Erica Kocher

Erica Kocher is a junior majoring in Sociology at Yale, with a concentration in Health and Society. She has worked on writing an article on American Samoan women’s conceptions of health and motivations for behavior changes during pregnancy. This summer she will be doing a follow up study in Samoa and American Samoa to explore the role of culture and family in behavior change during pregnancy in hopes of informing future interventions that target obesity and non-communicable disease.