PhD-PHS-SBS

I am an MD/PhD candidate studying how neighborhood contexts perpetuate systemic racism and ableism by shaping child physical, mental, and behavioral health. My aim is to be a pediatrician scientist … Continue reading “Logan Nicole Beyer”

I’ve worked on projects surrounding immigration, stress, and health, cancer inequities in AI/AN populations, and state-level midwifery policy and birth outcomes. Currently, I’m interested structural and political determinants of health, … Continue reading “Laura Chen”

Research/Practice Interests: Social epidemiology; Implementation science; Cancer prevention; Health equity; Community Engagement

Matlin uses population-level data to solve economic and social problems related to health disparities over the life course. His dissertation focuses on quantifying the effects of recent abortion bans and postpartum … Continue reading “Matlin Gilman”

I am interested in refugee health, maternal and child health, reproductive health, substance use, community based participatory research, and mixed methods.

My research aims to generate evidence—using multi-level theoretical frameworks and its application in social and spatial epidemiology—to advance equity-oriented public health scholarship and practice in pursuit of human rights and … Continue reading “Soroush Moallef”

My research focuses on understanding 1) how upstream (e.g., neighborhood, policies) and individual-level (e.g., characteristics) factors could interact to buffer long-term health impact of childhood adversity, and 2) cultural difference … Continue reading “Sakurako S. Okuzono”

My research focuses on social and structural determinants of transgender and nonbinary adolescent mental health disparities, quantitative intersectional methods, and demographic measurement.

I study spatial and social epidemiology, and I aim to spatially analyze the causal relationship between location-based factors and racial health disparities and further research and policy advancement on housing … Continue reading “Taylor J. Robinson”

Research/practice Interests: Social epidemiology; Health equity; Structural determinants of health; Social policies; Quantitative methods; Causal inference.