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Ashleigh Rich

Postdoctoral Scholar, Department of Social Medicine

University of North Carolina- Chapel Hill

Ashleigh Rich

Postdoctoral Scholar, Department of Social Medicine

University of North Carolina- Chapel Hill

Areas of interest

Social epidemiology, sex/gender, sexual and gender minority health equity, HIV, chronic disease, stress, health services, methods and measurement

Education

  • PhD, Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia
  • MPH, Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia
  • BA, Anthropology, Smith College

Biography

Ashleigh Rich is a social epidemiologist with a research program of community-engaged epidemiology focused on sexual and gender minority health (SGM) equity, and a substantive focus on HIV and other chronic disease. Having completed a PhD at the University of British Columbia School of Population and Public Health in 2021 and a CIHR Postdoctoral Fellowship in 2024, she is currently Adjunct faculty in the Simon Fraser University Faculty of Health Sciences as well as at the Duke University School of Nursing.

Research Interests

Dr. Rich is primarily a quantitative scientist, with additional expertise in mixed methods. Her research program in SGM health disparities looks at methods and measurement issues in SGM health with a substantive focus on transgender health, HIV and chronic disease. Integrated with the work of public health, community non-profits and public policy organizations, Dr. Rich’s research focuses on the identification and estimation of disparities as well as understanding underlying mechanisms driving inequity, with attention to informing interventions. She is particularly interested in the impact of social processes on population health outcomes, and how multi-level exposures ‘get under the skin’ or become embodied, translating into population level inequities. Dr. Rich’s priorities are to conduct applied public health research with clinical and policy relevance that is responsive to community needs, employing observational, administrative and mix methods data with innovative epidemiological methods via interdisciplinary approaches. Dr. Rich’s long-term goal is to generate evidence toward health equity, social justice, and alleviating population health disparities for SGM, particularly those at the intersections of multiply marginalized identities including racialization, socioeconomic status, and sex/gender.

 

Teaching Interests

  • Epidemiology
  • Health Research Methods
  • Mixed Methods
  • Social Epidemiology
  • Population health disparities
  • Intersectionality

 

Courses

Publications

View Dr. Rich's publications here.