Lunch will be served at 12:00 pm in rm. 8417!
As an economist and population health scientist, Dr. Tiffany Green’s mission is to understand the causes and consequences of racial/ethnic disparities in reproductive health. The biggest problem that keeps her up at night? The fact that black women, regardless of how much income or education they have, are more likely than any other racial/ethnic group to become sick and/or die from pregnancy-related complications. Similarly, black infants are more likely to be born too light, too soon, and die before they can celebrate their first birthdays. She believes strongly in tackling these problems from an evidence-based perspective and following the data wherever they lead—even if it makes me uncomfortable along the way. She applies methods from economics, demography, psychology, and health services research to document and unpack the sources of these disparities, and has published in a wide variety of peer-reviewed journals (see some of my writing here). She is also committed to training the next generation of researchers to become better critical thinkers, better scientists, and more informed, engaged citizens.