Anu Manchikanti Gómez

• Abundant Birth Project Evaluation
• Identifying person-centered contraceptive need to advance contraceptive access
• San Francisco community doula care evaluation

2022 I Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Equity Award

2021 I Charles E. Gibbs Leadership Prize for Best Paper Published in Women’s Health Issues, 2021

2021 I Chancellor's Award for Research in the Public Interest, University of California, Berkeley

2018-2021 I Interdisciplinary Research Leadership Fellowship, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

2018 I RISE Leader, Gender Equity Resource Center, University of California, Berkeley

2017 I Outstanding Young Professional Award, Sexual and Reproductive Health Section, American Public Health Association

2017 I Winner, 120 Under 40: The New Generation of Family Planning Leaders, Bill & Melinda Gates Institute for Population and Reproductive Health, Johns Hopkins University

2017-2018 I Faculty Award, Institute on Research on Labor and Education, University of California, Berkeley

2016 I 2nd Place, Top Poster Abstract, North American Forum on Family Planning

2011-2014 I NIH Health Disparities Loan Repayment Program Recipient, National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities

2012 I Fellow, Advanced Training Institute on Health Behavior Theory, National Institutes of Health

2012 I Facilitating Research and Creative Work through Intensive Methodological Training Award, Office of Research and Sponsored Programs, San Francisco State University

2009-2010 I Jessie Ball DuPont Dissertation Fellowship for Adolescent Research, Royster Society of Fellows, The Graduate School, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2009-2010

2009 I Conference Travel Award, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

2008 I Winner, Center for Global Initiatives International Photography Competition, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

2008 I Summer Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship for Brazilian Portuguese, Institute for the Study of the Americas, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

2007-2008 I Academic Year Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship for Brazilian Portuguese,
Institute for the Study of the Americas, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

2007 I Doris Buffett Scholarship for the Prevention of Violence Against Women, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

2007 I John and Sallie Shuping Russell Scholarship in Global Health, Department of Maternal and Child Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

2005-2006 I Global Health Fellowship, Family Health International, Research Triangle Park, NC

2001 I Kaiser Family Foundation Media Internship in Health Reporting

2000 I 3rd Place, South Asian Journalists Association Annual Writing Competition

1999 I Dow Jones News Fund Business Reporting Program

• How Police Killings Might Be Affecting Preterm Birth (Slate 03 30 21; references http://doi.org/10.1097/EDE.0000000000001044 
• Anu Manchikanti Gómez is Working to Ensure Equity in Women's Health (Arnold Ventures 03 29 21)
• How the Pandemic Will Affect America’s Population (quoted) (The Atlantic 07 23 20)
• Anu Manchikanti Gómez conducts research to advance reproductive self-determination (05 15 20)
• Pharmacies now can offer birth control to women without a prescription, but few do (Quoted) (Los Angeles Times)
• Few California pharmacists prescribing birth control (Quoted)(Reuters Health)
• Few California pharmacies prescribe birth control despite new law, study finds (Quoted) (Daily Californian)
• Long-Acting Contraception Makes Teen Pregnancy Rates Plummet. So Why Are Some Women Still Skeptical? (Quoted) (The Nation)
• Weighing the Sheen effect: How worried are women about HIV these days? (Quoted) (New York Times 12.18.15)

Peer Reviewed Publications 

Gómez W*, Gómez AM, Solis S, Dimonte C, Organista K. “Assessing Multi-level Barriers and Facilitators to PrEP Access among Latinx Sexual and Gender Minorities.” In Press, Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40615-024-01948-8

Marshall C, Nguyen A, Arteaga S*, Hubbard E*, Armstead M, Peprah-Wilson S, Britt S, McLemore M, Gómez AM. (In Press). “Building Capacity for Research on Community Doula Care: A Stakeholder-Engaged Process in California.” Maternal and Child Health Journal. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10995-023-03883-2

Gómez AM, Bennett AH*, Arcara J*, Stern L, Bardwell J, Cadena D, Chaudhri A, Davis L, Dehlendorf C, Frederiksen B, Labiran C, McDonald-Mosley, Rice WS, Stein T, Valladares ES, Kavanaugh M, Marshall C. (2024). “Estimates of Use of Preferred Contraceptive Method in the United States: A
April 2024 2Population-Based Study.” Lancet Regional Health-Americas 30(100662). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lana.2023.100662 

Karasek D*, Batra A, Baer R, Chambers B, Feuer S, Fuchs J, Gómez AM, Kuppermann M, Prather A, Pantell M, Rogers E, Snowden JM, Torres J, Rand L, Jelliffe-Pawlowski LL, Hamad R. (2023). “Estimate the Effect of Timing of Earned Income Tax Credit Refunds on Perinatal Outcomes: A Quasi-Experimental Study of California Births.” BMC Public Health 23(2180). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-023-16920-0

Hubbard E*, Gómez AM, Marshall CJ. (2023). “The Association of Doula Support and Patient Experiences with Hospital Staff During Birth in a Sample of California Women.” Birth 50(3): 546-556. http://doi.org/10.1111/birt.12677

Pleasants E*, Ryan J*, Ren C*, Prata N, Gómez AM, Marshall CJ. (2023). “Exploring Language Used in Posts on r/birthcontrol: A Case Study Using Data from Reddit Posts and Natural Language Processing to Advance Contraception Research.” Journal of Medical Internet Research 25(e46342):1-13. http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/46342

Ragosta S, Berry J, Mahanaimy M, Fix L, Gómez AM, Obedin-Maliver J, Moseson H. (2023). “Community-Generated Solutions to Cancer Inequity: Recommendations from Transgender, Nonbinary, and Intersex People on Improving Cancer Screening and Care.” BMJ Oncology 2: e000014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjonc-2022-000014

Nguyen A, Arteaga S*, Mystic M, Cuentos A, Armstead M, Arcara J, Jackson A, Marshall CJ, Gómez AM. (2023). “Supporting Birthing People and Supporting Doulas: The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on a Community-Based Doula Organization in San Francisco.” Health Equity 7(1): 356-363. https://doi.org/10.1089/heq.2022.0194

Bennett AB*, Marshall CJ, Kimport K, Deardorff J, Gómez AM. (2023). “’Have You Ever Wanted or Needed an Abortion You Did Not Get?’ Data from a 2022 Nationally-Representative Online Survey. Contraception 123:110007. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.contraception.2023.110007

Reed R*, Nguyen A, Cuentos A, Armstead M, Mystic M, Arcara J, Jackson A, Marshall CJ, Gómez AM. (2023). “'An Extra Layer of Pressure to Be My Best Self ': Healthcare Provider Perspectives on How Doulas Foster Accountability and Bridge Gaps in Pregnancy-Related Care.” SSM - Qualitative Research in Health 3(23):100259. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmqr.2023.100259

Arteaga S, Hubbard E, Arcara J, Cuentos A, Armstead M, Jackson A, Gómez AM, Marshall CJ. (2023). “They’re Gonna Be There to Advocate for Me, So I’m Not by Myself”: A Qualitative Analysis of Black Women’s Motivations for Seeking and Experiences with Community Doula Care.” Women and Birth 36(3): 257-263. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wombi.2022.08.007

Arcara J*, Cuentos A, Abdallah A, Armstead M, Jackson A, Marshall C, Gómez AM. (2023). “What, When, and How Long? Doula Time Use in a Community Doula Program in San Francisco, California.” Women’s Health 19:1-10. https://doi.org/10.1177/17455057231155302

Gómez AM, Rafie S, Garner-Ford E, Arcara J*, Arteaga S, Britter M*, De La Cruz M*, Gleaton SK*, Gomez-Vidal C*, Luna B*, Ortiz C*, Rivera MC, Schuman L*, Watanabe M*, Logan R*. (2022). “Community Perspectives on Pharmacist-Prescribed Hormonal Contraception in Rural California.” Contraception 114:10-17. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.contraception.2022.05.013
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Torres J*, Alcala E, Shaver A, Collin DF, Franck LS, Gómez AM, Karasek D, Nidey N, Hotard M, Hamad R, Pacheco-Werner T. (2022). “The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Program and Birth Outcomes in California: A Quasi-Experimental Study.” BMC Public Health. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-022-13846-x

Congdon JL, Baer RJ, Arcara J, Feuer SK, Karasek D, Gómez AM, Oltman S, Ryckman K, Jelliffe-Pawlowski L. (2022). “Interpregnancy Interval and Birth Outcomes: A Propensity Matching Study in the California Population.” Maternal and Child Health Journal 26(5):1115-1125. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10995-022-03388-4

Marshall CJ, Arteaga S, Arcara J*, Cuentos A, Armstead M, Jackson A, Gómez AM. (2022). “Barriers and Facilitators to the Implementation of a Community Doula Program for Black and Pacific Islander Pregnant People in San Francisco: Findings from a Partnered Process Evaluation.” Maternal and Child Health Journal 26(4):872–888. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10995-022-03373-x

Arcara J*, Caton L*, Gómez AM. (2022). "Desire, Acceptability, and Expected Resolution: A Latent Class Analysis to Expand Understanding of Current Orientation Towards Pregnancy in the United States." Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health 54(1):13-23. http://doi.org/10.1363/psrh.12187

Brignone L*, Gómez AM. (2022). “Access to Domestic Violence Advocacy by Race, Ethnicity and Gender: The Impact of a Digital Warm Handoff from the Emergency Department.” PLOS One 17(3): e0264814. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0264814

Hayes, C*, Gómez AM. (2022). “Alignment of Abolition Medicine with Reproductive Justice. AMA Journal of Ethics 24(3):E188-193. 

