Jermane Bond, Ph.D.

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Dr. Jermane Bond, Research Associate

Jermane Bond is currently a Research Associate in the Health Policy Institute at the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies and Adjunct Professor in the School of Education, Teaching and Health at American University.  His research interests include paternal involvement in pregnancy outcomes, preterm birth and infant mortality, cardiovascular disease epidemiology, environmental epidemiology, and complications of diabetes in pregnancy.  Dr. Bond has a wealth of knowledge and experience in both clinical and academic research.  Recently, with funding from the Office of Minority Health he formed the Commission on Paternal Involvement in Pregnancy Outcomes to improve paternal involvement in pregnancy and family health by reframing debates and informing research, policy and practice to support greater involvement of expectant fathers in pregnancy.  Dr. Bond is currently Vice President of the Board of Directors at the Family Health and Birth Center in the District of Columbia.  He received a Bachelor of Arts from Morehouse College, a Master of Arts from Fisk University and a Ph.D. from Howard University where he was the recipient of the Frederick Douglas Doctoral Scholars Fellowship.  The title of his Dissertation was: Social Factors, Human Capital and the Mediating Effects of Paternal Involvement in Pregnancy Outcomes.  He currently lives in the District of Columbia with his wife and two daughters.

For information on the Commission on Paternal Involvement in Pregnancy Outcomes (CPIPO), click here.