Timothy Mackey

Tim Mackey is a professor of global health in the Global Health Program at UC San Diego in the Department of Anthropology, the director of the Global Health Policy and Data Institute, and the editor-in-chief of JMIR Infodemiology. He is also the CEO and co-founder of the data science and research services company S-3 Research, currently funded by the National Institutes of Health and through other government and private sector contracts. He holds a BA in political science-international relations, a master’s degree in health policy & law and also earned his Ph.D. in global public health from the joint doctoral program at UC San Diego – San Diego State University.  Mackey’s work has been featured in high-impact journals such as Science, JAMA, Nature Biotechnology, the Lancet, Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology, Clinical Microbiology Reviews, and BMC Medicine. His research and expertise have also been featured in major news outlets such as CNN, NPR, and the Wall Street Journal. His work focuses on an array of multidisciplinary topics in domestic and global public health. He also has extensive professional experience including over 10 years experience in the private sector and acting as a consultant for the World Health Organization, the US Department of State and others.