Jessica Athens
PhD Student

Jessica Athens is a first-year graduate student in the department of Population Health Sciences. She received her bachelor's degree from Lawrence University and a master's degree in Urban and Regional Planning from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She has previously worked with the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development, the Wisconsin Coordinating Council on Nicaragua, and the International Food Policy Research Institute. Currently, Jessica works as a project assistant in the Population Health Institute on the County Health Rankings. For her research, she is particularly interested in looking at how the built environment affects health.

Contact Information:

Jessica Athens
University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
753 WARF Building
610 Walnut Street
Madison, Wisconsin 53726-2397

Phone: (608) 265-8924
Email: jkathens@wisc.edu