Jill T. Owczarzak, PhD Assistant Professor
jowczarz@mcw.edu
Dr. Owczarzak, a medical anthropologist, is concerned with how models of health intervention address questions of health disparity. Her research focuses on HIV vulnerability among MSM, sex workers, and injection drug users in Eastern Europe, particularly in Poland. She has used qualitative methods to explore how international organizations perceive HIV risk and how they incorporate ideas of risk into their HIV prevention programs. Dr. Owczarzak's interests include how providers adopt and modify prevention interventions and the effectiveness of these modified interventions in reducing health disparities.
CONTACT INFORMATION Telephone: 414.955.7700 Fax: 414.287.4206
EDUCATION PhD - Medical Anthropology; University of Kentucky
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY Owczarzak, J.T. (in review). The side effect of our work: Developing and defining effective HIV prevention strategies in postsocialist Poland.
Owczarzak, J.T. (in review). Defining HIV vulnerability, determining responsibililty, and designing prevention: Lessons from the Polish case.
Owczarzak, J.T. (in review). Burning beds and throwing stones: Defining the terms of prevention and postsocialism in Poland.