In Memoriam
Recent Position: Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Irvine
Brief Bio: Kane established herself as a leading scholar in the fields of health, family, and social inequality, with the vast majority of her research working to understand the causes of poor perinatal health outcomes and, ultimately, to improve perinatal health among vulnerable populations. Her research was theoretically and conceptually rooted in the discipline of sociology, but she drew on public health, epidemiology, economics, and the spatial sciences. She also collaborated with scholars across a remarkable variety of disciplines. Second, her research employed rigorous and oftentimes novel methodological strategies with population-based data sets. Third, her research was highly policy relevant, with implications for the development of interventions to improve perinatal health, especially among vulnerable groups in the United States.
Website: https://senate.universityofcalifornia.edu/in-memoriam/files/jennifer-buher-kane.html
Dr. Buher-Kane passed away on August 14, 2019 after a battle with breast cancer.
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