Gómez AM, Arteaga S, Marshall CJ, Cuentos A, Armstead M, Mehra R*, Logan R*, Arcara J*, Jackson A. (2021). “’My 9 to 5 Job is Birth Work’: A Case Study of Two Compensation Approaches for Community Doula Care. International Journal of Environmental and Public Health 18(20), 10817. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182010817

Gómez AM, Arteaga S, Freihart B*. (2021). "Structural Inequity and Pregnancy Desires in Emerging Adulthood.” Archives of Sexual Behavior 50(6), 2447-2458. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-020-01854-0

Karasek D, Baer RJ, McLemore MR, Bell AJ, Blebu BE, Casey JA, Coleman-Phox K, Costello JM, Felder JN, Flowers E, Fuchs JD, Gómez AM, Karvonen K, Kuppermann M, Liang L, McKenzie-Sampson S, McCulloch CE, Oltman SP, Pantell MS, Piao X, Prather AA, Schmidt RJ, Scott KA,
Spellen S, Stookey JD, Tesfalul M, Rand L, Jelliffe-Pawlowski LL. (2021). The Association of COVID-19 Infection in Pregnancy with Preterm Birth: A Retrospective Cohort Study in California. The Lancet Regional Health – Americas 2(100027):1-8. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lana.2021.100027 

Gomez-Vidal C*, Gómez AM. (2021). “Invisible and Unequal: Unincorporated Community Status as a Structural Determinant of Health.” Social Science & Medicine 114292. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2021.114292

Goin DE*, Gómez AM, Farkas K, Zimmerman S, Matthay E, Karasek D*, Chambers B, Jackson A, Ahern J. (2021). “Occurrence of Fatal Police Violence During Pregnancy and Hazard of Preterm Birth in California.” Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology 35 (4):469–478. https://doi.org/10.1111/ppe.12753

Gómez AM, Hooker N*, Olip-Booth R*, Woerner P*, Ratliff GA*. (2021). “It’s Being Compassionate, Not Making Assumptions”: Transgender and Nonbinary Young Adults’ Experiences of “Women’s” Healthcare Settings. Women’s Health Issues 31(4): 324-331. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.whi.2021.02.008
Selected as Best Manuscript Published in Women’s Health Issues, 2021
 
Ross KM*, Oltman S, Baer R, Altman M, Flowers E, Feuer S, Gómez AM, Jelliffe-Pawlowski L. (2021). Socioeconomic Status, Diabetes and Gestation Length in Native American and White women. Health Psychology 40(6), 380–387. https://doi.org/10.1037/hea0001072

Dehlendorf C, Akers A, Borrero S, Callegari LS, Cadena D, Gómez AM, Hart J, Jiminez L, Kuppermann M, Lu MC, Malin K, Simpson M, Verbiest S, Yeung M, Crear-Perry J. (2021). Evolving the Preconception Health Framework: A Call for Reproductive and Sexual Health Equity. Obstetrics & Gynecology 137(2): 234-239. http://doi.org/10.1097/AOG.0000000000004255

Arcara J*, Arteaga S, Burny I*, Gómez AM. (2021). “Changes in Expectation of Relationship Permanence, Pregnancy Acceptability and Desire, and Contraceptive Use Over Time Among Young Latino/a Women and Men: An Exploratory Analysis.” Contraception 103(1): 19-25. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.contraception.2020.09.006

Gómez AM, Downey MM*, Carpenter E*, Leedham U*, Begun S, Craddock J, Ely GE. (2020). “Advancing Reproductive Justice to Close the Health Gap: A Call to Action for Social Work.” Social Work 65(4): 358-367. https://doi.org/10.1093/sw/swaa034

Gómez AM, Đỗ TH*, Ratliff GA*, Crego PI*, Hastings, J. (2020). “Contraceptive Beliefs, Needs and Care Experiences Among Transgender and Nonbinary Young Adults.” Journal of Adolescent Health 67(4):597-602. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2020.03.003

Goin DE*, Rudolph K, Gómez AM, Ahern J. (2020). “Firearm Violence and Preterm Birth: Evidence of Stochastic Mediation by Pregnancy Complications and Health Behaviors.” American Journal of Epidemiology 189(8): 820-831. https://doi.org/10.1093/aje/kwaa046

Arteaga S, Downey MM*, Freihart B*, Gómez AM. (2020). “’We Kind of Met In-Between’: A Qualitative Analysis of Young Couples’ Relationship Dynamics and Formation of Pregnancy Intentions.” Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health 52(2). https://doi.org/10.1363/psrh.12136

Chambers, BD*, Arabia, SA, Arega HA, Altman MR, Berkowitz R, Feuer SK, Franck LS, Gómez AM, Kober K, Pacheco-Werner T, Paynter RA, Prather AA, Spellen SA, Stanley D, Jelliffe-Pawlowski LL, McLemore MR. (2020). “Exposures to Structural Racism and Racial Discrimination among Pregnant and Early Postpartum Black Women Living in Oakland, California.” Stress and Health 36(2): 213-219. https://doi.org/10.1002/smi.2922

Gómez AM, Arteaga S, Aronson N*, Goodkind M*, Houston L*, West E*. (2020). “No Perfect Method: Exploring How Past Contraceptive Experiences Influence Current Attitudes Toward Intrauterine Devices.” Archives of Sexual Behavior 49(4): 1367–1378. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-019-1424-7

Rodriguez AR*, Arcara J*, Deardoff J, Gómez AM. (2020). "The Association between Religiosity and Pregnancy Acceptability among Latino/a Young Adults: Does Generational Status Matter?” Culture, Health and Sexuality 22(2): 184-200. https://doi.org/10.1080/13691058.2019.1581260

Gómez AM, McCullough C, Fadda R*, Ganguly B*, Gustafson E*, Severson N*, Tomlitz J*. (2020). "Facilitators and Barriers to Implementing Pharmacist-Prescribed Hormonal Contraception: A Qualitative Study with Independent Pharmacists in California." Women & Health 60(3): 249-259. https://doi.org/10.1080/03630242.2019.1635561

Pantell M, Baer R, Torres J, Felder J, Gómez AM, Chambers B, Dunn J, Parikh N, Pacheco-Warner T, Rogers E, Feuer S, Ryckman K, Novak N, Dina KT, Rand L, Jelliffe-Pawlowski L. (2019). “Associations between Unstable Housing, Obstetric Outcomes, and Perinatal Health Care Utilization.” American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology Maternal Fetal Medicine 1(4). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajogmf.2019.100053

Goin DE*, Gómez AM, Farkas K, Zimmerman S, Matthay E, Ahern J. (2019). “Exposure to Community Homicide During Pregnancy and Adverse Birth Outcomes: A Within-Community Matched Design.” Epidemiology 30(5):713–722. http://doi.org/10.1097/EDE.0000000000001044

Mann ES, White A*, Rogers P*, Gómez AM. (2019). “Patients’ Experiences with South Carolina’s Immediate Postpartum Long-Acting Reversible Contraception Medicaid Policy.” Contraception 100(2): 165-171. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.contraception.2019.04.007

Gómez AM, Arteaga S, Ingraham N, Arcara J*. (2019). “Medical Conditions, Pregnancy Perspectives, and Contraceptive Decision-Making among Young People: An Exploratory, Qualitative Analysis.” Contraception 100(1): 72-78. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.contraception.2019.03.046

Lyons S*, Arcara J*, Deardorff J, Gómez AM. (2019). "Financial Strain and Contraceptive Use in the United States: Differential Effects by Age.” Women’s Health Issues 29(2): 153-160. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.whi.2018.12.006

Neilands TB, Chakravarty D, Dworkin SL, Campbell CK*, Wilson PA, Gómez AM, Grisham KK, Hoff CC. (2019). "Development and Validation of the Power Imbalance in Couples Scale (PICS)." Archives of Sexual Behavior 48(3): 763-779. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-018-1190-y

Gómez AM, Arteaga S*, Villaseñor EV, Arcara J*, Freihart B*. (2019). "The Misclassification of Ambivalence in Pregnancy Intentions: A Mixed-Methods Analysis." Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health 51(1): 7-15. https://doi.org/10.1363/psrh.12088

Arteaga S, Caton L*, Gómez AM. (2019). "Planned, Unplanned, and In-Between: The Meaning and Context of Pregnancy Planning for Young People." Contraception 99(1): 16-21. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.contraception.2018.08.012

Gómez AM, Arteaga S, Ingraham N, Arcara J*, Villaseñor EV. (2018). "It’s Not Planned, but Is It Okay? The Acceptability of Unplanned Pregnancy Among Young People." Women's Health Issues 28(5): 408-414. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.whi.2018.07.001

Gómez AM, Arcara J*. (2018). "Privately Insured Women’s Expectations of Contraceptive Access without the Affordable Care Act and the Influence of State Contraceptive Equity Protections." Social Service Review 92(3): 349-368. https://doi.org/10.1086/698538

Gómez AM, McCullough C, Hoff C. (2018). "Expectations of Future Provision of Pharmacist-Prescribed Hormonal Contraception in California." American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology 218(6): 627–628. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajog.2018.02.006

Downey MM*, Gómez AM. (2018). “Structural Competency and Reproductive Health." AMA Journal of Ethics 20(3): 211-223. http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/journalofethics.2018.20.3.peer1-1803

Gómez AM, Mann ES, Torres V. (2018). "‘It Would Have Control Over Me Instead of Me Having Control’: Intrauterine Devices and the Meaning of Reproductive Freedom." Critical Public Health 28(2): 190-200. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09581596.2017.1343935

