Jennifer Gonzalez, PhD
Dr. Gonzalez oversees the Meadows Institute’s research and data analytic portfolio. Her applied experience in criminal justice settings informs her thoughtfulness around the use of data and applied research methods to inform mission–critical problems around mental health care practice and access to care. Dr. Gonzalez maintains an active, federally funded research agenda using creative methods for linking individuals to needed mental health care and social services.
Dr. Gonzalez has published more than one hundred interdisciplinary articles focused on the health of those who encounter and work within the criminal justice system.
Dr. Gonzalez earned her doctoral degree in epidemiology and completed a post-doctoral fellowship in psychiatric epidemiology at the University of Florida. She earned a MS degree in criminal justice from the University of Cincinnati. Her research is currently funded by the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, SAMHSA, the National Institute on Aging, and the National Institute of Justice.
