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Rebekah Cross is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Public Health Sciences at the University of Chicago. She holds a PhD in Community Health Sciences from the University of California, Los Angeles, and has completed a Postdoctoral Fellowship in Maternal Child Health at the UNC Gillings School of Public Health. Her research focuses on the intersection of racism, residence characteristics, and socioeconomic factors as they relate to public health outcomes. She has received funding from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation for a project evaluating the impact of federal housing initiatives on maternal child health in Chicago's Woodlawn community, where she serves as the Principal Investigator. Rebekah possesses a strong academic background with degrees in Sociology from American University and the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. With a commitment to addressing health equity and the implications of community redevelopment interventions, her work aims to provide impactful insights into the causal relationships that influence health disparities.
University of Chicago • Chicago, IL
Teaching and conducting research in Public Health Sciences, with a focus on Maternal Child Health.
Department of Philosophy