Welcome to the Maternal and Reproductive Health Equity (MRHE) Research Lab at the University of Texas at Arlington!
I am an associate professor in the Department of Kinesiology Public Health Program and the Director of the MRHE Lab. I earned my BA in Psychology from Spelman College (2006-2010) and earned a MA and PhD in Community Psychology from Wichita State University (2010-2014). After my graduate training, I completed a postdoctoral fellowship at an academic-public health partnership through Sedgwick County Health Department and University of Kansas School of Medicine-Wichita. Prior to joining UTA, I worked in nonprofit and governmental public health settings and provided research supervision and training to students and early-career scholars. In 2018, when I joined faculty, my research lab found a home at UTA!
My program of research focuses on the following areas:
- Investigating maternal, sexual, and reproductive health issues among racially and socially marginalized communities.
- Investigating multilevel factors that influence cardiometabolic health among women of color across the lifecourse, specifically during the preconception period.
- Exploring maternal and reproductive care quality and experiences of racially minoritized women and gender expansive communities.
- Applying complex systems science approaches to investigate reproductive health inequities and identify solutions.
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