Gómez AM. (2018). "Abortion and Subsequent Depressive Symptoms: An Analysis of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health." Psychological Medicine 48(2): 294-304. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0033291717001684

Gómez AM. (2017). "Availability of Pharmacist-Prescribed Contraception in California, 2017." JAMA 318(22): 2253-2254. http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2017.15674

Gómez AM, Wapman M*. (2017). "Under (Implicit) Pressure: Young Black and Latina Women’s Perceptions of Contraceptive Care." Contraception 96(4): 221-226. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.contraception.2017.07.007

Downey MM*, Arteaga S*, Villaseñor EV, Gómez AM. (2017). "More Than a Destination: Contraceptive Decision-Making as a Journey." Women’s Health Issues 27(5): 539–545. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.whi.2017.03.004

Gómez AM, Freihart B*. (2017). "Motivations for Interest, Disinterest and Uncertainty in Intrauterine Device Use." Maternal and Child Health Journal 21(9): 1753–1762. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10995-017-2297-9

Brignone, L*, Gómez AM. (2017). "Double Jeopardy: Predictors of Elevated Lethality Risk Among IPV Victims Seen in Emergency Departments." Preventive Medicine 103: 20–25. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ypmed.2017.06.035

Campbell C*, Gómez AM, Wilson P, Grisham K*, Hoff C, Dworkin S. (2016). "Sexual Behavior and HIV Risk Among Age-Discrepant, Same-Sex Male Couples: A Qualitative Exploration." Culture, Health and Sexuality 18(12): 1319-1332. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13691058.2016.1183824

Arteaga S*, Gómez AM. (2016). "’Is That a Method of Birth Control?’ A Qualitative Exploration of Young Women’s Use of Withdrawal." Journal of Sex Research 53(4-5): 626-632. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00224499.2015.1079296

Marshall CJ*, Gómez AM. (2015). "Young Men’s Awareness and Knowledge of Intrauterine Devices in the United States." Contraception 92(5): 494-500. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.contraception.2015.07.002

Fonseka R*, Minnis AM, Gómez AM. (2015). "Impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences on Intimate Partner Violence Perpetration among Sri Lankan Men." PLoS ONE. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0136321

Gómez AM, Hartofelis EC*, Finlayson S*, Clark JB*. (2015). "Do Knowledge and Attitudes Regarding Intrauterine Devices Predict Interest in Their Use?" Women’s Health Issues 25(4), 359-65. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.whi.2015.03.011

Gómez AM, Clark JB*. (2014). "The Relationship between Contraceptive Features Preferred by Young Women and Interest in IUDs: An Exploratory Analysis." Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health 46(3), 157-63. https://doi.org/10.1363/46e2014

Gómez AM, Fuentes L*, Allina A. (2014). "Women or LARC First? Reproductive Autonomy and the Promotion of Long-Acting Reversible Contraceptive Methods." Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health 46(3), 171-5. https://doi.org/10.1363/46e1614

Campbell C*, Gómez AM, Dworkin S, Wilson P, Grisham K*, McReynolds J*, Vielehr P*, Hoff C. (2014). "Health, Trust, or ‘Just Understood?’: Condom Decision-making Processes of Black, White, & Interracial Gay Couples." Archives of Sexual Behavior 43(4), 697-706. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-013-0146-5

Gómez AM, Beougher SC, Chakravarty D, Neilands TB, Mandic CG, Darbes LA, Hoff CC. (2012). "Relationship Factors as Predictors of Broken Agreements About Outside Sexual Partners: Implications for HIV Prevention Among Gay Couples." AIDS & Behavior 16(2), 1584-8. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10461-011-0074-0

Speizer IS, Gómez AM, Stewart J, Voss P. (2011). "Community-Level HIV Behaviors and HIV Prevalence Among Women and Men in Zimbabwe." AIDS Education and Prevention 23(5), 437-47. https://doi.org/10.1521/aeap.2011.23.5.437

Gómez AM. (2011). "Sexual Violence as a Predictor of Unintended Pregnancy, Contraceptive Use and Unmet Need Among Female Youth in Colombia." Journal of Women’s Health 20(9), 1349-56. https://doi.org/10.1089/jwh.2010.2518

Gómez AM, Speizer IS, Moracco KE. (2011). "Linkages Between Gender Equity and Intimate Partner Violence Among Urban Brazilian Youth." Journal of Adolescent Health 49(4), 393-99. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2011.01.016

Gómez AM. (2011). "Testing the Cycle of Violence Hypothesis: Child Abuse and Adolescent Dating Violence as Predictors of Intimate Partner Violence in Young Adulthood." Youth & Society 43(1), 171-92. https://doi.org/10.1177/0044118X09358313

Gómez AM, Speizer IS. (2010). "Community-Level Intimate Partner Violence and the Circumstances of First Sex Among Young Women from Five African Countries." Reproductive Health 7(11). https://doi.org/10.1186/1742-4755-7-11

Speizer IS, Beauvais BF, Gómez AM, Finn T, Roussel B. (2009). "Using Multiple Sampling Approaches to Measure Sexual Risk-Taking Among Young People in Haiti: Programmatic Implications." Studies in Family Planning 40(4), 277-88. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1728-4465.2009.00211.x

Gómez AM, Speizer IS. (2009). "Intersections Between Childhood Abuse and Adult Intimate Partner Violence Among Ecuadorian Women." Maternal and Child Health Journal 13(4), 559-66. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10995-008-0387-4

Gómez AM, Speizer IS, Beauvais HF. (2009) "Sexual Violence and Reproductive Health Among Youth in Port-au-Prince, Haiti." Journal of Adolescent Health 44(5), 508-10. https://doi.org/10.1089/jwh.2010.2518

Gómez AM, Speizer IS, Reynolds H, Murray N, Beauvais HF. (2008). "Age Differences at Sexual Debut and Subsequent Reproductive Health: Is There a Link?" Reproductive Health 5(8). https://doi.org/10.1186/1742-4755-5-8

Miller M, Liao Y, Gómez AM, Gaydos C, D’Mellow DM. (2008). "Factors Associated with the Prevalence and Incidence of Trichomonas Vaginalis Among African American Women Who Use Drugs in New York City." The Journal of Infectious Diseases 197(4), 503-9. https://doi.org/10.1086/526497

Gómez AM, Grimes DA, Lopez LM, Schulz KF. (2007). "Steroid Hormones for Contraception in Women with Sickle Cell Disease." The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD006261.pub2

Editorials 

Cleland K, Foster A, Gómez AM, Raymond E, Westhoff C. (2021). “Contraception Special Issue on the Mifepristone Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy (REMS).” Contraception 104(7): 1-3. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.contraception.2021.05.012

Gubrium A, Mann ES, Borrero S, Dehlendorf C, Fields J, Geronimus AT, Gómez AM, Harris LH, Higgins J, Kimport K, Luker K, Luna Z, Mamo L, Roberts D, Romero D, Sisson G. (2016). "Realizing Reproductive Health Equity Needs More than Long-Acting Reversible Contraception (LARC)." American Journal of Public Health 106(1), 18-19. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2015.302900

Letters to the Editor

Mann ES, White A*, Rogers P*, Gómez AM. (2019). “The Importance of Centering Patients’ Experiences in Research on the Provision of Immediate Postpartum Long-Acting Reversible Contraception.” Contraception 101(1): 63-64. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.contraception.2019.09.002

Reports

Marshall C, Nguyen A, Yang C*, Gómez AM. (2023). Improving Maternal and Infant Health Outcomes in California: Understanding Barriers and Facilitators to Payer Investment in Doula Care. Berkeley, CA: School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley. 

Marshall C, Nguyen A, Arteaga S, Armstead M, Berbick N, Britt S, Chen A, Cohen M, Darch A, Durdin K, Davies-Balch S, Hubbard E*, Kudumu M, Mittal P, Palmer C, Peprah-Wilson S, Selassie A, Tang T, Thomas K, Yang C*, McLemore M, Gómez AM. (2022). Partnering with Community Doulas to Improve Maternal and Infant Health Equity in California. Berkeley, CA: School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley. https://www.share.berkeley.edu/communitydoulas

Logan R*, Gómez AM, Rafie S, Malcolm N, Stern L, Hart J. (2021). Priority Roadmap for Policy-Ready Contraceptive Research Environmental Scan Report: Pharmacist-Prescribed Hormonal Contraception. Washington, DC: The Coalition to Expand Contraceptive Access. https://www.contraceptionaccess.org/s/5-Pharmacist-Prescribed-HC_Environmental-Scan.pdf

Gómez AM, Arteaga S., Marshall C., Arcara J*, Cuentos A, Armstead M, & Jackson A. (2020). SisterWeb San Francisco Community Doula Network: Process Evaluation Report. Berkeley, CA: Sexual Health and Reproductive Equity Program, University of California, Berkeley. https://www.share.berkeley.edu/sisterweb-process-evaluation-report

Speizer IS, Finn A, Manchikanti A, Beauvais H, Roussel B. (2007) Risk-taking Behaviors Among Youth Socializing in Target Venues of Carrefour, Haiti: Adaptation of the Priorities for Local AIDS Control Efforts (PLACE) Methodology. Chapel Hill, NC: MEASURE Evaluation, Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina.

Book Contributions 

Carpenter E*, Gómez AM. “Mainstreaming Gender: Using Intersectional Gender Analysis to Make Visible Health (Care) Inequities.” (2022). In Grand Challenges for Social Work and Society, Second Edition. Eds. Barth RP, Shanks TR, Messing J, Herbert Williams J. London, UK: Oxford University Press.

