Professor Anna Zajacova is situated in the Department of Sociology at Western University. Her research specializes in social demography, population health, and chronic pain, focusing on the social determinants of health and aging. She works to clarify how educational attainment and socioeconomic status influence health outcomes and disability across the life course. Having earned a Doctor of Philosophy from Princeton University, she is an affiliate of the Bone and Joint Institute. She teaches courses on quantitative research methods and supervises graduate researchers in the field of sociology of health, and she is currently available for doctoral mentorship and student inquiries regarding demographic trends.