College Overview
Judith Rijnhart, MSc, PhD
Assistant Professor
Contact Info
- Office: CPH 2121
- Academic Email: jrijnhart@usf.edu
- Academic Phone: (813) 396-2761
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Education
- PhD, Epidemiology, VU University, 2021
- MSc, Clinical epidemiology, Erasmus University, 2016
- MSc, Prevention and Public Health, VU University, 2014
- Bc, Nursing, Windesheim University of Applied Sciences, 2013
Discipline
Epidemiology
Specialization
- Mediation analysis
- Causal inference
- Aging and dementia
Biography
Judith Rijnhart, PhD, is an Assistant Professor of Epidemiology at the College of Public Health. Dr. Rijnhart has an interdisciplinary background with degrees in Nursing, Prevention and Public Health, and Epidemiology. In 2018, she was a visiting Fulbright scholar in Dr. David MacKinnon’s Research in Prevention Laboratory at the Department of Psychology of Arizona State University. In addition to research, Dr. Rijnhart has always been interested in teaching, as exemplified by her minor in education and the completion of Basic and Senior Teaching Qualifications. Together with Dr. Matthew Valente, Dr. Rijnhart runs the Causal Inference in Public Health Research (CIPHR) lab. This lab is focused on the evaluation and application of causal inference methods in public health research.
Research Interests
- The evaluation and application of methods for statistical mediation analysis. Statistical mediation analysis is used to investigate the causal mechanisms that underlie exposure and intervention effects. Dr. Rijnhart has (co-)authored multiple papers on mediation analysis methods. Dr. Rijnhart is funded by the Alzheimer's Association to study mechanisms contributing to dementia and late-life cognitive decline.