Erin Pearson

Erin Pearson, PhD, MPH, is a social epidemiologist and mixed methods researcher with expertise in sexual and reproductive health, gender-based violence, and impact evaluation. Her research focuses on developing and testing interventions to address gender-based inequities in sexual and reproductive health, particularly the impact of intimate partner violence and reproductive coercion on women’s use of contraception and abortion. Dr. Pearson is a Research Scientist at the Center on Gender Equity and Health at the University of California, San Diego. She previously served as Associate Director of Learning and Innovation at Ipas where she led research on self-managed abortion, postabortion contraception, measurement of abortion quality. Dr. Pearson holds a PhD from Johns Hopkins University and an MPH from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.