#  Amber Smith 

Doctoral Student in Sociology

 

 

 



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 email <ambersmith@g.harvard.edu> 

 



 

*Research Interests:* Social Determinants of Health; Medical Sociology; Maternal &amp; Reproductive Health; Reproduction; Inequality and Health Disparities; Demography; Social Network Analysis; Quantitative and Mixed Methods

**Amber Smith** is a PhD student in Sociology at Harvard. She earned her BA in Sociology (concentration in Medical Sociology) with a Minor in Global Health at Duke University. Her honors thesis was titled “Zip Code Matters: A Social Network Analysis of U.S. State-Based Abortion Care Access Over Time.” As an undergraduate, Amber conducted research with the Duke Center for Global Reproductive Health and research teams in Kisumu, Kenya and Kampala, Uganda to assess barriers to the service uptake of Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination and testing.

As a graduate student, Amber looks forward to diving deeper into her passion within maternal and reproductive health. She is interested with studying the interplay of structural racism, structural sexism, and cycles of poverty that contribute to disparities of health outcomes. Amber is particularly passionate about conceptualizing social determinants of health to best inform equity-centered interventions, especially as it relates to Black Maternal Mortality and abortion restrictions and disparities. She hopes to expand both her quantitative and qualitative methodological skills.

**Previous Degrees:**  
B.A., Sociology (Minor in Global Health), Duke University, 2024



 

 

 





 

 

- ## Countries
    
     [Kenya](/country/kenya) [Uganda](/country/uganda) [United States](/country/united-states)
- ## Geographic Areas
    
     [Africa](/geographic-areas/africa) [North America](/geographic-areas/north-america) [Global](/geographic-areas/global)
- ## Research Clusters (Grad)
    
     [Gender and Family](/graduate-student-research-clusters/gender-and-family) [Health &amp; Population](/graduate-student-research-clusters/health-population) [Inequality](/graduate-student-research-clusters/inequality) [Race, Ethnicity and Immigration](/graduate-student-research-clusters/race-ethnicity-and-immigration)
- ## Graduate Students by Academic Advisor
    
     [Jocelyn Viterna](/graduate-students-academic-advisor/jocelyn-viterna)
- ## Graduate Students by Cohort
    
     [2024 (G2)](/graduate-students-cohort/2024-g1)
- ## Graduate Students by Last Name
    
     [Q - S](/graduate-students-last-name/r-t)
- ## Current People
    
     [Graduate Students](/grad-students)