Our Team - Brianna Smith

Brianna Smith

PhD Student | The Ohio State University

Smith is a licensed social worker and PhD student at The Ohio State University College of Social Work. She received her Bachelor of Science in Social Work and Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Miami University, and her Master of Social Work from The Ohio State University. Smith is interested in reproductive justice, with a research focus on maternal health disparities amongst Black women and birthing persons, and the role of racism, health knowledge, and structural determinants of health. In her research, Smith is interested in community engaged research that centers the perspectives and lived realities of Black women. Smith is a research assistant contributing to OPEN’s Ohio Survey of Women project.