Kelli Stidham  Hall

I am an Associate Professor in the Departments of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education, Epidemiology, and Obstetrics and Gynecology at Emory University. I am also the Founding Director and Principal Investigator of the Center for Reproductive Health Research in the SouthEast (RISE) at Emory. My research uses a biosocial framework, social ecological perspective, and interdisciplinary approach to understand and address the multi-level social determinants of reproductive health, including the complex factors shaping access to care, service delivery and health policies, in the United States and in Africa. My research also addresses the intersections between reproductive, mental and physical health during adolescence and young adulthood. I am especially interested in the interrelated social, behavioral and biological causes and consequences of early and unintended pregnancy and how those processes shape health disparities in family planning. Originally trained as an advanced nurse practitioner and with over 15 years of clinical practice experience, I am also interested in integrated models of health care that concurrently address young women's reproductive, mental, behavioral and physical health. While trained in a variety of methods, my expertise lies in epidemiology and demography including advanced quantitative analyses (e.g. multilevel and hazard models) and survey methods. Prior to joining the faculty in the Rollins School of Public Health, I was a National Institutes of Health “BIRCWH” K-12 Scholar and faculty member in the Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan. I completed my PhD at Columbia University and Postdoctoral Fellowship at Princeton University. I currently serve on the Board of Directors of the Society for Family Planning and Society for Family Planning Research Fund, the Editorial Board of Contraception journal, and the Executive Committee of the National Medical Committee of Planned Parenthood Federation of America, and recently served as Section Counselor for the American Public Health Association Sexual and Reproductive Health Section. Within Emory, I serve on the University Senate and University Faculty Council, as well as on the leadership teams of our NIH-funded BIRCWH and SCORE women's health research training programs. Among numerous research honors, I have been awarded the Outstanding Young Professional in Population, Sexual and Reproductive Health by APHA in 2014, the Robert DuRant Statistical Rigor and Scientific Innovation in Adolescent Health Research Award from the Society of Adolescent Health and Medicine in 2014 and the National Academy of Medicine's Emerging Leaders in Health and Medicine Award in 2020.