Dr. Jeff Levin
University Professor of Epidemiology and Population Health
Baylor University
Waco, TX, United States
Biography
Dr. Jeff Levin, an epidemiologist and religious scholar, holds a distinguished chair at Baylor University, where he is University Professor of Epidemiology and Population Health, Professor of Medical Humanities, and Director of the Program on Religion and Population Health at the Institute for Studies of Religion. He also serves as Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Duke University School of Medicine, and as an Affiliated Member of the Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy at Baylor College of Medicine. He is a member of the Society for Epidemiologic Research, the International Epidemiological Association, the American College of Epidemiology, and the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, and is a fellow of the Gerontological Society of America and the International Society for Science and Religion.
Dr. Levin received a Ph.D. in Preventive Medicine and Community Health from the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at the University of Texas Medical Branch, in 1987. He was the first scientist ever funded by the U.S. National Institutes of Health to conduct empirical research on religion and health, and has authored or co-authored over 230 scholarly publications, mostly on the instrumental functions of religion for physical and mental health, general well-being, and aging. He has written or edited 11 books, most recently Religion and Medicine: A History of the Encounter Between Humanity’s Two Greatest Institutions (Oxford, 2020). His current work is focused on three subjects: (a) social and epidemiologic research on religion and population health, (b) theories of healing and the work of healers, and (c) the role of faith-based initiatives in public health and healthcare policy.
Honoraria Titles
Major Prizes
Religion, Philosophy & History Interests
Judaism
Science & Technology Interests
Medicine & Health
Website
http://www.baylorisr.org/about-baylorisr/distinguished-professors/jeff-levin
Publications
Religion and Medicine: A History of the Encounter Between Humanity's Two Greatest Institutions
Oxford University Press 2020
Religion and the Social Sciences: Basic and Applied Research Perspectives
Templeton Press 2018
Judaism and Health: A Handbook of Practical, Professional and Scholarly Resources
Jewish Lights Publishing 2015
Co-authors: Michele F. Prince
Upon These Three Things: Jewish Perspectives on Loving God
ISR Books 2014
Healing to All Their Flesh: Jewish & Christian Perspectives on Spirituality, Theology, & Health
Templeton Press 2012
Co-authors: Keith G. Meador
Divine Love: Perspectives from the World's Religious Traditions
Templeton Press 2010
Co-authors: Stephen G. Post
Faith, Medicine, and Science: A Festschrift In Honor of Dr. David B. Larson
Haworth Pastoral Press 2005
Co-authors: Harold G. Koenig
God, Faith, and Health: Exploring the Spirituality-Healing Connection
John Wiley & Sons 2001
Religion in Aging and Health: Theoretical Foundations and Methodological Frontiers
Sage Publications 1994
