Claire E. Margerison is a population health scientist whose research focuses on understanding the determinants of racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic inequities in women’s health, particularly in and around the pregnancy period. Her work seeks to identify and assess policy changes and preventative strategies to eliminate such inequities.
Dr. Margerison’s current research has two major areas of focus. First, she is assessing the impacts of health and social policies, particularly the Affordable Care Act, on women’s preconception health, reproductive health behaviors, pregnancy outcomes, and postpartum health.
Research Focus
Women’s health, racial/ethnic and socioeconomic inequalities, women’s health, public policy, maternal drug-related suicide, postpartum drug related suicide, income inequality, birth risks