Downey, MM*, Bennett AH*, Marshall C, Stern L, Arteaga S, Gómez AM. (2021). “Family Planning and Maternal and Child Health.” In Kotch’s Maternal and Child Health: Programs, Problems, and Policy in Public Health, Fourth Edition. Eds. Kirby R & Verbiest S. Burlington, MA: Jones & Bartlett Learning.

Manchikanti A. (2007). "Measures of Fertility." In Encyclopedia of Epidemiology. Ed. Sarah Boslaugh. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications.

Manchikanti A. (2007). "Measures of Fetal Death." In Encyclopedia of Epidemiology. Ed. Sarah Boslaugh. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications.

Manchikanti A. (2007). "Youth Risk Behavioral Surveillance System." In Encyclopedia of Epidemiology. Ed. Sarah Boslaugh. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications.

Manchikanti A. (2007). "National Maternal and Infant Health Survey." In Encyclopedia of Epidemiology. Ed. Sarah Boslaugh. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications.

Manchikanti A. (2007). "United Nations Children’s Fund." In Encyclopedia of Epidemiology. Ed. Sarah Boslaugh. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications.

Hoff C, Manchikanti A. (2005). "Spoken and Unspoken Desires: Sexual Negotiation and Communication Strategies Among HIV-Positive Gay and Bisexual Men." In HIV+ Sex: The Psychological and Interpersonal Dynamics of HIV-Seropositive Gay and Bisexual Men's Relationships. Eds. Perry Halkitis, Cynthia Gómez, Richard Wolitski. Washington DC: American Psychological Association Books.

Thesis and Dissertation 

Gómez AM. (Unpublished, 2010). "Intersections of Gender Equity, Intimate Partner Violence and Relationship Dynamics among Brazilian Youth." University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC. (PhD).

Manchikanti A. (Unpublished, 2002). "Prenatal Care Utilization and Low Birthweight by Race and Ethnicity in the San Francisco Bay Area." London School of Economics and Political Science, London, U.K. (MSc, awarded score of distinction).

Editorials 

Cleland K, Foster A, Gómez AM, Raymond E, Westhoff C. (2021). “Contraception Special Issue on the Mifepristone Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy (REMS).” Contraception 104(7): 1-3. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.contraception.2021.05.012

Gubrium A, Mann ES, Borrero S, Dehlendorf C, Fields J, Geronimus AT, Gómez AM, Harris LH, Higgins J, Kimport K, Luker K, Luna Z, Mamo L, Roberts D, Romero D, Sisson G. (2016). "Realizing Reproductive Health Equity Needs More than Long-Acting Reversible Contraception (LARC)." American Journal of Public Health 106(1), 18-19. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2015.302900

Letters to the Editor

Mann ES, White A*, Rogers P*, Gómez AM. (2019). “The Importance of Centering Patients’ Experiences in Research on the Provision of Immediate Postpartum Long-Acting Reversible Contraception.” Contraception 101(1): 63-64. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.contraception.2019.09.002

Reports

Marshall C, Nguyen A, Yang C*, Gómez AM. (2023). Improving Maternal and Infant Health Outcomes in California: Understanding Barriers and Facilitators to Payer Investment in Doula Care. Berkeley, CA: School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley. https://www.share.berkeley.edu/_files/ugd/7ee60a_cd3211244e244ee3b59dd758efbb5140.pdf

Marshall C, Nguyen A, Arteaga S, Armstead M, Berbick N, Britt S, Chen A, Cohen M, Darch A, Durdin K, Davies-Balch S, Hubbard E*, Kudumu M, Mittal P, Palmer C, Peprah-Wilson S, Selassie A, Tang T, Thomas K, Yang C*, McLemore M, Gómez AM. (2022). Partnering with Community Doulas to Improve Maternal and Infant Health Equity in California. Berkeley, CA: School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley. https://www.share.berkeley.edu/communitydoulas

Logan R*, Gómez AM, Rafie S, Malcolm N, Stern L, Hart J. (2021). Priority Roadmap for Policy-Ready Contraceptive Research Environmental Scan Report: Pharmacist-Prescribed Hormonal Contraception. Washington, DC: The Coalition to Expand Contraceptive Access. https://www.contraceptionaccess.org/s/5-Pharmacist-Prescribed-HC_Environmental-Scan.pdf

Gómez AM, Arteaga S., Marshall C., Arcara J*, Cuentos A, Armstead M, & Jackson A. (2020). SisterWeb San Francisco Community Doula Network: Process Evaluation Report. Berkeley, CA: Sexual Health and Reproductive Equity Program, University of California, Berkeley. https://www.share.berkeley.edu/sisterweb-process-evaluation-report

Speizer IS, Finn A, Manchikanti A, Beauvais H, Roussel B. (2007) Risk-taking Behaviors Among Youth Socializing in Target Venues of Carrefour, Haiti: Adaptation of the Priorities for Local AIDS Control Efforts (PLACE) Methodology. Chapel Hill, NC: MEASURE Evaluation, Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina.

Book Contributions 

Carpenter E*, Gómez AM. “Mainstreaming Gender: Using Intersectional Gender Analysis to Make Visible Health (Care) Inequities.” (2022). In Grand Challenges for Social Work and Society, Second Edition. Eds. Barth RP, Shanks TR, Messing J, Herbert Williams J. London, UK: Oxford University Press.

Downey, MM*, Bennett AH*, Marshall C, Stern L, Arteaga S, Gómez AM. (2021). “Family Planning and Maternal and Child Health.” In Kotch’s Maternal and Child Health: Programs, Problems, and Policy in Public Health, Fourth Edition. Eds. Kirby R & Verbiest S. Burlington, MA: Jones & Bartlett Learning.

Manchikanti A. (2007). "Measures of Fertility." In Encyclopedia of Epidemiology. Ed. Sarah Boslaugh. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications.

Manchikanti A. (2007). "Measures of Fetal Death." In Encyclopedia of Epidemiology. Ed. Sarah Boslaugh. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications.

Manchikanti A. (2007). "Youth Risk Behavioral Surveillance System." In Encyclopedia of Epidemiology. Ed. Sarah Boslaugh. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications.

Manchikanti A. (2007). "National Maternal and Infant Health Survey." In Encyclopedia of Epidemiology. Ed. Sarah Boslaugh. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications.

Manchikanti A. (2007). "United Nations Children’s Fund." In Encyclopedia of Epidemiology. Ed. Sarah Boslaugh. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications.

Hoff C, Manchikanti A. (2005). "Spoken and Unspoken Desires: Sexual Negotiation and Communication Strategies Among HIV-Positive Gay and Bisexual Men." In HIV+ Sex: The Psychological and Interpersonal Dynamics of HIV-Seropositive Gay and Bisexual Men's Relationships. Eds. Perry Halkitis, Cynthia Gómez, Richard Wolitski. Washington DC: American Psychological Association Books.

Thesis and Dissertation 

Gómez AM. (Unpublished, 2010). "Intersections of Gender Equity, Intimate Partner Violence and Relationship Dynamics among Brazilian Youth." University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC. (PhD).

Manchikanti A. (Unpublished, 2002). "Prenatal Care Utilization and Low Birthweight by Race and Ethnicity in the San Francisco Bay Area." London School of Economics and Political Science, London, U.K. (MSc, awarded score of distinction).

Conference Presentations 

Moseson H, Ragosta S, Obedin-Maliver J, Gómez AM. (2023, June). “Testing Acceptability of an Organ Inventory Designed to Reduce Misclassification of Transgender, Nonbinary, and Intersex People in Cancer Screening and Research.” Presented at the Society for Epidemiologic Research annual conference, Portland, OR.

Reed R*, Downey MM, Roberts SC, Zaugg C, Gómez AM. (2023, January). “Exploring Physicians' Perceptions of Social Workers in Mandated Reporting of Substance Use During Pregnancy.” Presented at the Society for Social Work and Research annual conference, Phoenix, AZ.

De La Cruz M*, Allen R*, Garner-Ford E, Rafie S, Gómez AM. (2023, January). “Rethinking the Pharmacy: Healthcare and Community Stakeholder Perceptions of Pharmacist-Prescribed Hormonal Contraception in Rural California.” Presented at the Society for Social Work and Research annual conference, Phoenix, AZ.

Bennett A*, Kimport K, Gómez AM. (2022, December). “Unmet Need for Abortion”: Conceptualization, Relevance, and Utility as a Tool for Meeting Abortion needs in the United States. Presented at the Society for Family Planning annual conference, Baltimore, MD.

Nguyen A, Reed R*, Armstead M, Cuentos A, Mystic M, Arcara J, Jackson A, Marshall CJ, Gómez AM. (2022, November). “Understanding Healthcare Providers’ Experiences with and Perceptions of Doulas.” Presented at the American Public Health Association annual conference, Boston, MA.

Arteaga S*, De La Cruz M*, Williams J*, Taylor M, Spellen S, Roberts T, Powell B, Hubbard E, Edwards P, Coats A, Chand M, Bell S, Malawa Z, Karasek D, Gómez AM. (2022, November). “The Abundant Birth Project: Community-Driven Methods to Design and Evaluate a Guaranteed Income Program for Black and Pacific Islander Pregnant Women and Birthing People.” Presented at the American Public Health Association annual conference, Boston, MA.

Hubbard E, Arteaga S*, De La Cruz M*, Williams J*, Powell B, Bell S, Chand M, Coats A, Castillo E, Edwards P, Roberts T, Spellen S, Taylor M, Malawa Z, Karasek D, Gómez AM. (2022, September). “The Abundant Birth Project: A Case Study in Community Driven Research Practices.” Presented at the Interdisciplinary Association for Population Health Science annual conference, Minneapolis, MN.

