Justin Rodgers, PhD is a social epidemiologist whose research examines the interconnected pathways linking social and environmental determinants, psychosocial stress, and chronic mental and physical health outcomes.

Dr. Rodgers earned his Ph.D. in Social Epidemiology at Harvard University, where his dissertation investigated the relative contributions of biopsychosocial pathways in explaining socioeconomic inequalities in all-cause mortality. As a postdoctoral research fellow at the Harvard Center for Population and Demographic Studies, Justin developed and applied novel methods for quantifying social inequalities in health within the United States and globally. Prior to that, he completed a fellowship at Northeastern University focusing on social determinants of cardiovascular disease.

 With more than a decade of experience conducting high-quality research, Dr. Rodgers has a proven record of publication, teaching, and service and has presented his findings internationally—from Athens to Rome. Justin’s methodological expertise spans traditional epidemiological approaches as well as advanced techniques drawn from other disciplines, including artificial intelligence, machine learning, and predictive modeling.

 Dr. Rodgers’s current research focuses on causal mediation analysis to disentangle the mechanisms by which socioeconomic status and psychosocial factors influence health.