Kristin Bevilacqua

Kristin Bevilacqua, PhD, MPH, is an Assistant Scientist in the Department of Population, Family, and Reproductive Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Her work bridges public health research, gender equity, and migration, with a strong focus on gender-based violence and women’s reproductive health.

Education:

• PhD, Bloomberg School of Public Health, 2024
• MPH, University of Michigan, 2017
• BA, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2012

Her research integrates mixed-methods and causal inference to examine how migration affects women’s risk of violence and to develop effective prevention strategies for gender-based violence among migrant populations in the U.S. and globally. She also investigates housing interventions for survivors of intimate partner violence and sexual violence prevention on college campuses.

Her recent publications show a strong trend in understanding intimate partner violence, especially during the pandemic, among vulnerable populations such as adolescent girls in Kenya and Latina immigrants in the U.S. Her work frequently employs mixed-methods designs, combining qualitative insights with statistical rigor to inform policy and practice.

Scientific Awards:

• Susan P. Baker Scholarship in Injury Prevention and Control (2023)
• Maternal and Child Health Epidemiology Fellowship (2022–2023)
• Robertson Scholarship (2022)
• Bernard and Jane Guyer Scholarship (2021)
• Dr. Michael Koenig Memorial Fund Award (2020, 2021)

Kristin actively contributes to public health through research grants and collaborative projects, particularly with the Johns Hopkins Center for Global Women’s Health and Gender Equity. She mentors students and early-career researchers in violence prevention and reproductive health. Her work is embedded in community-based and global contexts, emphasizing equitable and actionable outcomes.

She is involved in research teams focusing on violence against women, housing stability, and policy evaluation. Her lab collaborations include longitudinal studies in Kenya and mixed-methods evaluations of housing programs for survivors in the U.S.