Daleniece Higgins Jone

 

Dr. Daleniece Higgins Jones is a molecular epidemiologist with research interests in microbial food safety epidemiology and environmental health disparities. Dr. Jones received her Ph.D. in Epidemiology from the University of Memphis School of Public Health (SPH) in 2019 and completed her postdoctoral training with SPH faculty Dr. Chunrong Jia in 2021. She was active in research during her doctoral study and worked on several projects including laboratory molecular diagnostics of foodborne pathogens, drinking water safety in Haiti, safe and healthy environments in early childhood learning centers, and social and racial disparities in soil heavy metal exposures. In 2021, she became a tenure-track Assistant Professor of Public Health in the Department of Public Health at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville and has been continuously active in research.