We are thrilled to share that Transdisciplinary Postdoctoral Fellow Alum and PTBi researcher, Deborah Karasek, was selected to be a coveted K12 Scholar in the Building Interdisciplinary Research in Careers in Women’s Health (BIRCWH) program. The competitive program supports a diverse group of early-career women's health researchers to target important yet understudied topics in women's health.
Dr. Karasek has been with PTBi since her fellowship began in 2017. Since joining the first fellowship cohort, Karasek has gone on to co-lead the evaluation of the first pregnancy income supplement program in the US, led by Expecting Justice, San Francisco’s Collective Impact program. Called, Abundant Birth Project (ABP), the program will provide unconditional cash supplements to Black and Pacific Islander pregnant people as a strategy to reduce preterm birth and improve economic security
Dr. Karasek's PTBi Research
- Socioeconomic Status, Preeclampsia Risk and Gestational Length in Black and White Women. JAMA Pediatr. 2019 Jul.
- Retirements of coal and oil power plants in California: Association with reduced preterm birth among populations nearby. American Journal of Epidemiology. 2018 Aug
- Increase in fertility following coal and oil power plant retirements in California. Environ Health. 2018 May
