Jessica Burke, PhD is Professor & Associate Chair in the department of Behavioral and Community Health Sciences at the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health. She is passionate about using engaged, creative and systems-oriented methods to address determinants of health and methods that include visual components that facilitate dialogue and action. Her background is in anthropology, social epidemiology, and health promotion and her early work in health included serving as developer for the Changing Face of Women’s Health exhibit at the National Museum of Health and Medicine.

Jessica’s scholarship uses innovative quantitative and qualitative methods to explore systems and the mechanisms linking context influences and health, engages communities in the process of research and its translation and develops tailored interventions. The book Methods for Community Public Health Research: Integrated and Engaged Approaches that she co-edited provides details about this agenda. Jessica was a co-investigator for the Art Heals project.