Megan Jehn
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Matthews Center 203R School of Human Evolution and Social Change TEMPE, AZ 85287
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Mail code: 2402Campus: Tempe
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Megan Jehn is an epidemiologist and member of the global health faculty in the School of Human Evolution and Social Change at Arizona State University. Her scholarship and community-based fieldwork broadly focus on the resilience of social-ecological systems to disasters. She brings together large, diverse teams to address public health challenges such as vaccine hesitancy, food insecurity, clean indoor air, and infectious disease outbreaks. Dr. Jehn is the founder and director of the ASU Student Outbreak Response Team, a large public health training program that provides students with hand-on training and experience in outbreak response and field epidemiology while simultaneously providing public health surge capacity for state, local, and tribal public health partners
Dr. Jehn received her doctorate and master's of health science degrees in epidemiology from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Dr. Jehn teaches undergraduate courses in epidemiology, global health, and quantitative research methods. Her mentoring, teaching, and community service have been recently recognized with awards such as the President's Award for Innovation, the President's Award for Social Embeddedness, the Zebulon Pearce Distinguished Teaching Award, the Centennial Professorship, and the Gary Krahenbuhl Difference Maker Award.
- Ph.D. Clinical Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, MD
- M.H.S. Clinical Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, MD
- B.S. Biology, Arizona State University
Epidemiology and Public Health; Infectious Disease Dynamics; Health Equity; Field Methods; Community Health
ASU COVID-19 Community Response Team, lead
Applied Infectious Disease Epidemiology Lab, lead
Selected Publications:
- Scott S, Mrukowicz C, Collins J, Jehn M, Charifson M, Hobbs K, Zabel K, Chronister S, Howard B, White J. (2022). Automation, Prioritization, and Collaboration to Manage a COVID-19 Case Surge in Maricopa County, Arizona. Public Health Reports
- Khan SM, Farland LV, Catalfamo CJ, Austhof, E, Bell M, Chen Z, Cordova- Marks F, Ernst E, Garcia-Filion P, Heslin K, Hoskinson J, Jehn M, Joseph E, Kelley C, Klimentidis Y, Russo Carroll S, Kohler L, Pogreba-Brown K, Jacobs E. (2022). Elucidating symptoms of COVID-19 illness in the Arizona CoVHORT: a longitudinal cohort study. BMJOpen; 12: e053403. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-053403
- Jehn M, Pandit U, Sabin S, Tompkins C, White J, Kaleta E, Dale A, Ross H, McCullough J, Pepin S, Kenny K, Sanborn H, Heywood N, Schnall A, Lant T, Sunenshine R. (2022). Accuracy of Case-Based Seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 Antibodies in Maricopa County, Arizona. American Journal of Public Health; 112, 38-42. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2021.306568
- Ledesma D, Maroofi H, Sabin S, Dennehy T, Truong J, Meyer L, Salik M, Scott S, White J, Collins J, Mrukowicz C, Charifson M, Shafer M, Jehn M. (2022) Design and Implementation of a Partnered University and Public Health Agency COVID-19 Case Investigation Program. Public Health Reports. https://doi.org/10.1177/00333549211068495.
- Jehn M, McCullough JM, Dale AP, Gue M, Scott S. (2021). Association Between K–12 School Mask Policies and School-Associated COVID-19 Outbreaks — Maricopa and Pima Counties, Arizona, July–August 2021. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep;70:1372–1373. http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm7039e1 (JCR: Q1 and 7/203 in public, environmental and occupational health IF: 17.59)
- Bell ML, Catalfamo CJ, Farland LV, Ernst KC, Jacobs ET, Klimentidis Y, Jehn M, Pogreba-Brown K. (2021). Post-acute sequelae of COVID-19 in a non-hospitalized cohort: Results from the Arizona CoVHORT. PLoS One; 16(8): e0254347.https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0254347
- Rosales Chávez J.B., Jehn M, Lee R. E., Ohri-Vachaspati P, Bruening M. (2021). Development and Interrater Reliability of a Street Food Stand Assessment Tool, Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, 53(12), 1072-1080. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jneb.2021.06.015
- 2021-2026 Arizona CoVHORT: A Statewide Cohort to determine the Acute and Long-term Impacts of SARS-CoV2 (Progreba KB, PI). National Institutes of Health R01
- 2020-2022 Special Projects: Guadalupe. Maricopa County Department of Public Health. Role: PI.
- 2020-2022 COVID-19 Case Investigations. Maricopa County Department of Public Health. Role: PI.
- 2020-2021 COVID-19 Modeling. Maricopa County Department of Public Health. Role: PI.
- 2020 Maricopa County Serological Survey. Maricopa County Department of Public Health. Role: PI.
Courses
2025 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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ASB 493 | Honors Thesis |
ASB 799 | Dissertation |
ASB 792 | Research |
ASB 592 | Research |
ASB 499 | Individualized Instruction |
ASB 590 | Reading and Conference |
ASB 790 | Reading and Conference |
ASB 492 | Honors Directed Study |
ASB 484 | Internship |
ASB 499 | Individualized Instruction |
ASB 493 | Honors Thesis |
ASB 492 | Honors Directed Study |
ASM 201 | Epidemics and Outbreaks |
ASM 201 | Epidemics and Outbreaks |
2024 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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ASB 790 | Reading and Conference |
ASB 799 | Dissertation |
ASB 792 | Research |
ASB 590 | Reading and Conference |
ASB 499 | Individualized Instruction |
ASB 492 | Honors Directed Study |
ASB 493 | Honors Thesis |
ASB 592 | Research |
ASB 499 | Individualized Instruction |
ASB 492 | Honors Directed Study |
ASM 201 | Epidemics and Outbreaks |
ASM 201 | Epidemics and Outbreaks |
ASB 484 | Internship |
ASB 493 | Honors Thesis |
2024 Summer
Course Number | Course Title |
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ASB 799 | Dissertation |
ASB 792 | Research |
ASB 590 | Reading and Conference |
ASB 499 | Individualized Instruction |
ASB 499 | Individualized Instruction |
2024 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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ASB 493 | Honors Thesis |
ASB 799 | Dissertation |
ASB 792 | Research |
ASB 592 | Research |
ASB 499 | Individualized Instruction |
ASB 590 | Reading and Conference |
ASB 790 | Reading and Conference |
ASB 492 | Honors Directed Study |
ASB 484 | Internship |
ASB 499 | Individualized Instruction |
ASB 493 | Honors Thesis |
ASB 492 | Honors Directed Study |
ASM 201 | Epidemics and Outbreaks |
2023 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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ASB 790 | Reading and Conference |
ASB 799 | Dissertation |
ASB 792 | Research |
ASB 590 | Reading and Conference |
ASB 499 | Individualized Instruction |
ASB 492 | Honors Directed Study |
ASB 493 | Honors Thesis |
ASB 592 | Research |
ASB 499 | Individualized Instruction |
ASB 492 | Honors Directed Study |
ASM 201 | Epidemics and Outbreaks |
ASM 201 | Epidemics and Outbreaks |
ASB 484 | Internship |
ASB 493 | Honors Thesis |
ASB 484 | Internship |
2023 Summer
Course Number | Course Title |
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ASB 590 | Reading and Conference |
ASB 799 | Dissertation |
ASB 792 | Research |
2023 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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ASB 799 | Dissertation |
ASB 792 | Research |
ASB 592 | Research |
ASB 590 | Reading and Conference |
ASB 790 | Reading and Conference |
2022 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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ASB 792 | Research |
ASB 493 | Honors Thesis |
2022 Summer
Course Number | Course Title |
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ASB 799 | Dissertation |
ASB 792 | Research |
ASB 590 | Reading and Conference |
2022 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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ASB 493 | Honors Thesis |
ASB 799 | Dissertation |
ASB 792 | Research |
ASB 592 | Research |
ASB 499 | Individualized Instruction |
ASB 590 | Reading and Conference |
ASB 790 | Reading and Conference |
ASB 492 | Honors Directed Study |
ASB 484 | Internship |
ASB 499 | Individualized Instruction |
ASB 484 | Internship |
2021 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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ASB 790 | Reading and Conference |
ASB 799 | Dissertation |
ASB 792 | Research |
ASB 590 | Reading and Conference |
ASB 499 | Individualized Instruction |
ASB 492 | Honors Directed Study |
ASB 493 | Honors Thesis |
ASB 592 | Research |
ASB 484 | Internship |
ASM 201 | Epidemics and Outbreaks |
ASB 484 | Internship |
ASB 584 | Internship |
2021 Summer
Course Number | Course Title |
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ASB 799 | Dissertation |
ASB 590 | Reading and Conference |
ASB 484 | Internship |
ASB 484 | Internship |
ASB 484 | Internship |
ASB 484 | Internship |
2021 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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ASB 493 | Honors Thesis |
ASB 799 | Dissertation |
ASB 792 | Research |
ASB 592 | Research |
ASB 499 | Individualized Instruction |
ASB 590 | Reading and Conference |
ASB 790 | Reading and Conference |
ASB 492 | Honors Directed Study |
ASB 484 | Internship |
ASB 499 | Individualized Instruction |
ASM 201 | Epidemics and Outbreaks |
ASM 201 | Epidemics and Outbreaks |
ASB 584 | Internship |
ASB 484 | Internship |
2020 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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ASB 790 | Reading and Conference |
ASB 799 | Dissertation |
ASB 792 | Research |
ASB 590 | Reading and Conference |
ASB 499 | Individualized Instruction |
ASB 492 | Honors Directed Study |
ASB 493 | Honors Thesis |
ASB 592 | Research |
ASB 484 | Internship |
2020 Summer
Course Number | Course Title |
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ASB 799 | Dissertation |
ASB 792 | Research |
ASB 590 | Reading and Conference |
ASM 201 | Epidemics and Outbreaks |
ASM 201 | Epidemics and Outbreaks |
2020 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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ASB 493 | Honors Thesis |
ASB 799 | Dissertation |
ASB 792 | Research |
ASB 592 | Research |
ASB 499 | Individualized Instruction |
ASB 590 | Reading and Conference |
ASB 790 | Reading and Conference |
ASB 492 | Honors Directed Study |
ASB 499 | Individualized Instruction |
ASB 494 | Special Topics |
ASM 201 | Epidemics and Outbreaks |
ASM 201 | Epidemics and Outbreaks |
ASB 584 | Internship |
2022 President's Award for Innovation
2022 Zebulon Pearce Distinguished Teaching Award, The College, ASU
2022 Centennial Award, Arizona State University
2022 Gary Krahenbuhl Difference-Maker Award
2021 Arizona Public Health Association Corporate Public Health Service Award, Biodesign Institute (Biodesign COVID-19 Testing Response Team member)
2021 President’s Award for Social Embeddedness, Guadalupe COVID-19 Community Response Team, Arizona State University (Team Lead)
2021 Official Community Partner of the Town of Guadalupe (by official town council vote), COVID-19 Community Response Team (ASU Team Lead)
2021 Vision Award, Modeling Emerging Threats in Arizona Team (team member), ASU Knowledge Enterprise
2021 Outstanding Mentor Award, Center for Global Health, Arizona State University
2020 Innovator of the Year, ASU COVID-19 Testing Response Team (team member), Governor’s Celebration of Innovation, Arizona Technology Council
2020 Knowledge Enterprise Impact Award, COVID-19 Testing Response Team (team member)
2019 Director’s Award for Innovation in Program Development, School of Human Evolution and Social Change
2018 Director’s Award for Innovation in Program Development, School of Human Evolution and Social Change
2012-present Associate Professor, School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Arizona State University
2011-2012 Assistant Professor, School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Arizona State University
2005-2010 Assistant Professor, School of Health Management and Policy, WP Carey School of Business, Arizona State University
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Arizona Department of Health Services, COVID-19 Modeling Team, 2020-2021
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National Academy of Sciences, Workshop Planning Committee, “Evolving Crisis Standards of Care & Ongoing Lessons from COVID-19: A Workshop Series”, 2021
- Consortium for Universities in Global Health, Institutional Representative (2016-2022)
- ASU Faculty Honors Advisor, Global Health and Applied Math (2018-2022)
- Global Health, Approach Head (2012 - 2017)
- Global Health Brigades, Faculty Advisor (2014 - 2020)
- Sundevils for Public Health, Faculty Advisor (2013)
- ASU Pandemic Planning Committee, committee member (2012 - 2013)
- ASU Student Red Cross Club, Faculty Mentor (2012 - 2020)
- ASU Pandemic Planning Medical Subcommittee, committee member (2013)
- IMS Health Foundation, executive board member (2009 - 2010)