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Jan M. Eberth, PhD, MSPH, FACE

Department Head, Population Health Sciences
  • Professor, Epidemiology and Health Services Research and Policy
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Department of Population Health Sciences
VA-MD College of Veterinary Medicine
Virginia Tech
205 Duck Pond Drive
Blacksburg, VA 24061

PhD, Epidemiology, 2011
School of Public Health
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Houston, TX

MSPH, Epidemiology, 2006
School of Public Health
Texas A&M Health Science Center
Bryan, TX

BS, Health Sciences, 2004
Clemson University
Clemson, SC

  • Fellow of the American College of Epidemiology (2018)

2025-present
Department Head
Department of Population Health Sciences
Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine
Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA

2025-present
Professor of Epidemiology

Department of Population Health Sciences
Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine
Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA

2022-2025
Professor and Chair of Health Management and Policy (with tenure)
Department of Health Management and Policy
Dornsife School of Public Health
Drexel University
Philadelphia, PA

2022-2025
Full Member and Internal Advisory Board Member
Cancer Risk and Control Program
Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center
Jefferson Health
Philadelphia, PA

2018-2022
Associate Professor of Epidemiology (with tenure)
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Arnold School of Public Health
University of South Carolina
Columbia, SC

2018-2022
Director
Rural and Minority Health Research Center 
Arnold School of Public Health
University of South Carolina
Columbia, SC

2013-2022
Core Faculty
SC Cancer Prevention and Control Program
Arnold School of Public Health
University of South Carolina
Columbia, SC

2015-2018
Deputy Director
SC Rural Health Research Center
Arnold School of Public Health
University of South Carolina
Columbia, SC

2013-2017  
Assistant Professor of Epidemiology
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Arnold School of Public Health
University of South Carolina
Columbia, SC

2011–2012
Cancer Prevention Postdoctoral Fellow
Health Services Research Section
Department of Biostatistics, Division of Quantitative Sciences
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, TX

  • American College of Epidemiology
  • American Public Health Association
  • American Society of Preventive Oncology

  • Cancer prevention and control
  • Rural health
  • Health geography 
  • Healthcare access, utilization, and quality