Renee Mehra, PhD
Assistant Professor
Family Health Care Nursing
School of Nursing

Her research also examines multilevel mechanistic pathways and the impact of programs and policies on reducing inequities in maternal and infant health.

• Home Visiting in California During the First Two Years of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Repeated Cross-Sectional Study of Low-Income Pregnant and Parenting Caregivers.
  Journal of public health management and practice : JPHMP 2024 Franck LS, Mehra R, Remy L, Rienks J
• A Qualitative Analysis of Low-Income Pregnant and Parenting Caregivers' Experiences With Home Visiting in California During the First 2 Years of the COVID-19 Pandemic.
  Journal of public health management and practice : JPHMP 2023 Franck LS, Johnson I, Mehra R, Remy L, Rienks J
• "'Oh gosh, why go?' cause they are going to look at me and not hire": intersectional experiences of black women navigating employment during pregnancy and parenting.
  BMC pregnancy and childbirth 2023 Mehra R, Alspaugh A, Dunn JT, Franck LS, McLemore MR, Keene DE, Kershaw TS, Ickovics JR
• Racism is a motivator and a barrier for people of color aspiring to become midwives in the United States.
  Health services research 2022 Mehra R, Alspaugh A, Joseph J, Golden B, Lanshaw N, McLemore MR, Franck LS
• "Police shootings, now that seems to be the main issue" - Black pregnant women's anticipation of police brutality towards their children.
  BMC public health 2022 Mehra R, Alspaugh A, Franck LS, McLemore MR, Kershaw TS, Ickovics JR, Keene DE, Sewell AA
• The Space in the Middle: Attitudes of Women's Health and Neonatal Nurses in the United States about Abortion.
  Women's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's Health 2021 Alspaugh A, Mehra R, Coleman-Minahan K, Hoffmann TJ, Burton CW, Eagen-Torkko M, Bond TM, Franck LS, Olseon LC, Lanshaw N, Rychnovsky JD, McLemore MR
• Structural racism and social distancing: Implications for COVID-19.
  EClinicalMedicine 2021 Mehra R, Franck LS
• Considerations to promote sustainability of community health worker programs to improve maternal health
  Journal of Primary Care and Community Health 2020 Mehra R, Boyd LM, Lewis J, Cunningham SD
• Black pregnant women “get the most judgment”: a qualitative study of the experiences of Black women at the intersection of race, gender, and pregnancy
  Women’s Health Issues 2020 Mehra R, Boyd LM, Magriples U, Kershaw TS, Ickovics JR, Keene DE
• Racial and ethnic disparities in adverse birth outcomes: Differences by racial residential segregation
  SSM Population Health 2019 Mehra R, Keene DE, Kershaw TS, Ickovics JR, Warren JL
• Area-level deprivation and preterm birth: cross-sectional results from a national, commercially-insured population
  BMC Public Health 2019 Mehra R, Shebl FM, Cunningham SD, Magriples U, Barrette E, Herrera C, Kozhimannil KB, Ickovics JR
• Recommendations for the pilot expansion of Medicaid coverage for doulas in New York State
  American Journal of Public Health 2019 Mehra R, Cunningham SD, Lewis JB, Thomas JL, Ickovics JR
• Combining phylogenetic and network approaches to identify HIV-1 transmission links in San Mateo County, California
  Frontiers in Microbiology 2018 Dalai SC, Junqueira DM, Wilkinson E, Mehra R, Kosakovsky Pond SL, Levy V, Israelski D, de Oliveira T, Katzenstein D
• Why people smoke: addressing the ‘causes of causes’ of health inequities
  Why people smoke: addressing the ‘causes of causes’ of health inequities 2018 Mehra R
• Trump’s housing cuts put Americans’ health at risk
  Trump’s housing cuts put Americans’ health at risk 2018 Mehra R
• Racial residential segregation and adverse birth outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis
  Social Science & Medicine 2017 Mehra R, Boyd LM, Ickovics JR
• Anemia in older persons: etiology and evaluation
  Blood Cells, Molecules, and Diseases 2011 Price EA, Mehra R, Holmes TH, Schrier SL