Jasmine Abrams
Research Scientist in Public Health (Social and Behavioral Sciences)Cards
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Research Scientist in Public Health (Social and Behavioral Sciences)
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Dr. Jasmine Abrams is an international behavioral research scientist. She is also a Presidential Research Fellow at Yale University School of Public Health. Dr. Abrams has 15 years of experience conducting health equity research with community-based organizations to understand and promote sexual and maternal health among Black women across the African Diaspora, including women in the US, Haiti, Dominican Republic, and Brazil.
With a multimillion dollar funding portfolio, Dr. Abrams has secured numerous federal funding awards to support her work, including funding from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institute of Minority Health Disparities, National Institutes of Mental Health, and Fogarty International Center.
An engaging and highly sought-after speaker, Dr. Abrams has delivered presentations about promoting global health equity, intersectionality in public health research, achieving success in academia, and academic entrepreneurship to numerous universities and private organizations around the world.
As a serial entrepreneur, Dr. Abrams is co-founder of Research Unlimited and founder of the Thrive Institute for Professional Development, a science-driven company focused on inspiring success and wellness among researchers via transformative training and international retreat experiences.
Dr. Abrams earned a PhD in Health Psychology from Virginia Commonwealth University, a Master of Science in Experimental Psychology (Health Concentration) from Virginia Commonwealth University, and a Bachelor of Science in Psychology from Virginia State University, a Historically Black College/University (HBCU).
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Jaleah Rutledge
Ijeoma Opara, PhD, LMSW, MPH
Trace Kershaw, PhD
Women's Health
Health Equity
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2025
Engaging Historically Excluded Women in Health Research: Addressing Intersectional Barriers to Advance Equitable Recruitment
Abrams J, Chestnut I, Gaillard J, Rutledge J, Callands T, Nelson T, Parker S, Yarrington C. Engaging Historically Excluded Women in Health Research: Addressing Intersectional Barriers to Advance Equitable Recruitment. Journal Of Racial And Ethnic Health Disparities 2025, 1-9. PMID: 41145895, DOI: 10.1007/s40615-025-02708-y.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAn Exploratory Examination of the Ubiquity of the “Strong Black Woman” Schema
Abrams J, Dickens D, Maxwell M, Smith T, Rutledge J, Spivey B. An Exploratory Examination of the Ubiquity of the “Strong Black Woman” Schema. Journal Of Black Psychology 2025, 52: 113-129. DOI: 10.1177/00957984251387964.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNavigating an STI diagnosis: The role of social support, intergenerational learning, and transformative growth among Black women
Rutledge J, Abrams J, Opara I, Miller R. Navigating an STI diagnosis: The role of social support, intergenerational learning, and transformative growth among Black women. American Journal Of Community Psychology 2025 PMID: 40873098, DOI: 10.1002/ajcp.70011.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSexually transmitted infection diagnosisSexually transmitted infectionsBlack womenImpact of sexually transmitted infectionsWomen's sexual healthNarrative analysisStrengths-based approachDisproportionate impactSocial supportPrevention researchSexual healthAnalysis of interviewsNarrative inquiry methodologyNarrative analysis of interviewsMechanisms of resilienceEmotional challengesInquiry methodologyLack of researchWomenDiagnosisHealthInterventionIntergenerational learningInterviewsPreventionAssociations between urinary biomarkers of phthalates and phthalate alternatives and female sexual function in a North American cohort
Schildroth S, Bond J, Wesselink A, Koenig M, Calafat A, Botelho J, Abrams J, Wise L. Associations between urinary biomarkers of phthalates and phthalate alternatives and female sexual function in a North American cohort. The Journal Of Sexual Medicine 2025, 22: 1766-1779. PMID: 40795774, PMCID: PMC12496479, DOI: 10.1093/jsxmed/qdaf205.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsLife Course Financial Hardship and Fecundability in a North American Preconception Cohort Study
Hoffman M, Ncube C, Murray E, Krivorotko D, Wesselink A, Lovett S, Abrams J, Boynton-Jarrett R, Wise L. Life Course Financial Hardship and Fecundability in a North American Preconception Cohort Study. Epidemiology 2025, 36: 769-780. PMID: 40747909, DOI: 10.1097/ede.0000000000001900.Peer-Reviewed Original Research“I Can Do Bad All By Myself”: Indirect Effect of Social Support Beliefs on the Strong Black Woman Schema and Depressive Symptoms
Spivey B, Abrams J, Watson-Singleton N, Metzger I. “I Can Do Bad All By Myself”: Indirect Effect of Social Support Beliefs on the Strong Black Woman Schema and Depressive Symptoms. Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology 2025, 31: 551-559. PMID: 38842907, DOI: 10.1037/cdp0000672.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsFecundability in Association With Everyday and Lifetime Discrimination
Ukah U, Lovett S, Boynton-Jarrett R, Abrams J, Wesselink A, Hoffman M, Williams D, Wise L, Ncube C. Fecundability in Association With Everyday and Lifetime Discrimination. JAMA Network Open 2025, 8: e2520597. PMID: 40658417, PMCID: PMC12260993, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.20597.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricDèyè mòn, gen mòn: Qualitative examination of drivers and facilitators of stigma as a barrier to sexual and maternal healthcare in Haiti
Abrams J, Rutledge J, Raskin E, Kiyanda A, Gaillard J, Maxwell M, Kershaw T. Dèyè mòn, gen mòn: Qualitative examination of drivers and facilitators of stigma as a barrier to sexual and maternal healthcare in Haiti. SSM - Qualitative Research In Health 2025, 7: 100556. DOI: 10.1016/j.ssmqr.2025.100556.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMaternal healthcarePregnant womenMaternal health care providersLack of hospital resourcesHIV stigma experiencesMaternal healthcare accessHIV-related stigmaDeterminants of healthHIV-positive pregnant womenOrigins of stigmaHealth care providersPregnant women's accessRisk of contracting HIVLow testing ratesHIV-negative pregnant womenRelated stigmaStigma experiencesQuality careCare providersHealthcare accessRural HaitiHospital policiesComprehensive interventionThematic analysisFocus groupsStrategies for self-management of painful intercourse among female pregnancy planners
Bond J, Schildroth S, White K, Fisher R, Pukall C, Abrams J, Wise L. Strategies for self-management of painful intercourse among female pregnancy planners. The Journal Of Sexual Medicine 2025, 22: 1173-1183. PMID: 40413796, PMCID: PMC12208857, DOI: 10.1093/jsxmed/qdaf100.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitations“I’m Trusting You with My Body”: A Qualitative Examination of the Role of Trust in Safer Sexual Decision-Making Among Black Women
Abrams J, Pollock A, Tillett E, Ashcroft L, Levine M, Rutledge J, Chandler C. “I’m Trusting You with My Body”: A Qualitative Examination of the Role of Trust in Safer Sexual Decision-Making Among Black Women. Archives Of Sexual Behavior 2025, 54: 1723-1735. PMID: 40301193, DOI: 10.1007/s10508-025-03133-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsSexual healthBlack womenHeterosexual sexRate of white womenHealth of Black womenSexual decision-makingHealth decision-makingSexual health decision-makingHIV/STI preventionSafer-sex behaviorsFocus groupsHIV transmissionDecision-makingWhite womenInfluence sexual behaviorMy bodyHealthWomenCommunication anxietySex behaviorSexual behaviorHIVSexQualitative analysisConcept of trust
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