Alison Gemmill

Alison Gemmill is an Associate Professor in the Department of Population, Family and Reproductive Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. As a demographer and perinatal epidemiologist, her research focuses on structural determinants of health disparities, fertility dynamics, and maternal-perinatal outcomes. She investigates how environmental stressors and policy changes impact reproductive health, with an emphasis on equity.

Education:

• PhD in Demography, UC Berkeley (2017)
• MA in Demography, UC Berkeley (2012)
• MPH in Maternal and Child Health, UC Berkeley (2011)
• BA in Geography, UCLA (2005)

Her work spans fertility responses to societal shocks (e.g., COVID-19, policy shifts), measurement of global maternal mortality, and life-course impacts of reproductive health. Current projects analyze abortion restrictions, pregnancy-associated mortality, and psychosocial determinants of fertility decline.

Awards & Fellowships:

• NICHD Predoctoral Fellowship
• NIA Predoctoral Fellowship

She co-leads NIH R01 grants and a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation project. As Technical Advisor to WHO, she refines maternal mortality estimation methodologies. She collaborates with multiple research centers including the Hopkins Population Center and Center for Health Disparities Solutions.