Newswise — New Brunswick, NJ – The Rutgers School of Public Health is excited to announce that Slawa Rokicki, PhD, will be joining the department of health behavior, society, and policy as an instructor in August.
Rokicki’s research focuses on improving reproductive, maternal, and child health both locally and globally. She studies the long-term and intergenerational effects of poor reproductive health, applying experimental and quasi-experimental methods to evaluate the impact of programs and policies on the health of women and children.
Currently, Rokicki is exploring the long-term costs and consequences of maternal obesity for both mother and child, and the effectiveness of health service and community interventions to improve the health of women before, during, and after pregnancy. Her work in sub-Saharan Africa explores mobile health and empowerment approaches to reducing child marriage and teenage pregnancy.
“We’re thrilled to welcome Dr. Rokicki,” said Perry N. Halkitis, PhD, MS, MPH, dean of the Rutgers School of Public Health. “Dr. Rokicki’s interest in interdisciplinary research that impacts the health of women and children will be invaluable for our students, faculty, staff, and School.”
“We are excited to recruit Dr. Rokicki to our growing department,” said Paul Duberstein, PhD, chair of the department of health behavior, society, and policy. “Dr. Rokicki’s creative, impactful research on the health of women and children, and her methodological and statistical expertise, will enrich the entire Rutgers community, having a sustained and powerful influence on the field of maternal health.”
“I am thrilled to be joining the Rutgers School of Public Health, an institution truly committed to social justice, equity, and community engagement,” said Rokicki. “I look forward to collaborating with colleagues and students on interdisciplinary and policy-relevant research that will make an impact on population health in New Jersey and beyond.”
Rokicki has a PhD in health policy from Harvard University, an MS in global health and population from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and a BS in mathematics from the University of Maryland, College Park. She completed a post-doctoral fellowship in health economics at the Geary Institute for Public Policy at University College Dublin in Ireland.
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