Dana Garbarski

Dana Garbarski is an Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology and Director of the University Core Curriculum at Loyola University Chicago. As a sociologist, Dana’s research goals are to examine and inform the valid and reliable collection of survey data on health and well-being, with an intersectional focus on dimensions of race/ethnicity, gender, socioeconomic status, and sexuality. Her methodological focus is on survey methodology, as surveys are a core methodology through which social, behavioral, and medical researchers learn about the health and well-being of populations. Her work has been published in several journals in the fields of sociology, public opinion, survey research, and health. Dana is co-PI of the Cook County Community Survey, a collaborative effort that brings together faculty, graduate students, and undergraduate students to shed new light on the attitudes and behaviors of residents of Cook County.

Dr. Garbarski received her PhD in Sociology and her MS in Population Health Sciences from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She also completed a postdoctoral research position in the Health Disparities Research Scholars program in the Center for Women's Health and Health Disparities Research at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.