Assistant Professor of Health Equity & Public Policy
Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Dr. William Lodge II is an Assistant Professor of Health Equity and Public Policy at Cornell University’s Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy. He is also a Visiting Faculty Fellow at Yale University’s Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS.
Dr. Lodge’s research has been supported by a diverse portfolio of funding sources, including the NIH National Institute on Drug Abuse and institutional awards such as the Cornell Center for Health Equity at Cornell University and the Saxena Center for Contemporary South Asia at Brown University. His studies have been published in prestigious journals, including the American Journal of Public Health, the International Journal of Transgender Health, and the International Journal of Drug Policy.
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At Cornell, Dr. Lodge teaches courses in global health, LGBTQ+ health policy, and structural determinants of health, and he frequently guest lectures on topics related to syndemics and intersectionality. Dr. Lodge has contributed to global health research at Harvard Medical School and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, including studies on surgical quality in Tanzania, polio vaccine acceptance in Somalia and Afghanistan, and the cost-effectiveness of immunization programs in India. He is dedicated to conducting community-engaged, policy-relevant research that promotes structural health equity across diverse global contexts.
Affiliations​
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2025 – Present
Visiting Faculty Fellow, Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS (CIRA),
Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, CT, USA ​
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2024 – Present
Assistant Professor of Health Equity & Public Policy,
Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
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Faculty Affiliations:
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DISCERN Collaborative | Research Fellow (2025 - Present)
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South Asia Program | Einaudi Center for International Studies, Cornell University (2024 - Present)
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Cornell Health Policy Center | Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy, Cornell University (2024 - Present)
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Cornell Center for Health Equity | Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy & Weill Cornell Medicine (2024 - Present)
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Action Research Collaborative | Cornell University (2024 - Present)
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Education
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2019 – 2024
Brown School of Public Health, Brown University, Providence, RI
PhD, Behavioral and Social Health Sciences
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2013 – 2014
Graduate School of Education, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
MSc, International Educational Development
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2009 – 2013
Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
BA, English Literature and South Asian Studies
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2012
School of Language, Literature and Culture Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India
Graduate Courses in Post-colonial Theory
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