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Baylor ISR exists to initiate, support, and conduct research on religion, involving scholars and projects spanning the intellectual spectrum.

 Featured Scholar

Meet the acclaimed scholars of Baylor Institute for Studies of Religion

Meet Jeff Levin

University Professor of Epidemiology and Population Health
Professor of Medical Humanities
Director, Program on Religion and Population Health (PRPH)

Dr. Jeff Levin, an epidemiologist by training, holds a distinguished chair at Baylor University, where he is University Professor of Epidemiology and Population Health, Professor of Medical Humanities, and Director of the Program on Religion and Population Health at the Institute for Studies of Religion. He also serves as Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Duke University School of Medicine, and as an Affiliated Member of the Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy at Baylor College of Medicine.