Sarah Roberts, DrPH

Public Health Social Scientist

Email: RobertsS@obgyn.ucsf.edu

Biosketch:

Sarah CM Roberts, DrPH, is a public health social scientist at ANSIRH. Her research interests include gender equality and women’s health, state-level abortion restrictions, and alcohol and drug use in the context of pregnancy, parenting, and reproductive health. Dr. Roberts’ current research focuses on the impact of receiving versus being denied an abortion on women’s alcohol and drug use, abortion restrictions, and strategies to reduce racial/ethnic disparities in Child Protective Services reports related to maternal drug use. Dr. Roberts’ work has been published in Social Science & Medicine, Women’s Health Issues, Maternal and Child Health Journal, and Alcohol and Alcoholism. Dr. Roberts received her undergraduate degree in history from Columbia University, her MPH and a Graduate Certificate in Women’s Studies from the University of Michigan, and her DrPH from the University of California, Berkeley.

Areas of Interest:

• Policies related to alcohol and drug use among pregnant and parenting women
• Impact of abortion restrictions on women
• Screening for alcohol and drug use during pregnancy
• Racial and ethnic disparties

For a complete list of publications, please click here: Publications on PubMed

Updated March 2013