Dr. Andrea L Kalfoglou

About

Joined UMBC faculty in 2007. Previously a researcher at NHGRI, Johns Hopkins, IOM, and President's National Bioethics Advisory Commission. Expert in health disparities and social determinants of health; reproductive and genetics ethics; social and ethical issues related to mental health; childhood sexual abuse; and campus food insecurity. Has served in multiple leadership positions with national public health and bioethics organizations.

Research interests

Mental health policy, Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) as a social determinant of health, campus food insecurity; maternal mental health; reproductive health policy; genetics policy; ethics education at the undergraduate level

Teaching interests

public health ethics; social justice and advocacy; social determinants of health and health disparities

Education

  • Postdoc, public health geneticsNational Human Genome Research Institute, NIH (2007)
  • Ph D, Public HealthJohns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (1999)
    The Experiences of Oocyte Donors
  • BA, Political and Social ThoughtUniversity of Virginia (1991)
    The Legal, Social and Ethical Implications of Surrogate Motherhood