Renee Mehra • UCSF Profiles

Renee Mehra, PhD

Title(s)	Assistant Professor, Family Health Care Nursing
School	School of Nursing
Address	2 Koret Way, #405E San Francisco CA 94143
ORCID	0000-0002-9794-2971
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Biography

Education and Training

Yale University, New Haven, CT	PhD	05/2020	Public Health
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK	MS	2009	Epidemiology
University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia	BS (Honors)	1999	Biochemistry
Australian National University, Canberra, Australia	BS	1998	Life Sciences

Overview

Dr. Mehra's research focuses on diversification of the perinatal workforce and social and structural factors that influence racial inequities in maternal and infant health. Using reproductive justice and ecosocial frameworks and mixed methods and community-partnered approaches, she conducts research and evaluations on diversifying the midwifery, doula, and community health care workforce. Her research also examines multilevel mechanistic pathways and the impact of programs and policies on reducing inequities in maternal and infant health.

Interests

Maternal, infant and child health, Health inequites, Social and structural determinants of health

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Publications

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Home Visiting in California During the First Two Years of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Repeated Cross-Sectional Study of Low-Income Pregnant and Parenting Caregivers. J Public Health Manag Pract. 2024 May-Jun 01; 30(3):403-410. Franck LS, Mehra R, Remy L, Rienks J. PMID: 38603746.

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A Qualitative Analysis of Low-Income Pregnant and Parenting Caregivers' Experiences With Home Visiting in California During the First 2 Years of the COVID-19 Pandemic. J Public Health Manag Pract. 2024 Mar-Apr 01; 30(2):158-167. Franck LS, Johnson I, Mehra R, Remy L, Rienks J. PMID: 37646559; PMCID: PMC10833179.

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"'Oh gosh, why go?' cause they are going to look at me and not hire": intersectional experiences of black women navigating employment during pregnancy and parenting. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2023 Jan 10; 23(1):17. Mehra R, Alspaugh A, Dunn JT, Franck LS, McLemore MR, Keene DE, Kershaw TS, Ickovics JR. PMID: 36627577; PMCID: PMC9830615.

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Racism is a motivator and a barrier for people of color aspiring to become midwives in the United States. Health Serv Res. 2023 02; 58(1):40-50. Mehra R, Alspaugh A, Joseph J, Golden B, Lanshaw N, McLemore MR, Franck LS. PMID: 35841130; PMCID: PMC9836944.

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"Police shootings, now that seems to be the main issue" - Black pregnant women's anticipation of police brutality towards their children. BMC Public Health. 2022 01 20; 22(1):146. Mehra R, Alspaugh A, Franck LS, McLemore MR, Kershaw TS, Ickovics JR, Keene DE, Sewell AA. PMID: 35057776; PMCID: PMC8781435.

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The Space in the Middle: Attitudes of Women's Health and Neonatal Nurses in the United States about Abortion. Womens Health Issues. 2022 Mar-Apr; 32(2):130-139. Alspaugh A, Mehra R, Coleman-Minahan K, Hoffmann TJ, Burton CW, Eagen-Torkko M, Bond TM, Franck LS, Olseon LC, Lanshaw N, Rychnovsky JD, McLemore MR. PMID: 34844851.

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Structural racism and social distancing: Implications for COVID-19. EClinicalMedicine. 2021 May; 35:100869. Mehra R, Franck LS. PMID: 34027330; PMCID: PMC8121994.

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Considerations to promote sustainability of community health worker programs to improve maternal health. Journal of Primary Care and Community Health. 2020; 11:1-8. Mehra R, Boyd LM, Lewis J, Cunningham SD. View Publication.
Black pregnant women “get the most judgment”: a qualitative study of the experiences of Black women at the intersection of race, gender, and pregnancy. Women’s Health Issues. 2020. Mehra R, Boyd LM, Magriples U, Kershaw TS, Ickovics JR, Keene DE. View Publication.
Racial and ethnic disparities in adverse birth outcomes: Differences by racial residential segregation. SSM Population Health. 2019; 8. Mehra R, Keene DE, Kershaw TS, Ickovics JR, Warren JL. View Publication.
Area-level deprivation and preterm birth: cross-sectional results from a national, commercially-insured population. BMC Public Health. 2019; 19(1):236. Mehra R, Shebl FM, Cunningham SD, Magriples U, Barrette E, Herrera C, Kozhimannil KB, Ickovics JR. View Publication.
Recommendations for the pilot expansion of Medicaid coverage for doulas in New York State. American Journal of Public Health. 2019; 109(2):217-219. Mehra R, Cunningham SD, Lewis JB, Thomas JL, Ickovics JR. View Publication.
Combining phylogenetic and network approaches to identify HIV-1 transmission links in San Mateo County, California. Frontiers in Microbiology. 2018; 9:2799. Dalai SC, Junqueira DM, Wilkinson E, Mehra R, Kosakovsky Pond SL, Levy V, Israelski D, de Oliveira T, Katzenstein D. View Publication.
Why people smoke: addressing the ‘causes of causes’ of health inequities. 2018. Mehra R. View Publication.
Trump’s housing cuts put Americans’ health at risk. 2018. Mehra R. View Publication.
Racial residential segregation and adverse birth outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Social Science & Medicine. 2017; 191:237-50. Mehra R, Boyd LM, Ickovics JR. View Publication.
Anemia in older persons: etiology and evaluation. Blood Cells, Molecules, and Diseases. 2011; 46(2):159-65. Price EA, Mehra R, Holmes TH, Schrier SL. View Publication.