Assistant Professor
Epidemiology & Biostatistics 212 Adriance Lab Rd. 1266 TAMU College Station, TX 77843-1266 kallgood@tamu.edu Phone: 979.436.9687 Google Scholar Profile
Dr. Kristi Allgood is a trained Social Epidemiologist with more than a decade of field experience working as a Social Epidemiologist at a research institute nested in a safety-net hospital located on the westside of Chicago. Allgood’s field work focused on examining racial and ethnic health disparities in small areas of Chicago, developing and evaluating programs focused on breast cancer, HIV, STIs and hepatitis C and incorporating community health workers/navigators in the hospital as well as in the community. Dr. Allgood’s work in Chicago has strongly influenced her primary research examining the causes of health disparities by focusing on policies and laws that have contributed to poor health outcomes in all phases of life. Dr. Allgood has been working on examining issues such as rural/urban differences in access to care during the COVID-19 pandemic in Michigan and the relationship between social vulnerability and COVID related mobility disability. Finally, Dr. Allgood looks forward to working with and mentoring students.