I am a PhD student in the Division of Health Policy & Management. My research interests are in the pregnancy and postpartum care space -- specifically, I am interested in how policy impacts health outcomes, access to health care, and quality of health care for birthing populations during and after pregnancy. I am particularly interest in how these outcomes differ for rural and urban birthing populations in the US.
Emily C. Sheffield, MPH, is a PhD Student in the Division of Health Policy & Management, concentrating in Policy Analysis. She holds an MPH in Maternal, Child, and Family Health from the Gillings School of Global Public Health and a graduate certificate in survey science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She is currently a graduate research assistant with the University of Minnesota Rural Health Research Center supporting projects related to rural maternity care. She is interested in researching how policy impacts health outcomes, access to health care, and quality of health care for birthing populations during and after pregnancy, and specifically how these outcomes differ for rural and urban birthing populations in the US.