Joanne Katz

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Joanne Katz
Born
Cape Town, South Africa
Alma mater
Occupation
  • Educator
  • biostatistician
  • epidemiologist
Scientific career
Institutions
  • Wilmer Eye Institute (1982–1994)
  • Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (1994-present)
ThesisVillage and household clustering of morbidity and mortality in developing countries (1992)

Joanne Katz is an epidemiologist, biostatistician, and professor at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

Early life and education[]

Joanne Katz was born in Cape Town, South Africa.[1] Katz graduated with a Bachelor of Science in economics and statistics from the University of Cape Town in 1978.[1][2]

Katz moved to the United States with her parents in 1978.[1] She received a Master of Science in mathematical statistics from Princeton University in 1982 and a Doctor of Science in international health from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in 1993.[1][2] Her dissertation was titled Village and household clustering of morbidity and mortality in developing countries.[3]

Career[]

From 1982 to 1994, Katz served on the faculty of the Wilmer Eye Institute at Johns Hopkins.[1] Since 1994, she has taught at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.[1] She has taught international health, biostatistics, epidemiology, and ophthalmology.[1]

Research[]

Katz has contributed to the research and the diagnosis of eye disease, specifically to underserved children and elderly in Baltimore.[1]

Her research has also sought to find low cost interventions to reduce micronutrient deficiencies, infectious diseases, and poor reproductive outcomes among pregnant women, adolescents, and young children in Africa and Asia.[1] Starting in 1982, as a statistician, she worked with Alfred Sommer to analyze data to uncover a link between vitamin A deficiency (VAD) and an increased risk for child mortality.[4]

From 1983 to 1992, Katz worked with Keith West and James Tielch to run a number of large scale, community-based, randomized trials to identify a link between VAD and child mortality. Their work showed they could reduce child mortality in at-risk populations by 23 to 34%.[5] They conducted a number of randomized trials in Indonesia and Nepal in the 1980s.[5][6] By 1992, the World Health Organization, UNICEF, the United Nations's Food and Agriculture Organization, and the Convention on the Rights of the Child declared the control of VAD as a common goal.[5]

Awards[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Joanne Katz, ScD". Maryland State Archives. 2016. Retrieved May 24, 2021.
  2. ^ a b c "Joanne Katz, ScD". Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Retrieved May 24, 2021.
  3. ^ Sommer, Alfred; West, Keith P. (1996). Vitamin A Deficiency. Oxford University Press. p. 352.
  4. ^ Prabhune, Meenakshi. "Alfred Sommer: Discovering a Two-Cent Remedy that Saves Children's Lives". Lasker Foundation. Retrieved May 24, 2021.
  5. ^ a b c "The Story of Vitamin A". Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. 2003. Retrieved May 25, 2021.
  6. ^ Howard, Brandon (May 2010). "Nepal and the Department of International Health A Model Relationship for Global Health Research". Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Retrieved May 25, 2021.
  7. ^ "Joanne Katz, ScD". Maryland Women's Heritage Center. Retrieved May 24, 2021.
  8. ^ "Joanne Katz receives NICHD funding to investigate risk factors for adverse birth outcomes in rural Nepal". Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. September 17, 2018. Retrieved May 24, 2021.
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