Madina Agénor, ScD, MPH

headshot Madina Agenor

Associate Professor, Departments of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Epidemiology and Center for Health Promotion and Health Equity, Brown University School of Public Health

Dr. Madina Agénor ScD, MPH is Associate Professor in the Departments of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Epidemiology and Center for Health Promotion and Health Equity at Brown University School of Public Health. She is also Adjunct Faculty at The Fenway Institute and leads the Sexual Health and Reproductive Experiences (SHARE) Lab at Brown University. As a social epidemiologist and interdisciplinary health equity scholar, Dr. Agénor investigates the structural and social determinants of health inequities using an intersectional lens and mixed-methods research approach. Specifically, she uses quantitative and qualitative research methods to examine how multilevel social, health care, and policy factors shape sexual and reproductive health across and within minoritized sexual orientation, racial/ethnic, and gender identity groups, with a focus on multiply marginalized populations. Dr. Agénor completed postdoctoral research training in cancer prevention equity at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health (Harvard Chan) and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and was Visiting Research Faculty at the Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS at Yale University. She holds a Doctor of Science (ScD) in Social and Behavioral Sciences with a concentration in Women, Gender, and Health from Harvard Chan, a Master of Public Health (MPH) in Sociomedical Sciences from Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, and a bachelor’s degree in Community Health and Gender Studies from Brown University.

Representative Publications

  1. Agénor M, Kay E, Jahn J, Bishop R, Peitzmeier SM, Potter J, Austin SB. Human papillomavirus risk perceptions among young adult sexual minority cisgender women and non-binary assigned female at birth individuals. Perspectives in Sexual and Reproductive Health 2019;51:27-34.
  2. Agénor M, Pérez AE, Peitzmeier SM, Potter J, Borrero S. Human papillomavirus vaccination initiation among sexual orientation identity and racial/ethnic subgroups of black and white U.S. women and girls: An intersectional analysis. Journal of Women’s Health 2018;27:1349-1358.
  3. Agénor M, White Hughto JM, Peitzmeier SM, Potter J, Deutsch MB, Pardee DJ, Reisner SL. Gender identity disparities in Pap test use in a sample of binary and non-binary transmasculine adults. Journal of General Internal Medicine 2018;331015-1017.
  4. Agénor M, Muzny CA, Schick VR, Austin EL, Potter J. Sexual orientation disparities in the utilization of sexual health services in a national probability sample of U.S. women. Preventive Medicine 2017;95:74-81.
  5. Agénor M, Austin SB, Kort D, Austin EL, Muzny CA. Sexual orientation and sexual and reproductive health among African-American sexual minority women in the U.S. South. Women’s Health Issues 2016;26:612-621.
  6. Agénor M, Peitzmeier SM, Gordon AR, Charlton BM, Haneuse S, Potter J, Austin SB. Sexual orientation identity disparities in human papillomavirus vaccination initiation and completion among young adult U.S. women and men. Cancer Causes and Control 2016;27:1187-1196.
  7. Agénor M, Peitzmeier SM, Bernstein I, McDowell M, Alizaga NM, Reisner S, Pardee DJ, Potter J. Perceptions of cervical cancer risk and screening among transmasculine individuals: patient and provider perspectives. Culture, Health & Sexuality 2016;18:1192-1206.
  8. Agénor M, McCauley H, Peitzmeier SM, Gordon AR, Haneuse S, Potter J, Austin SB. Sex of sexual partners and human papillomavirus vaccination among adolescent and young adult women in the United States. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 2016;50:318-327.
  9. Agénor M, Peitzmeier SM, Gordon AR, Haneuse S, Potter J, Austin SB. Sexual orientation identity disparities in awareness and initiation of the human papillomavirus vaccine among U.S. women and girls: a national survey. Annals of Internal Medicine 2015;163:99-106.
  10. Agénor M, Bailey Z, Krieger N, Austin SB, Gottlieb BR. Exploring the health care and cervical cancer screening experiences of black lesbian, bisexual, and queer women: the role of patient-provider communication. Women & Health 2015:55;717-736.

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Twitter: @MadinaAgenor

Contact

madina_agenor@brown.edu