FEATURED AUTHOR
Bayla Ostrach
Bayla Ostrach, MA, PhD, is an Assistant Professor of Medical Anthropology and Cross-Cultural Practice. Her research explores reproductive justice, publicly funded health systems, syndemics, and the role of social and mutual support in people’s ability to overcome obstacles. Dr. Ostrach’s fieldwork in Catalunya continues, examining deteriorations in publicly funded reproductive health care, and, recently community movements focused on inclusivity.
Subjects: Anthropology - Soc Sci, Health and Social Care
Biography
Bayla Ostrach, MA, PhD, is an Assistant Professor of Medical Anthropology and Cross-Cultural Practice in the Family Medicine Department at Boston University School of Medicine, and Affiliated Faculty at Boston University’s Department of Anthropology. A Full Fellow of the Society of Family Planning, her research explores reproductive justice, publicly funded health systems, syndemics, and the role of social and mutual support in people’s ability to overcome obstacles. She began working directly in the field of reproductive health and abortion care in 1999, and has since worked with and volunteered at multiple clinics in Oregon, Connecticut, and Catalunya. Dr. Ostrach’s ongoing fieldwork occurs in Catalunya -- focused on publicly funded reproductive health care and community-based solidarity movements focused on inclusivity, and with abortion and other reproductive health care providers in the United States.Education
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PhD 2014, University of Connecticut
MA 2010, Oregon State University
BA 2003, University of Oregon
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Research Interests:
Access to and experiences with reproductive/sexual health care; syndemics; evolutionary/physiologic birth & breastfeeding; health inequality; stigma & health outcomes; social & community support as protective factors; Castellers, migrant inclusion, and Catalan independentism
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