Kenworthy, Nora

CSDE Research Affiliate

Nora Kenworthy

Professor, Nursing and Health Studies - UW Bothell; Adjunct Professor, Global Health; Adjunct Professor, Anthropology - University of Washington.
University of Washington
Tel: 425-352-3621 Box: 358532
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CSDE Research Areas:

Health of People and Populations
Wellbeing of Families and Households

In the News:

Kenworthy Announced as 2025 Andrew Carnegie Fellow (04/25/2025)
Author Meets Critics - Crowded Out: The Costs and Consequences of Crowdfunding Healthcare – Dr. Nora Kenworthy (10/03/2024)
Kenworthy Authors New Book on the True Cost of Crowdfunding Healthcare (05/10/2024)
Kenworthy Publishes on Crowdfunding Motivations and Outcomes During COVID-19 Pandemic (11/03/2022)
New Research from Kenworthy & Igra Explores Medical Crowdfunding and Income Inequality (02/04/2022)
Igra and Kenworthy's Study on Crowdfunding and COVID-19 Makes News! (06/25/2021)
CSDE Welcome Four More Faculty and Regional Affiliates! (03/02/2021)

Nora Kenworthy is a Professor in the School of Nursing and Health Studies at the University of Washington, Bothell, and Adjunct Professor in the Departments of Global Health and Anthropology. At UW Bothell, she coordinates the undergraduate Minor in Global Health. Her research explores the politics of global health governance, the sociopolitical impacts of HIV initiatives in southern Africa, and the changing roles of philanthrocapitalism and corporations in shaping global health programming. Kenworthy is the author of Mistreated: The Political Consequences of the Fight Against AIDS in Lesotho (2017, Vanderbilt University Press). She received her PhD and MA from Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health, and her BA from Williams College.