Jermane Bond, Ph.D. is currently a Research Associate in the Health Policy Institute at the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies.  His research interests include paternal involvement in pregnancy outcomes, men’s preconception health and care, preterm birth, infant mortality, and men’s reproductive health.

With funding from the Office of Minority Health in the Department of Health and Human Services, Dr. Bond recently formed and currently directs the Commission on Paternal Involvement in Pregnancy Outcomes, (a transdisciplinary working group of social scientist and public health professionals) to raise awareness for the importance of paternal involvement in pregnancy and family health by reframing debates, informing research, policy and practice to support greater involvement of expectant fathers in pregnancy.  

Dr. Bond is also Vice President of the Board of Directors at the Family Health and Birth Center in the District of Columbia, a member of the American College of Epidemiology and has been recently appointed to serve on the Editorial Board of the American Journal of Public Health.  

He received a B.A. from Morehouse College, and a Ph.D. from Howard University.  

Dr. Bond lives in the District of Columbia with his wife and three children.

Dr. Bond is also a Joint Center subject matter expert. Details on his areas of expertise can be viewed here.