. "Ethnic disparities in disability among Israeli older adults: The role of socioeconomic disadvantage and traumatic life events." Journal of Aging and Health, 25(3): 510-531.
Walsemann, Katrina M., A. Bell Bethany, and R.A. Hummer. 2012. "Effects of timing and level of degree attained on depressive symptoms and self-rated health at mid-life." American Journal of Public Health, 102(3): 557-563. PMCID: PMC3487654.
Select Projects
Effects of criminal justice system exposure on youth's substance use trajectories (NIDA)
