Bioethics
Integrative Research Seminar
Research Methods

Dr. Kimberly Gill is a sociologist with extensive research, evaluation, teaching and applied experience in population health. She serves as Research Associate Professor for Thomas Jefferson University’s College of Population Health and holds a joint faculty appointment with the Main Line Health Center for Population Health Research (CPHR) at the Lankenau Institute for Medical Research.

Prior to this role, Dr. Gill served as Senior Research Scientist III for the National Disaster Medical System (NDMS) Pilot Program at the National Center for Disaster Medicine and Public Health (NCDMPH), Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS). Dr. Gill also served as Research Associate Scientist for the Disaster Research Center at the University of Delaware. There she worked on COPEWELL, an evidence-based model and collection of tools that address community resilience in the context of disasters.

Earlier in her career, Dr. Gill served as the Program Manager for the Center for Public Health Preparedness (CPHP) at Columbia University’s School of Public Health, National Center for Disaster Preparedness and as the Assistant Director of the Office of Mental Health Disaster Preparedness and Response at the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. She received a MA in Applied Psychology from Teachers College, Columbia University and her PhD in Sociology from the University of Delaware.