Jillian Henderson, PhD, MPH

Assistant Professor
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences

Email: hendersonj@obgyn.ucsf.edu

Biosketch:

Jillian Henderson, PhD, MPH, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences at UCSF. She received an MPH in Epidemiology and a PhD in Health Services Research from the University of Michigan and completed an Ellertson Social Science Postdoctoral Fellowship at UCSF.  Her research is focused on access to health care, contraception, and factors influencing contraceptive choice and STI prevention. She is currently leading a study examining reproductive health complications at hospitals in Nepal before and after abortion legalization.  She is also conducting an NIH-funded study of young women’s experiences with reproductive health care during the transition from adolescence to adulthood in the United States. The project examines differences in access to care according to structural conditions, personal resources, and life circumstances, and evaluates the effects of health care on contraceptive use and other reproductive health outcomes. Dr. Henderson endeavors to improve population health and health care experiences through evidence-based changes to health policy and health care delivery systems.

Areas of Interest:

• Access to health care
• Health care quality and acceptability in the transition from adolescence to adulthood
• Racial/ethnic and socioeconomic disparities in health and health care
• Contraceptive counseling

Ongoing Research Projects: