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Leah C Neubauer is an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Preventive Medicine at Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University. Her work focuses on public health education, medical student training, and global health initiatives, particularly in HIV prevention and menstrual health.
- Senior mentor in the Robert J. Havey, MD Institute for Global Health
- Collaborator with the Northwestern University Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute (NUCATS)
- Expertise in culturally responsive evaluation, educational ecosystems, and health equity
Her research spans menstrual health policy implementation in Chicago schools, trauma-informed teaching during the pandemic, and cohort-based learning in graduate public health programs. Recent publications emphasize digital inequities, peer study groups, and AI integration in education. Leah mentors medical students like Abbey Filicko and Sydney Doe, whose public health research has been recognized at national conferences. She advocates for Latine representation in evaluation and social justice frameworks in public health pedagogy.
Key contributions:
- Developed a Menstrual Hygiene Management (MHM) policy framework for Chicago Public Schools
- Pioneered a Community of Practice (CoP) for monitoring and evaluation in global women’s funds
- Proposed an ecosystem approach to support Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) in academic public health
