Amelia Reese Masterson, MPH

Amelia Reese Masterson is a public health PhD student with a focus in maternal and reproductive health, migration, and equitable health care. Her work bridges U.S. and international public health, as well as research and evaluation. She focuses on health equity and quality of care among structurally disadvantaged populations, including refugee and immigrant groups. Her current research investigates the variation in access to social programs and health care based on immigrant and migrant legal status, and its effects on reproductive and maternal health outcomes. Additionally, she explores how language access and person-centered care in health care settings influence health outcomes. 

Amelia holds an MPH in Chronic Disease Epidemiology from Yale School of Public Health and is pursuing a PhD in Public Health within the Community Health Sciences Department at UCLA Fielding School of Public Health. She has published 12 peer-reviewed journal articles, including in BMJ Global Health, BMC Public Health, and Maternal and Child Nutrition. Amelia has extensive experience leading and supporting multi-method research and evaluation, survey research, participatory and community-based research, and qualitative and quantitative data analysis. She has held research and evaluation positions with the Cottage Center for Population Health, the Global Women’s Institute at George Washington University, CARE at Yale School of Public Health, International Medical Corps, the American University of Beirut, UNFPA, Tufts Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, and UNICEF. In addition, she has co-founded two nonprofit institutions, Sanctuary Kitchen and A Plate for All, and has experience in nonprofit leadership and fundraising.