Moseson H, Ragosta S, Obedin-Maliver J, Gómez AM. (2022, September). Developing and Testing an Organ Inventory for Use in a Cancer-Screening Setting as an Alternative to Asking about Sex Assigned at Birth. Presented at the World Professional Association for Transgender Health annual conference, Montreal, Canada.

Taylor M, Malawa Z, Hubbard E, Karasek D, De La Cruz M*, Gómez AM. (2022, September). The Abundant Birth Project: Applying the Racism as a Root Cause Framework to Drive Change. Presented at the Black Maternal Health Conference, Washington, DC.

Gómez AM, Nguyen A, Yang C*, Marshall CJ. (2022, June). Doula Services as a Covered Medicaid Benefit: Perspectives on Preparing for Implementation from California Managed Care Plans. Presented at the AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, Washington, DC.

Arteaga S, Nguyen A, Hubbard E*, Armstead M, Peprah S, Britt S, McLemore M, Gómez AM, Marshall CJ. (2022, June). Engaging Stakeholders to Develop a Patient- and Doula-Centered Research Agenda About Community Doula Care. Presented at the AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, Washington, DC.

Darvish N*, Sandhu JS, Gómez AM, Marshall CJ, McDonald R, Rouse L, Berhanu R, Dinsmore L, Hecht H, Mckool M. (2021, December). “Doula Futures.” Presented at the CityMatCH annual conference (virtual).

Gómez AM, Arteaga S, Marshall CJ, Arcara J*, Cuentos A, Armstead M, Jackson A. (2021, October). “Experiences of Two Compensation Models for Community Doulas Providing No-Cost Care for Black and Pacific Islander Pregnant San Franciscans.” Presented at the American Public Health Association annual conference, Denver, CO.

Marshall CJ, Arteaga S, Arcara J*, Cuentos A, Armstead M, Jackson A, Gómez AM. (2021, October). “Barriers and Facilitators to the Implementation of a Community Doula Program for Black and Pacific Islander Pregnant People in San Francisco: Findings from a Partnered Process Evaluation.” P
resented at the American Public Health Association annual conference, Denver, CO.

Hubbard E*, Gómez AM, Marshall CJ. (2021, October). “Association of Patient Experiences during Birth with Doula Support and Openness to Future Doula Support among California Women.” Presented at the American Public Health Association annual conference, Denver, CO.

Gómez AM, Rafie SR, Garner-Ford E. (2020, October). “Rooted in RJ: A Community-Academic Research Partnership to Advance Pharmacist-Prescribed Contraception in Rural California.” Presented at the American Public Health Association annual conference (virtual).

Brignone L*, Gómez AM. (2020, October). “Warm Handoff to Wrap-Around Care: Improved Advocacy Access through a Novel Digital Referral System for Domestic Violence in Emergency Departments.” Presented at the American Public Health Association annual conference (virtual).

Brignone L*, Gómez AM. (2020, October). “Advancing Health Equity in EDs through Domestic Violence Intervention: Direct-to-Advocacy Digital Referrals’ Impact by Race/Ethnicity and Gender.” Presented at the American Public Health Association annual conference (virtual).

Steurer M, Baer R, Anderson J, Chambers B, Costello J, Franck L, Fuchs J, Gómez AM, Hamad R, Karasek D, Karvonen K, Oltman S, Rand L, Rogers E, Jeliffe-Pawlowski L, Pantell M. (2020, October). “Association of Community-Level Socioeconomic Status with Preterm Infant Mortality.” Presented at the American Public Health Association annual conference (virtual).

Bhattacharya J, Malawa Z, Karasek D, Gómez AM. (2020, October). “Put Stress to Rest: Using Income Supplements to Address Racial Disparities in Birth Outcomes.“ Presented at the American Public Health Association annual conference (virtual).

Malawa Z, Shrimali BP, Bell S, Chand M, De La Cruz, M*, Spellen S, Cobbins A, Powell B, Coats A, Abdiwahab E*, Gómez AM, Karasek D. “Designing the Abundant Birth Project.” Presented at the American Public Health Association annual conference (virtual).

Gómez AM, Rafie SR, Garner-Ford E. (2020, October). “Rooted in RJ: A Community-Academic Research Partnership to Advance Pharmacist-Prescribed Contraception in Rural California.” Presented at the Society for Family Planning annual conference (virtual).

Chambers BD, Baer RJ, Bandoli G, Felder J, Feuer SK, Flowers E, Franck L, Gómez AM, Karasek D, Nidey N, Olman S, Rogers E, Scott KA, Rand L, Ryckman KK, Jelliffe-Pawlowski LL. (2020, February). “Risk of Adverse Birth Outcome Among Black Women with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.” Presented at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine annual pregnancy meeting, Grapevine, TX.

Gómez AM, Hernandez J*, Arcara J*. (2020, January). "State-Level Income and Racial Inequity and Pregnancy Orientation: Differential Effects by Race/Ethnicity." Presented at the Society for Social Work and Research annual meeting, Washington, DC.

Brignone L*, Gómez AM. (2020, January). "From Warm Handoff to Wrap Around Care: A Multiple Baseline Study of IPV in Emergency Departments." Presented at the Society for Social Work and Research annual meeting, Washington, DC.

Brignone L*, Kornblatt L*, Gómez AM. (2020, January). "From Warm Handoff to Wrap Around Care: Emergency Department Provider Perspectives." Presented at the Society for Social Work and Research annual meeting, Washington, DC.

Gómez AM, Arteaga S. (2019, November). “If Things Were Different in My Life: Structural Inequity, Pregnancy Desires and Plans, and Contraceptive Use in Emerging Adulthood.” Presented at the American Public Health Association annual meeting, Philadelphia, PA.

Congdon JL, Baer RJ, Arcara J, Feuer SK, Karasek D, Gómez AM, Oltman S, Ryckman K, Jelliffe-Pawlowski L. (2019, April). “A Propensity Matching Study of Short Interpregnancy Interval and Adverse Perinatal Outcomes.” Presented at the Pediatric Academic Societies annual meeting, Baltimore, MD.

Cazares M*, Arcara J*, Gómez AM. (2019, April). “The Impact of Religiosity on U.S. Latinos’ Openness to Pregnancy.” Presented at the Ninth International Conference on Religion & Spirituality in Society, Granada, Spain.

Karasek D*, Batra A, Baer R, Chambers B, Feuer S, Gómez AM, Prather A, Pantell M, Rogers E, Rand L, Jelliffe-Pawlowski LL, Hamad R. (2019, April). “The Effect of Timing of Earned Income Tax Credit Refunds on Preterm Birth.” Presented at the Population Association of American annual meeting, Austin, TX.

Karasek D*, Baer RJ, Anderson JG, Arcara J, Berkowitz R, Chambers BD, Feuer S, Flowers E, Fuchs J, Gómez AM, Hamad R, Kuppermann M, Pacheco-Warner T, Pantell M, Oltman SP, Rand L, Ryckman KK, Jelliffe-Pawlowski L. (2019, February). “Recurrence of Early Preterm, Late Preterm, and Early Term Birth by Race/Ethnicity and Insurance Status.” Presented at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine annual pregnancy meeting, Las Vegas, NV.

Pantell M, Baer R, Torres J, Felder J, Gómez AM, Chambers B, Dunn J, Parikh N, Pacheco-Warner T, Rogers E, Feuer S, Ryckman K, Novak N, Dina KT, Rand L, Jelliffe-Pawlowski L. (2019, February). “Unstable Housing Is Linked to Adverse Obstetric Outcomes.” Presented at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine annual pregnancy meeting, Las Vegas, NV.

Gómez AM (2019, January). "Reproductive Justice and Research Design." Presented at the Society for Social Work and Research annual meeting, San Francisco, CA.

Fuentes L, Stern L, Gómez AM. (2018, November). “Current Long-Acting Reversible Contraceptive Users’ Experiences and Expectations Regarding Removal.” Presented at the American Public Health Association annual meeting, San Diego, CA.

Fuentes L, Gómez AM, Stern L. (2018, October). “LARC Users’ Experiences and Expectations Regarding Removal.” Presented at the North American Forum on Family Planning, New Orleans, LA.

Chambers BD*, Arega H, Spellen S*, Stanley D*, Lopez B*, Arabia S, Oseguera T, Bell A, Arcara J*, Gómez AM, Pacheco-Werner TL, Franck LS, Jelliffe-Pawlowski L, McLemore MR. (2018, October). “Saving Our Ladies from early births And Reducing Stress (SOLARS) Study: Using a Community-Based Approach to Recruit and Retain Black and Latina/x Women into a Prospective Study.” Presented at the Preterm Birth Initiative Annual Symposium, Kigali,
Rwanda.

Gómez W*, Gómez AM, Solis S*, Organista K. (2018, August). "(Re)positioning Sexual Health: An Institutional Case Study of PrEP Services in a Latinx-Serving Community Health Center." Presented at the Social Work and Sexuality conference, Montreal, CA.

Arcara J*, Caton L*, Gómez AM. (2018, April). "Desire, Acceptability, and Expected Resolution: A Latent Class Analysis to Expand Understanding of Prospective Pregnancy Intentions in a National Sample of Women in the United States. Presented at the Population Association of American annual meeting, Denver, CO.

Gómez AM, Arcara J*. (2018, April). "What Would You Do? The Relationship between State Abortion Restrictions and Expectations of Unintended Pregnancy Resolution." Presented at the National Abortion Federation annual meeting, Seattle, WA.

