Person

Jennifer Elizabeth Lord, DVM, MPH, MS, PhD

Assistant Professor | Biomedical and Diagnostic Sciences Department

Specialization: Veterinary Public Health

Overview

Dr. Jennifer Lord is an Assistant Professor of Veterinary Public Health. She obtained her DVM from Tufts University, and her MPH and Master of Statistics from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Dr. Lord obtained her PhD in the UTCVM Comparative and Experimental Medicine program, with a focus in Epidemiology. Dr. Lord’s research focuses on human and animal health applications of quantitative and spatial epidemiologic methods. Much of her research focuses on diabetes-related health disparities and their associations with the living environment and social drivers/determinants of health. She has also performed numerous investigations identifying clinically relevant patterns, trends, and predictors of antimicrobial resistance in bacterial isolates from companion animal and human specimens. 

Research Focus

Health disparities, ambulatory care sensitive conditions, social drivers/determinants of health; patterns and predictors of antimicrobial resistance

Teaching Focus

Dr. Lord primarily works with students in the College’s Comparative and Experimental Medicine (CEM) graduate program where she teaches epidemiology and statistics courses.

Courses
Below are courses taught during the current or past three academic years. Consult Timetable for the most current listing of courses and instructor(s).
CEM 515 - Current Topics in Comparative and Experimental Medicine
1 - 6 credit hours

Specialized experience in comparative and experimental medicine.

Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 12 hours.
Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.

Other Instructors: Sultana, Hameeda | Collar, Elizabeth Marie | Makau, Dennis

CEM 601 - Advanced Epidemiology
3 credit hour(s)

Epidemiological study design, data analysis, and model building. Emphasis placed on using, understanding, and making inferences based on least squares, logistic, Poisson, survival, and mixed models. STATA will be used as the basic computing language for all analyses.

Recommended Background: Graduate-level epidemiology course or statistics course.
Comment(s): Consent of instructor.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.

CEM 615 - Journal Club in Comparative and Experimental Medicine
1 credit hour(s)

Readings and discussions based on current literature.

Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 12 hours.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.

Other Instructors: Gerhold Jr, Richard William | Rajeev, Sree | Smith, Joe

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A201 Veterinary Medical Center
2407 River Drive
Knoxville, TN 37996-4542
Education and Training
  • PhD, Comparative and Experimental Medicine, Univ of Tennessee Knoxville*, 2023
  • MS, Statistics, University of Tennessee, 2023
  • MPH, Veterinary Public Health Concentration, University of Tennessee, 2020
  • DVM, Veterinary Medicine, Tufts University School of Veterinary Medicine, 2015
  • BS, Biology and Environmental Studies, Tufts University, 2011

Jennifer Elizabeth Lord, DVM, MPH, MS, PhD

Assistant Professor | Biomedical and Diagnostic Sciences Department
Picture of Jennifer Elizabeth Lord, DVM, MPH, MS, PhD image
A201 Veterinary Medical Center
2407 River Drive
Knoxville, TN 37996-4542
Education and Training
  • PhD, Comparative and Experimental Medicine, Univ of Tennessee Knoxville*, 2023
  • MS, Statistics, University of Tennessee, 2023
  • MPH, Veterinary Public Health Concentration, University of Tennessee, 2020
  • DVM, Veterinary Medicine, Tufts University School of Veterinary Medicine, 2015
  • BS, Biology and Environmental Studies, Tufts University, 2011
Overview

Dr. Jennifer Lord is an Assistant Professor of Veterinary Public Health. She obtained her DVM from Tufts University, and her MPH and Master of Statistics from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Dr. Lord obtained her PhD in the UTCVM Comparative and Experimental Medicine program, with a focus in Epidemiology. Dr. Lord’s research focuses on human and animal health applications of quantitative and spatial epidemiologic methods. Much of her research focuses on diabetes-related health disparities and their associations with the living environment and social drivers/determinants of health. She has also performed numerous investigations identifying clinically relevant patterns, trends, and predictors of antimicrobial resistance in bacterial isolates from companion animal and human specimens. 

Research Focus

Health disparities, ambulatory care sensitive conditions, social drivers/determinants of health; patterns and predictors of antimicrobial resistance

Teaching Focus

Dr. Lord primarily works with students in the College’s Comparative and Experimental Medicine (CEM) graduate program where she teaches epidemiology and statistics courses.

Courses
Below are courses taught during the current or past three academic years. Consult Timetable for the most current listing of courses and instructor(s).
CEM 515 - Current Topics in Comparative and Experimental Medicine
1 - 6 credit hours

Specialized experience in comparative and experimental medicine.

Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 12 hours.
Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.

Other Instructors: Sultana, Hameeda | Collar, Elizabeth Marie | Makau, Dennis

CEM 601 - Advanced Epidemiology
3 credit hour(s)

Epidemiological study design, data analysis, and model building. Emphasis placed on using, understanding, and making inferences based on least squares, logistic, Poisson, survival, and mixed models. STATA will be used as the basic computing language for all analyses.

Recommended Background: Graduate-level epidemiology course or statistics course.
Comment(s): Consent of instructor.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.

CEM 615 - Journal Club in Comparative and Experimental Medicine
1 credit hour(s)

Readings and discussions based on current literature.

Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 12 hours.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.

Other Instructors: Gerhold Jr, Richard William | Rajeev, Sree | Smith, Joe