Biography
Patricia (Trish) Homan, Ph.D., earned her doctorate in Sociology from Duke University in 2018. Dr. Homan is an Associate Professor of Sociology and Director of Research and Strategic Initiatives for the Public Health Program at Florida State University. Her work has been published in American Sociological Review, Demography, American Journal of Public Health, The Milbank Quarterly, Health Affairs, Social Forces, Social Science & Medicine, Journal of Health and Social Behavior, The Gerontologist, and The Journals of Gerontology: Series B, among other outlets. Her research has won multiple national awards including the 2024 Milbank Quarterly Early Career Award in Population Health, 2022 NIH Matilda White Riley Early-Stage Investigator Award, 2021 ASA Distinguished Article Award, and the 2019 Roberta G. Simmons Outstanding Dissertation Award from the ASA Medical Sociology Section.
Education
PhD, Sociology
Duke University, 2018
Master of Arts, Sociology
Duke University 2016
Bachelor of Arts, Sociology
Princeton University, 2005
