Jennifer Ibrahim

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Jennifer Ibrahim

  • College of Public Health

    • Office of the Dean

      • Associate Dean for Academic Affairs

Biography

Dr. Jennifer Ibrahim is a tenured associate professor in the Department of Health Services Administration and Policy, the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs for the College of Public Health, and the Associate Director of the National Program Office for Public Health Law Research. Jennifer has been recognized by her peers as an outstanding teacher as evidenced by the award of all of Temple University’s teaching awards, including the highest honor, the Great Teacher Award, and multiple national awards. In addition to her achievements in teaching and mentoring graduate students, she has maintained a funded research agenda in the area of health policy, including work on legal infrastructure, the dynamic relationship between public health lawyers and practitioners and work on tobacco control policymaking.

Courses Taught

Number

Name

Level

HRPR 5001

Current and Emerging Issues in Public Health and Health Professions

Graduate

HRPR 8985

Teaching in Higher Education: Health Professions

Graduate

HRPR 8987

Teaching in Higher Education Practicum

Graduate

Selected Publications

Recent

  • Monshi, S. & Ibrahim, J. (2021). Implementation of tobacco control measures in the Gulf Cooperation Council countries, 2008–2020. Substance Abuse: Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, 16(1). doi: 10.1186/s13011-021-00393-8.

  • Gasoyan, H., Ibrahim, J., Aaronson, W., & Sarwer, D. (2021). The role of health insurance characteristics in utilization of bariatric surgery. Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases, 17(5), 860-868. doi: 10.1016/j.soard.2021.01.024.

  • Shuman, S., Pollitt, A., O’Brien, M., Ibrahim, J., & Gupta, J. (2021). Health Correlates of Intimate Partner Violence and Help-seeking Among Unauthorized Immigrant Women. Journal of Interpersonal Violence. doi: 10.1177/08862605211020981.

  • Gasoyan, H., Soans, R., Ibrahim, J., Aaronson, W., & Sarwer, D. (2021). Association between insurance-mandated precertification criteria and inpatient healthcare utilization during 1 year after bariatric surgery. Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases. doi: 10.1016/j.soard.2021.10.007.

  • Gasoyan, H., Soans, R., Ibrahim, J., Aaronson, W., & Sarwer, D. (2020). Do insurance-mandated precertification criteria and insurance plan type determine the utilization of bariatric surgery among individuals with private insurance? Medical Care, 58(11), 952-957. doi: 10.1097/MLR.0000000000001358.

  • Klieger, S., Gutman, A., Allen, L., Pacula, R., Ibrahim, J., & Burris, S. (2017). Mapping medical marijuana: state laws regulating patients, product safety, supply chains and dispensaries, 2017. Addiction, 112(12), 2206-2216. doi: 10.1111/add.13910.

  • Ibrahim, J., Sorensen, A., Grunwald, H., & Burris, S. (2017). Supporting a Culture of Evidence-Based Policy: Federal Funding for Public Health Law Evaluation Research, 1985-2014. Journal of Public Health Management and Practice, 23(6), 658-666. doi: 10.1097/PHH.0000000000000598.