Career Brief
Dr. Kristin Jerger is currently director of health policy at the Council of Latino Agencies (CLA) in Washington, DC. Dr. Jerger received an AB in Human Biology from Stanford University, an MD from the Medical University of South Carolina, and her residency training in psychiatry at George Washington University Medical Center in Washington, DC. Following her residency training, she completed a post-doctoral fellowship in neuroscience at the Krasnow Center for Advanced Study at George Mason University, where she focused on the dynamics of epileptic seizures and seizure prediction.

Since 1988, Dr. Jerger has conducted research on a wide range of neuropsychiatric issues, including Alzheimer’s disease, Childhood Onset Schizophrenia, and Substance Dependence. In 2003, Dr. Jerger began to apply her medical research skills to public health issues, particularly those involving barriers to health access. Toward this end, she currently serves as principal investigator of the Latino Health Care Collaborative project aimed at elucidating and ameliorating major health disparities experienced by Washington DC’s Latino population.