Elizabeth McClure

Elizabeth (Libby) McClure is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Epidemiology at the University of North Carolina's Gillings School of Global Public Health. Her research focuses on occupational epidemiology, environmental justice, and structural inequalities that drive health disparities. She employs community-engaged methodologies to address how marginalized communities experience occupational and environmental hazards.

McClure's work emphasizes historical and systemic inequities, particularly in occupational settings, and seeks to bridge epidemiological research with social change. Her projects include large-scale mortality studies, analyses of workplace segregation, and investigations into racial disparities in occupational injury rates. She has collaborated on studies involving aluminum smelting facilities and correctional institutions, highlighting how racial capitalism exacerbates health inequities.

Her recent publications explore topics like heat-related fatalities, racial disparities in infectious disease outcomes, and longitudinal trends in occupational injuries. McClure advocates for policy reforms to improve workplace safety and data accuracy in public health surveillance systems.