Chambers BD*, Arega H, Spellen S, Arabia SE, Stanley D, Gómez AM, Franck L, Berkowitz R, Feuer S, Jelliffe-Pawlowski L, McLemore MR (2018, January). "Pregnant Black Women's Experiences of Racial Discrimination." Presented at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine's annual pregnancy meeting, Dallas, TX.

Gómez AM, Valladares ES, Arteaga S (2017, November). "Mi Salud, Mi Voz: Using a Community-Based Participatory Approach to Examine Barriers to Latinas' Reproductive Health and Healthcare Access in California's Central Valley." Presented at the American Public Health Association annual meeting, Atlanta, GA.

Gómez AM, Fadda R*, Gustafson E*, Severson N*, Schmitt B*, Tomlitz J* (2017, November). "Barriers to Expanding Pharmacy Access to Contraception: A Mixed Methods Study of California Pharmacists." Presented at the American Public Health Association annual meeting, Atlanta, GA.

Gómez AM, Arcara J*. (2017, October). "The Interplay between Prospective Pregnancy Desires, Acceptability and Expectations of Pregnancy Resolution." Presented at the North American Forum on Family Planning, Atlanta, GA.

Arcara J*, Arteaga S, Gómez AM (2017, October). "A Semantic Differential Analysis of Prospective Feelings about Pregnancy and Retrospective Characterization of Pregnancy." Presented at the North American Forum on Family Planning, Atlanta, GA.

Arteaga SA, Caton L*, Gómez AM (2017, October). "Not Black and White: Young People's Perspectives on Planned and Unplanned Pregnancies, and What Lies Between." Presented at the North American Forum on Family Planning, Atlanta, GA.

Arcara J*, Arteaga S, Gómez AM (2017, April). "Using a Semantic Differential Scale Construction to Understand Feelings about Pregnancy." Presented at the Psychosocial Workshop, Chicago, IL.

Freihart B*, Arteaga S, Arcara J*, Gómez AM (2017, January). "If Things Were Different in My Life: Structural Inequity and Childbearing Desires in Emerging Adulthood." Presented at the Society for Social Work and Research annual meeting, New Orleans, LA.

Dao LT, Walters PC*, Gómez AM (2017, January). The Right to Parent: A Qualitative Exploration of Family Desires Among Transmasculine and Genderqueer Emerging Adults. Presented at the Society for Social Work and Research annual meeting, New Orleans, LA.

Downey, MM*, Gómez AM (2017, January). "Family Planning for Youth and Emerging Adults: A Discourse Analysis of Social Work Research." Presented at the Society for Social Work and Research annual meeting, New Orleans, LA.

Brignone L*, Gómez AM (2017, January). "Double Jeopardy: Predictors of Elevated Lethality Risk Among IPV Victims Seen in Emergency Departments for Injuries from DV." Presented at the Society for Social and Work Research annual meeting, New Orleans, LA.

Gómez AM, Arcara J*, Freihart B*, Villaseñor EV, Arteaga S. (2016, November). "It’s Not Right, but Is It Okay? The Acceptability of Unintended Pregnancy among Young Couples." Presented at the North American Forum on Family Planning, Denver, CO.

Gómez AM, Fuentes L, Stern L. (2016, November). "How Long Is Long-Acting? Recent Trends in Mean Duration of Intrauterine Device Use." Presented at the North American Forum on Family Planning, Denver, CO. *2nd place, poster award.

Gómez AM, Walters PC*, Dao LT. (2016, November). "’Testosterone In A Way Is Birth Control’: Contraceptive Attitudes and Experiences among Transmasculine and Genderqueer Young Adults." Presented at the North American Forum on Family Planning, Denver, CO.

Arcara J*, Arteaga S, Freihart B*, Villaseñor EV, Gómez AM. (2016, November). "Operationalizing Pregnancy Supportability in Young Couples’ Pregnancy Intentions." Presented at the North American Forum on Family Planning, Denver, CO.

Gómez AM, Freihart B*, Arteaga S*, Villaseñor EV. (2016, June). "Unintended Pregnancy Prevention: Public Health Imperative, Clinical Outcome, or Reproductive Justice?" Presented at the Abortion and Reproductive Justice: The Unfinished Revolution II conference, Belfast, Northern Ireland.

Downey MM*, Gómez AM. (2016, May). "Iterative, Reflective, Intersectional: Implications for Integrating Qualitative Data into Contraceptive Counseling Protocols." Presented at the Twelfth International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, Urbana-Champaign, IL.

Gómez AM, Arteaga S*, Freihart B*, Villaseñor EV. (2016, March). "Does It Take Two? A Qualitative Analysis of Pregnancy Intentions Among Couples." Presented at the Population Association of America annual meeting, Washington, DC.

Gómez AM, Freihart B*, Arteaga S*, Villaseñor EV. (2016, March). "Unpacking and Moving Beyond Ambivalence: A Qualitative Study of Young Couples' Pregnancy Intentions." Presented at the Population Association of America annual meeting, Washington, DC.

Gómez AM, Arteaga S*, Freihart B*, Villaseñor EV. (2016, March). "Does It Take Two? A Qualitative Analysis of Pregnancy Intentions Among Couples." Presented at the Psychosocial Workshop, Washington, DC.

Arteaga S*, Deardorff J, Gómez AM. (2016, March). "Educational Expectations in Adolescence and Subsequent Pregnancy before Age 20." Presented at the Psychosocial Workshop, Washington, DC.

Begun S*, McKay K, Winter VR, Kattari SK*, Gómez AM, Craddock JM*, Jacobson SA, Bird M*. (2016, January). "Social Workers' Abortion Attitudes: Relationships Between Demographics, Religiosity, and Implications for Social Work Practice." Presented at the Society for Social Work and Research annual meeting, Washington, DC.

Gómez AM. (2015, November). "Abortion and Subsequent Depression: An Analysis of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health." Presented at the North American Forum on Family Planning, Chicago, IL.

Gómez AM. (2015, November). "What is Health Equity, and Why Does It Matter for Family Planning?" Presented at the North American Forum on Family Planning, Chicago, IL.

Gómez AM. (2015, November). "Whatever Happens, Happens? Complicating Ambivalence in Pregnancy Intentions." Presented at the North American Forum on Family Planning, Chicago, IL.

Marshall CJ*, Gómez AM. (2015, November). "Young Men's Awareness and Knowledge of Intrauterine Devices in the United States." Presented at the North American Forum on Family Planning, Chicago, IL.

Gómez AM, Mann ES. (2015, November). "’It Would Have Control Over Me Instead of Me Having Control’: Young Black and Latina Women’s Perspectives on IUDs." Presented at American Public Health Association annual meeting, Chicago, IL.

Gómez AM. (2014, October). "To Control or Be Controlled: Young Black and Latina Women's Perspectives on Intrauterine Devices." Presented at North American Forum on Family Planning, Miami, FL.

Gómez AM, Clark JB. (2013, October). "Method Mismatch: Discrepancies between Young Women's Contraceptive Preferences and Current Method Choice." Presented at the North American Forum on Family Planning, Seattle, WA.

Gómez AM, Clark JB, Finlayson S, Hartofelis C*. (2013, April). "What [Young] Women Want: A National Survey of Intrauterine Device Knowledge, Attitudes and Interest." Presented at the at the YTH Live Conference, San Francisco, CA.

Grisham K*, Wilson P, Gómez AM, Chakravarty D, Neilands T, Campbell C*, Dworkin S, Hoff C. (2012, October). "Beyond UAI: The Need for Couple-Level Interventions to Reduce Substance Abuse Among Gay Men in Intimate Relationships." Presented at the American Public Health Association annual meeting, San Francisco, CA.

Gómez AM, Campbell C*, Wilson P, Grisham K*, Dworkin S, Neilands T, Chakravarty D, Vielehr P*, McReynolds J*, Hoff C. (2012, July). "Beyond Daddies: Age Asymmetries, Relationship Power, and HIV Risk Among Gay Couples in the U.S." Presented at the International AIDS Conference, Washington, DC.

Vielehr P*, Gómez AM, Wilson P, McReynolds J*, Campbell C*, Dworkin S, Grisham K*, Neilands T, Chakravarty D, Hoff C. (2012, July). "Building Magnetic Love: Interactions of HIV Status, Stigma, and Fear of Transmission in HIV-discordant Gay Couples." Presented at the International AIDS Conference, Washington, DC.

Campbell C*, Gómez AM, Dworkin S, Wilson P, Grisham K*, Neilands T, Chakravarty D, McReynolds J*, Vielehr P*, Hoff C. (2012, July). "Health, Trust, or ‘Just Understood?’: Condom Decisionmaking Processes of Black, White, & Interracial Gay Couples." Presented at the International AIDS Conference, Washington, DC.

Grisham K*, Wilson P, Gomez AM, Chakravarty D, Neilands T, Campbell C*, Dworkin S, Hoff CC. (2012, July). "Racialized Risk: Fear and Fatalism among Black MSM in Intimate Relationships." Presented at the International AIDS Conference, Washington, DC.

Hoff C, Campbell C*, Gomez AM, Wilson P, Grisham K*, Neilands T, Chakravarty D, Dworkin S. (2012, July). "Three’s a Charm: Three-way Sexual Encounters Promote Safety for Gay Male Couples." Presented at the International AIDS Conference, Washington, DC.

Speizer IS, Voss P, Gómez AM, Stewart J. (2010, April). "Community Context and HIV Prevalence Among Women and Men in Zimbabwe." Presented at the Population Association of America annual meeting, Dallas, TX.

