Janine Jagger
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| Janine Jagger | |
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| Born | c. 1950 (age 73–74) |
| Fields | epidemiology |
| Institutions | University of Virginia |
| Alma mater | Moravian College; University of Pittsburgh; University of Virginia |
| Notable awards | MacArthur Fellows Program |
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]
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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
- ↑ http://www.healthsystem.virginia.edu/internet/cgh/people/faculty/jaggerbio.cfm
- ↑ http://www.virginia.edu/insideuva/2002/27/jagger_janine.html
- ↑ While We Were Sleeping: Success Stories in Injury and Violence Prevention, David Hemenway, University of California Press, 2009, ISBN 978-0-520-25845-7
