Our Team
Our Leadership
Danielle Bessett
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Professor
Department of Sociology and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Affiliate
University of Cincinnati
Alison Norris
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Associate Professor
Division of Epidemiology and Division of Infectious Diseases
The Ohio State University
Our Researchers
Aalap Bommaraju
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PhD Student
Department of Sociology
University of Cincinnati
Thembi Carr
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Cincinnati-Based Independent Consultant
John Casterline
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Lazarus Professor
Department of Sociology
The Ohio State University
Cynthia Colen
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Associate Professor
Department of Sociology
The Ohio State University
Lisa Frazier
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Research Specialist
Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Evaluation Studies
The Ohio State University
Maria Gallo
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Professor
Division of Epidemiology
The Ohio State University
Jennifer Glaser
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Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies
Department of English
University of Cincinnati
Priya Gursahaney
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Associate Professor
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
University of Cincinnati
Sarah Hayford
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Professor
Department of Sociology
The Ohio State University
Rudy Hightower II
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Senior Lecturer
College of Social Work
The Ohio State University
Jessie Hill
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Associate Dean for Research and Faculty Development and Judge Ben C. Green Professor of Law
School of Law
Case Western Reserve University
Ayaz Hyder
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Assistant Professor
Division of Environmental Health Sciences
The Ohio State University
Lisa Keder
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Vice Chair and Professor
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
The Ohio State University
Courtney Kerestes
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Assistant Professor
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
The Ohio State University
Michelle McGowan
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Research Professor
Division of General and Community Pediatrics and Department of Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center and University of Cincinnati
Saira Nawaz
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Research Evaluator
Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Evaluation Studies
The Ohio State University
Abby Norris Turner
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Professor
Division of Infectious Diseases and Division of Epidemiology
The Ohio State University
Carolette Norwood
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Professor
Department of Sociology and Criminology
Howard University
Tamika Odum
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Associate Professor
Department of Behavioral Science
University of Cincinnati
Meredith Pensak
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Assistant Professor
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
University of Cincinnati
Katherine Rivlin
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Associate Professor
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
The Ohio State University
Mikaela Smith
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Research Scientist
College of Public Health
The Ohio State University
Program Staff
Sarah CM Crow
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Senior Research Communications Associate
College of Public Health
The Ohio State University
Hillary Gyuras
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Senior Research Associate
Department of Sociology
University of Cincinnati
Amanda Harvey
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Research Coordinator
College of Public Health
The Ohio State University
Bridget V. Kearney
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Senior Research Associate
University of Cincinnati
Stef Murawsky, PhD
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Policy and Program Director
Department of Sociology
University of Cincinnati
Trainees
Kayla Alvis
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PhD student
Rural Sociology
The Ohio State University
Cynthia Beavin
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PhD Student
Department of Sociology
University of Cincinnati
Sarah Bostic
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PhD Student
Department of Sociology
University of Cincinnati
Jeremy Brenner-Levoy
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PhD Student
Department of Sociology
University of Cincinnati
Molly Broscoe
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Ph.D. Student
Department of Sociology
University of Cincinnati
Payal Chakraborty
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PhD Student
Division of Epidemiology
The Ohio State University
Danielle Czarnecki
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Postdoctoral Researcher
Department of Sociology
University of Cincinnati
Willa Del Negro Skeehan
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Graduate Student
College of Public Health
The Ohio State University
Victoria El-Hayek
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MD Student
College of Medicine
The Ohio State University
Cassie Forsha
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Professional Writing Intern
Department of English
The Ohio State University
Jacob Kepes
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MA/Ph.D. Student
Department of Sociology
The Ohio State University
Emily Kim
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M.D. Student
College of Medicine
University of Cincinnati
Lydia Kotowski
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JD/MHA Student
College of Public Health
The Ohio State University
Kaiting Lang
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PhD Student
Division of Epidemiology
The Ohio State University
Annie McGhee
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PhD Student
Department of Sociology
University of Cincinnati
Kelsey Mello
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M.A. Student
Department of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
University of Cincinnati
Lexi Moran
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Professional Writing Intern
School of Communication
The Ohio State University
Zoe Muzyczka
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Ph.D. Student
Department of Sociology
University of Cincinnati
Rosa Negash
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Graduate Student
College of Public Health
The Ohio State University
Emily Neiman
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PhD student and Clinical Instructor of Practice
College of Nursing
The Ohio State University
Hannah Piscalko
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PhD Student
College of Public Health
The Ohio State University
Shreekari Tadepalli
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M.D. Student
College of Medicine
Ohio State University
Taylor Tomu
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PhD Student
Department of Anthropology
The Ohio State University