Jessica Polzer
PhD (Toronto)
Assistant Professor - Department of Women's Studies and Feminist Research, School of Health Studies
Office: Room 2340 - Somerville House; Room 202 - Arthur and Sonia Labatt Health Sciences Building
Phone: 519-661-2111 ext. 81576
Research Interests
- Sociology of health and illness
- Social theories of health, risk and the body
- Experiences of health and risks to health
- Social and ethical impacts of technologies in health
- Biotechnology, gender and medicalization
Research Affiliations
- Centre for Critical Qualitative Health Research, University of Toronto
- Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto
Teaching Areas
- Social Determinants of Health (HS1002)
- Women and Health (WS2154)
Graduate Student Supervision
- Master's
- PhD




