Janine Jagger | |
|---|---|
| Born | c. 1950 (age 75–76) |
| Alma mater | Moravian College; University of Pittsburgh; University of Virginia |
| Awards | MacArthur Fellows Program |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | epidemiology |
| Institutions | University of Virginia |
Janine Jagger (born c. 1950) is an American epidemiologist, Becton Dickinson Professor of Research of Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases,[1] and director of the International Health Care Worker Safety Center at the University of Virginia School of Medicine.[2]
Life
She graduated from Moravian College with a Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, in Psychology in 1972, and from the University of Pittsburgh with a Master of Public Health in 1974, and from University of Virginia with a Ph.D. in 1987. She has been devoted to reducing needle stick injuries.[3]
Awards
Works
- Prevention and Control of Nosocomial Infections, Editor Richard P Wenzel, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; Fourth Edition (December 15, 2002), ISBN 978-0-7817-3512-4
- Preventing occupational exposures to bloodborne pathogens: articles from advances in exposures prevention, 1994-2003, Editors Janine Jagger, Jane L. Perry, International Healthcare Worker Safety Center, University of Virginia, 2004, ISBN 978-0-9655899-1-8
- "Progress in Preventing Sharps Injuries in the United States", Handbook of Modern Hospital Safety, Second Edition, CRC Press, 2009, ISBN 978-1-4200-4785-1
References
- "The Center for Global Health — School of Medicine at the University of Virginia". Retrieved 2010-04-18.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - "Janine Jagger wins "genius" award: 09-27-2002". www.virginia.edu. Archived from the original on 2002-12-21.
- While We Were Sleeping: Success Stories in Injury and Violence Prevention, David Hemenway, University of California Press, 2009, ISBN 978-0-520-25845-7