Gómez AM. (2009, November). "Adherence to Inequitable Gender Norms and Intimate Partner Violence Among Brazilian Youth." Presented at the American Public Health Association annual meeting, Philadelphia, PA.

Gómez AM, Speizer IS. (2008, October). "Intersections between Child Abuse and Adult Intimate Partner Violence among Ecuadorian Women." Presented at the American Public Health Association annual meeting, San Diego, CA.

Speizer IS, Beauvais HF, Gómez AM. (2008, October). "Measurement Approaches to Identifying High Risk Youth: A Comparison of Three Methods." Presented at the American Public Health Association annual meeting, San Diego, CA.

Gómez AM. (2008, April). "Testing the Cycle of Violence Hypothesis: Child Abuse and Adolescent Partner Abuse as Predictors of Intimate Partner Violence in Young Adulthood." Presented at the Population Association of America annual meeting, New Orleans, LA.

Manchikanti A. (2007, March). "The Relationship between Sexual Violence and Reproductive Health Among Female Youth in Colombia." Presented the Population Association of America annual meeting, New York, NY.

Manchikanti A, Speizer IS, Reynolds H, Murray N, Viala T, Beauvais HF. (2006, November). "Sexual Debut with an Older Partner and Subsequent Reproductive Health Risk." Presented at the American Public Health Association annual meeting, Boston, MA.

Sullivan K, Angelon KA, Keyes E, King EJ, Manchikanti A, Mango R, Viswanathan S. (2006, November). "UNC Chapel Hill Health and Human Rights Series: Providing a Context for Learning and Conversation." Presented at the American Public Health Association annual meeting, Boston, MA.

Invited Presentations and Panels 

2023 I “Reproductive Autonomy and Coercion: A Holistic, Multilevel Perspective.” Keynote Address Women’s Health Research Conference, University of Minnesota [virtual].

2023 I “The Abundant Birth Project.” Reproductive Health Equity Project conference [virtual].

2022 I “Partnering with Community Doulas in Research: Agenda Setting and Program Evaluations.” Engaging Research Innovations and Challenges (EnRICH) Webinar. Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Health Services & Resources Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services [virtual].

2022 I “Measuring Person-Centered Contraceptive Need.” National Contraceptive Quality Measures Workgroup. Planned Parenthood Federation of America and the Coalition to Expand Contraceptive Access [virtual].

2022 I “Reproductive Autonomy and Coercion: A Holistic, Multilevel Perspective.” Keynote Address Minnesota Sexual and Reproductive Health Update [virtual].

2022 I “Developing Person-Centered Metrics of Contraceptive Need.” Strategies to Conduct a Successful Statewide Needs Assessment Webinar Association of State and Territorial Health Officials [virtual].

2022 I “Not Going Back, But Going Somewhere Worse: Pregnancy Criminalization in a Post-Roe America.” Equity Speaker Series Diablo Valley College [virtual].

2022 I “Developing Person-Centered Metrics of Contraceptive Need.” Expert Work Group Meeting on Contraceptive Care Measures Office of Population Affairs, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services [virtual]

2022 I “Reproductive Autonomy and Coercion: A Holistic, Multilevel Perspective.” Keynote Address National Reproductive Health Conference, San Francisco, CA.

2019 I “A Story About Measurement of Ambivalence in Pregnancy Intentions.” Society of Family Planning annual conference, Los Angeles, CA.

2019 I “Cultivating (Intellectual) Community: Early Career Scholars of Color Committed to Reproductive Justice.” Society of Family Planning annual conference, Los Angeles, CA.

2019 I “Toward A Reproductive Justice Framework in Public Health.” Othering and Belong Conference, Oakland, CA.

2019 I “Reproductive Autonomy and Long-Acting Reversible Contraception.” Keynote Address, Wisconsin Contraceptive Care Summit, University of Madison, Wisconsin.

2019 I “Experiences and Expectations of LARC removal Among Women in Four States and Puerto Rico.” Grand Rounds Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Madison, Wisconsin.

2018 I “Doing Better. Building Principled Partnerships for Reproductive Justice.” North American Forum on Family Planning.

2018 I “Exploring the Evidence: Using Research to Support Reproductive Justice Advocacy” Bay Area Summer Intern Training: Reproductive Rights Law & Justice, If/When/How: Lawyering for Reproductive Justice.

2018 I “Long-Acting Reversible Contraception and the Meaning of Reproductive Freedom”Summer Institute on Sexuality, Center for Research and Education on Gender and Sexuality, San Francisco State University.

2018 I "Mentoring in the Social Sciences" Social Science Research and Networking Meeting, National Abortion Federation annual conference.

2018 I "Getting the Data You Need, or Asking the Questions that Can Be Answered? Where Research and Advocacy Meet (or Don’t)" Judicial Bypass Convening, If/When/How: Lawyering for Reproductive Justice.

2018 I "Free the Pill? (And the Patch, Ring, and Shot?) Pharmacy and Over-the-Counter Access to Contraception" School of Social Welfare 75th Anniversary, University of California, Berkeley.

2018 I "Perspectives on Long-Acting Reversible Contraception and Reproductive Autonomy" Abortion Care Network annual conference.

2018 I "Perspectives on Long-Acting Reversible Contraception and Reproductive Autonomy" Boalt Law School, University of California, Berkeley.

2017 I "Betwixt and Between: Pregnancy Planning and Preterm Birth Prevention" World Prematurity Day, Preterm Birth Initiative, University of California, San Francisco. 

2017 I “Reproductive Justice, Provider Bias, and Delivering Quality Contraceptive Services” The David and Lucille Packard Foundation.

2017 I "Timely or Timeless: The Impact of Political Change on Social Science Research” Social Science Interest Group, North American Forum on Family Planning.

2017 I "Perspectives on Long-Acting Reversible Contraception and Reproductive Autonomy" Boalt Law School, University of California, Berkeley.

2017 I "Know Your Reproductive Rights" Students United for Reproductive Justice, University of California, Berkeley.

2017 I "It Wouldn’t Be the End of the World: Young Couples' Perspectives on Pregnancy Planning and Acceptability"School of Social Welfare, University of California, Berkeley.

2016 I "LARCs: Access, Coercion and Reproductive Justice" Webinar SisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Justice Collective.

2016 I "Unintended Pregnancy Prevention: Public Health Imperative, Clinical Outcome, or Reproductive Justice" Institute for the Study of Social Issues, University of California, Berkeley.

2015 I "Reproductive Justice: A Conversation about Equity, Access and Dignity" Department of Ethnic Studies, Laney College, Oakland.

2014 I "What is the Role of Health Equity in Family Planning?" Division of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, UCSF.

2014 I "Promoting Reproductive Autonomy in Family Planning Care and Programs" Women’s Options Center, San Francisco General Hospital.

2014 I "Fighting for Contraceptive Safety in a Time of Restricted Access" Civil Liberties and Policy Project, Hampshire College, Amherst, MA.

2014 I "Hot Topics in Online and Social Media Research" San Francisco State University.

2014 I "Method Mismatch: Discrepancies between Young Women's Contraceptive Preferences and
Current Method Choice" San Francisco State University.

2013 I "Reframing the IUD: Using a Reproductive Justice Lens to Understand Women’s Decision-Making About Long Acting Reversible Contraception" California Coalition on Reproductive Freedom.

2013 I "Reproductive Justice and Research" Summer Institute on Sexuality, San Francisco State University. 

2013 I "Influences on Intrauterine Device Decision-Making among Young Black and Latina Women" San Francisco State University.  

2013 I "Reproductive Control and the State" Department of Sociology and Sexuality Studies, San Francisco State University.

2010 I "Intersections of Gender Equity, Intimate Partner Violence and Relationship Dynamics among Brazilian Youth" Center for Research on Gender and Sexuality, San Francisco State University.

2010 I "Intersections of Gender Equity, Intimate Partner Violence and Relationship Dynamics among Brazilian Youth" The Graduate School, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. 

2010 I "Linkages between Gender Equity and Intimate Partner Violence among Brazilian Youth" Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. 

Teaching Experience 

University of California, Berkeley
2017 - Present I SW 282B: Seminar in Social Welfare Research
2015 - Present I SW 250L: Human Sexuality
2016 - 2020 I SW 298: Sexual Health and Reproductive Equity Health Research Lab
2020 I SW 287: Research Resources and Process
2016 - 2017 I SW 282A: Social Work Research Methods
2014 - 2015 I SW 240: Intellectual, Historical, and Ethical Foundations of Social Work as a Profession

San Francisco State University
2012 I SOC 476: Medical Sociology
2012 I SXS 899: Sexuality Studies Writing Lab
2011 I SXS 680: Colloquium in Sexuality Studies

2006-Present I Member, American Public Health Association
2012-Present I Fellow, Society of Family Planning
2016-Present I Member, Society for Social Work and Research

2024-2026 I Computational Approaches for Understanding and Intervening Upon Misinformation About Contraception and Abortion on Social Media. Noyce Initiative, University of California. (Principal Investigator)

2023-2026 I The Abundant Birth Project California Evaluation: Understanding the Role of Guaranteed Income in Promoting Birth Equity. Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Health Resources & Services Administration. (Principal Investigator)

2023-2025 I Advancing Knowledge and Reproductive Justice: The UC Community Research Hub. Multicampus Research Programs and Initiatives, University of California Office of the President. (Co-Principal Investigator)

2023-2024 I Abundant Birth Project San Francisco Pilot Evaluation. Marin Community Foundation. (Principal Investigator)

