Erin Grinshteyn

Dr. Erin Grinshteyn serves as Associate Dean for Health Professions and Associate Professor in the School of Nursing and Health Professions at the University of San Francisco. She teaches in the MPH program and holds leadership roles including Co-Director of the Center for Research, Artistic, and Scholarly Excellence (CRASE) and former Chair of the Health Professions Department. Her research focuses on fear of crime/victimization, aging populations, neighborhood effects, and firearm violence, particularly examining health disparities among vulnerable groups like older adults and marginalized communities.

Education: PhD in Health Services (UCLA), MS in Health Policy (Harvard), BA in Sociology (Brandeis). Prior roles include Assistant Professor positions at USF (2016–present) and UNR (2013–2016), and teaching at UCLA (2007–2012).

Research interests span fear-driven health outcomes, aging, and structural inequities. Recent work links voting restrictions to adverse health outcomes (e.g., birth disparities, healthcare access). Key findings include associations between neighborhood safety and volunteering among seniors, and heightened mental health risks for minority students facing discriminatory fear.

Publications emphasize firearm violence, policy impacts on health, and aging populations. Her work appears in journals like PLOS ONE, Journal of School Violence, and BMJ Open.

Grants/awards: Not explicitly listed, but leadership roles and prolific publication indicate sustained scholarly activity. Advises students in public health and violence prevention research.

Labs/Teams: Active in CRASE and interdisciplinary health equity collaborations.