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Cristina Barkowski

DrPH Student

Research Program Manager, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Rush University Medical Center

Pronouns: She/Her/Hers

About

Cristina is a current Doctorate in Public Health Leadership (DrPH) student with a passion for reproductive justice and the goal of incorporating key tenets of social work and public health research to support health care leaders in addressing the systemic factors that impact their patient populations and health systems overall. She is an experienced Research Manager, having overseen several federally funded health service research studies focused on improving access to reproductive and mental health care by addressing barriers to care. Cristina is experienced in intervention implementation and sustainability, and has contributed to various master-level curriculums, intervention adaptations and revisions, authored and co-authored manuscripts, adjunct taught and presented at professional conferences.

 

Education

Cristina has a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology with a Biology minor from Saint Ambrose University and a Master of Social Work with a Family and Community Concentration from Erikson Institute.