2023-2024 I The Abundant Birth Project Evaluation, Los Angeles County. Conrad N. Hilton Foundation. (Principal Investigator)

2023-2024 I Guaranteed Income as a Perinatal Equity Intervention: Evaluation of the Abundant Birth Project Expansion through the San Francisco Bay Area, California. California Collaborative for Pandemic Recovery and Readiness Research, University of California, San Francisco. (Principal Investigator)

2021-2024 I The Abundant Birth Project Evaluation. California Preterm Birth Initiative, University of California, San Francisco (Co-Principal Investigator)
Completed

2022-2023 I The Abundant Birth Project Evaluation. Genentech. (Principal Investigator)

2021-2023 I Identifying Person-Centered Contraceptive Need to Advance Contraceptive Access. Arnold Ventures (Principal Investigator)

2021-2022 I Barriers and Facilitators to Payer Investment in Community Doula Care in California. California Health Care Foundation (Co-Investigator)

2020-2022 I Toward an Improved Screening Protocol: Developing and Testing an Organ Inventory for Strengthening Clinical Care and Research (R21 CA256759). National Cancer Institute (Co-Investigator)

2020-2022 I Addressing Racism as a Root Cause of Maternal Health Disparities: A Community-Academic Partnership to Design and Test a Pregnancy Income Supplement Intervention in San Francisco. March of Dimes (Co-Principal Investigator)

2019-2022 I Evaluation of San Francisco’s Community Doula Program. California Preterm Birth Initiative, University of California, San Francisco (Principal Investigator)

2020-2022 I Partnering with Community Doulas to Improve Maternal and Infant Health Equity in California. Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute (Co-Investigator)

2018-2021 I Harnessing the Potential of Pharmacists as Family Planning Providers in Rural and Frontier California. Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Interdisciplinary Research Leaders Program (Co-Principal Investigator)

2021 I The Abundant Birth Project Evaluation. City and County of San Francisco and Expecting Justice (Principal Investigator)

2016-2021 I SOLARS: Supporting Our Ladies from Early Births and Reducing Stress to Prevent Preterm Birth. California Preterm Birth Initiative, University of California, San Francisco (Co-Principal Investigator)

2016-2019 I Stages of Change: A Patient-Centered Study on LARC Removal. Society of Family Planning Research Fund (Co-Principal Investigator)

2012-2018 I A Couple-Level Approach to Preventing Unintended Pregnancy Among Young Latinas (K99/R00 HD070874). Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (Principal Investigator)

2016-2018 I Moving Beyond Unintended Pregnancy: A National Study of Prospective Pregnancy Desires and Acceptability. Society of Family Planning Research Fund (Principal Investigator)

2017-2018 I Racial and Ethnic Differences in Pregnancy Acceptability: Understanding the Role of State-Level Employment Disparities. Institute for Research on Labor and Education, University of California, Berkeley (Principal Investigator)

2018 I Pregnancy Attitudes of Latinx Young Women and Men in the United States. Latinx Center of Excellence, School of Social Welfare, University of California, Berkeley (Principal Investigator)

2015-2017 I The Affordable Care Act and Access to Family Planning and Abortion in California's Central Valley: A Community-Based Participatory Research Study. Society of Family Planning Research Fund (Principal Investigator)

2015-2017 I A Couple-Level Approach to Preventing Unintended Pregnancy. Berkeley Population Center, University of California, Berkeley (Principal Investigator)

2013-2015 I Abortion and Mental Health During the Transition to Adulthood. Society of Family Planning Research Fund (Principal Investigator)

2012-2014 I Barriers to Intrauterine Device Use Among Young Women. Office of Research and Sponsored Programs, San Francisco State University (Principal Investigator)

University of California, Berkeley 

Doctoral Students
2023-Present I Isabel Munoz, Qualifying Examination Committee Member (Epidemiology)
2020-Present I Reiley Reed, Advisor (Social Welfare)
2019-Present I Monica De La Cruz, Dissertation Committee Chair (Social Welfare)
2023 I Renee Clark, Qualifying Examination Committee Member (Public Health)
2018-2022 I Cristina Gomez-Vidal, Dissertation Committee Chair (Social Welfare)
2018-2022 I Ariana Bennett, Dissertation Committee Co-Chair (Public Health)
2016-2021 I Allen Ratliff, Dissertation Committee Member (Social Welfare)
2020-2021 I Ivy Hammond, Qualifying Examination Committee Chair (Social Welfare)
2018-2020 I Mayra Cazares, Qualifying Examination Committee Chair (Social Welfare)
2015-2020 I Laura Brignone, Dissertation Committee Chair (Social Welfare)
2014-2020 I Margaret (Maggie) Mary Downey, Dissertation Committee Chair (Social Welfare)
2015-2019 I Rachel Gartner, Dissertation Committee Member (Social Welfare)
2017-2019 I Julia Hernandez, Research Mentor (Social Welfare)
2017-2019 I Dana Goin, Dissertation Committee Member (Epidemiology)
2016-2018 I Brinda Venkatesh, Dissertation Committee Member (Public Health)
2018 I Angela Aguilar, Qualifying Examination Committee Member (Ethnic Studies)
2014-2015 I Cassondra Marshall, Research Mentor (Public Health)

Masters Students
2024 - Present I Julie Grassian, Capstone Committee Member (Maternal and Child Health/Social Welfare)
2023 - Present I Sylvia Gin, Capstone Committee Member (Maternal and Child Health/Social Welfare)
2018 - 2020 I Jackie Castellanos, Thesis Committee Member (Joint Medical Program)
2018 - 2020 I Geffan Pearlson, Thesis Committee Member (Joint Medical Program)
2017 - 2018 I Maansi Shah, Capstone Committee Member (Maternal and Child Health/Social Welfare)
2017 - 2018 I Allison Rodriguez, Capstone Committee Member (Maternal and Child Health/Social Welfare)
2017 - 2018 I Sophie Lyons, Capstone Committee Member (Maternal and Child Health/Social Welfare)
2017 - 2018 I Sheilalyn Solis, Research Mentor (Social Welfare)
2016 - 2018 I Lauren Caton, Capstone Committee Member, Research Mentor (Maternal and Child Health)
2016 - 2017 I Chantal Griffin, Thesis Advisor (Health Policy)
2015 - 2017 I Kate Malulla, Capstone Committee Member (Maternal and Child Health/Social Welfare)
2015 - 2017 I Emma Rouda, Capstone Committee Member (Maternal and Child Health/Social Welfare)
2016 - 2017 I Olivia Sanchez, Capstone Committee Member (Maternal and Child Health)
2016 - 2017 I Elena Gustafson, Research Mentor (Social Welfare)
2016 - 2017 I Nicolette Severson, Research Mentor (Social Welfare)
2016 - 2017 I Mikaela Wapman, Research Mentor (Social Welfare)
2014 - 2016 I Stephanie Arteaga, Capstone Committee Member (Maternal and Child Health)
2014 - 2016 I Bridget Freihart, Research Mentor (Social Welfare)
2014 - 2016 I Pau Crego Walters, Research Mentor (Public Health)
2016 I Danielle Spoor, Capstone Reader (Health and Social Behavior)
2016 I Olivia Zieve , Capstone Reader (Health and Social Behavior)
2014 - 2015 I Ruvani Fonseka, Capstone Committee Co-Advisor (Epidemiology/Social Welfare)
2014 - 2015 I Lotus Dao, Research Mentor (Social Welfare)

Undergraduate Students
2023 I Alyssa Mae Legaspi, Honors Thesis Advisor (Social Welfare)
2021 I Loren Lewis, Honors Thesis Advisor (Social Welfare)
2019 - 2020 I Angela Kwon, Honors Thesis Advisor (Social Welfare)
2017 - 2019 I Ilhaam Burny, Research Mentor (Cognitive Science)
2019 I Gaspar Zaragoza, Honors Thesis Advisor (Social Welfare)
2015 - 2018 I Elizabeth Gonzalez, McNair Scholars Program Faculty Mentor, Research Mentor (Sociology)
2016 - 2018 I Rachel Crowley, Honors Thesis Advisor and Research Mentor (Public Health)
2017 I Amacalli Duran-Pereda, Research Mentor (English, Molecular and Cell Biology)
2015 - 2017 I Kylie Mulvaney, Honors Thesis Advisor and Research Mentor (Public Health)
2016 - 2017 I Patricia Torres, Research Mentor (Molecular and Cell Biology)
2016 I Arianna Vasquez, Honors Thesis Advisor (Social Welfare)
2015 I Marlene Meza, Research Mentor (Social Welfare)

EXTERNAL MENTEES
Early Career Scholars
2019 - Present I Dr. Shelia Desai, Senior Research Scientist, Guttmacher Institute
2019 - Present I Dr. Whitney Rice, Assistant Professor, Rollings School of Public Health, Emory University
2019 - Present I Dr. Deborah Karasek, Assistant Professor, University of California, San Francisco
2018 - Present I Dr. Brittany Chambers, Assistant Professor, University of California, Davis
2020 - 2022 I Dr. Tosin Ariyo, Research Director, East Tennessee State University
2019 - 2021 I Dr. Jaih Craddock, Assistant Professor, School of Social Work, University of Maryland

Doctoral Students
2021 - 2022 I Katie Donnelly, Department of Social Policy, Princeton University

2018 - 2019 I Mackenzie Cook, School of Social Work, University of Missouri

PhD 2010 I Maternal and Child Health with minor in Population Studies, Gillings School of
Global Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC

MSc 2002 I Health, Population and Society, London School of Economics and Political Science,
London, UK

BA 2001 I Journalism and Mass Communications, New York University, New York, NY