Jennifer Toller Erausquin

Jennifer Toller Erausquin is an Associate Professor and Associate Department Chair in the Department of Public Health Education at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG). Her research focuses on social determinants of health, particularly gender, race/ethnicity, and socioeconomic factors influencing HIV prevention and care engagement, with a strong emphasis on structural approaches to health equity. She holds a PhD from the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health and has completed postdoctoral fellowships at the Duke Global Health Institute. Her work integrates quantitative methodologies to analyze large datasets and evaluate interventions targeting marginalized populations.

Educational Background:

• PhD in Public Health, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health (2009)
• MPH, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health (2006)
• Bachelor of Arts, University of Michigan (2000)

Research Interests:

• HIV care engagement barriers among women in the U.S. South
• Longitudinal analysis of social determinants using the Add Health cohort
• Racial disparities in suicide and mental health trajectories
• Health outcomes among migrant populations and Latinx communities
• Structural racism and birth outcomes
• Sexual health interventions in marginalized groups

Current Projects:

• Collaborative study on HIV care engagement barriers with North Carolina Division of Public Health
• Analyzing Add Health data to investigate racial-ethnic differences in suicide-related outcomes
• Rapid epidemiological assessments of health vulnerabilities among migrant populations in Panama

Consulting & Partnerships:

• Consultant to the World Health Organization since 2019
• Co-editor of Global Perspectives on Women’s Sexual and Reproductive Health Across the Lifecourse (Springer, 2018)
• Collaborations with UNCG School of Nursing and Duke Global Health Institute