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Hayley  McMahon

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Hayley V. McMahon, MSPH, CPH (she/her) is an abortion scholar-advocate from rural Appalachia. She is currently a doctoral student and Laney Fellow at Emory University’s Rollins School of Public Health and a Doctoral Fellow at The Center for Reproductive Health Research in the Southeast (RISE), where her research explores the connections between abortion misinformation and disinformation, stigma, and criminalization in the U.S. Southeast. She is a proud first-generation college graduate who holds a BA in Cultural Anthropology from Duke University and a MSPH in Health Education and Health Communications from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. In addition to her work as a public health scientist, Hayley is also an abortion fund board member, a clinic escort, and a former abortion care worker.

Areas of Interest

  • Community Based Research
  • Health Communication
  • Health Literacy
  • Public Health Policy
  • Reproductive Health
  • Social Determinants of Health

Education

  • B.A., Cultural Anthropology 2017, Duke University
  • MSPH, Health Education and Health Communications 2022, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Affiliations & Activities

Doctoral Fellow, The Center for Reproductive Health Research in the Southeast (RISE)

Board of Directors, Holler Health Justice

Publications