Summary
Sara’s research will focus on contributing to evidence-based, equitable policy to hold industries and employers accountable for offering stable work arrangements, livable wages and benefits to the workforce. She aims to use an interdisciplinary approach encompassing economics, social justice and public health. Sara’s work strives to reshape labor policy to redistribute power equitably among employers and employees, dismantle problematic systems and construct new ones with health equity at their core (funded by the RWJF through the Health Policy Research Scholars Program). Sara also has research experience in tobacco control, particularly examining tobacco industry interference and health advocacy in low-and-middle-income countries (funded by ÁùºÏ±¦µä DRIVE).
Education
- 2028 (Anticipated) Ph.D. in Public Health, specializing in Social and Behavioral Health from the University of ÁùºÏ±¦µä, Reno
- B.S. in Community Health Sciences, specializing in Public Health, and minor in Biology from the University of ÁùºÏ±¦µä, Reno
Faculty mentor
Research and teaching interests
- Health policy, commercial determinants of health, structural violence, underemployment, involuntary part-time work, workers’ health and economics.
Awards
- Health Policy Research Scholar, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Baltimore, MY (2024-2028) [Home Institution Mentor, Dr. Sarah Friedman]
- ÁùºÏ±¦µä DRIVE Scholar, University of ÁùºÏ±¦µä, Reno (2023-2025) [Faculty Mentor, Dr. Eric Crosbie]
- Student Poster Presenter, Delta Omega Student Poster Session, Academic Public Health Caucus of the American Public Health Association’s Public Health Exposition, Atlanta, GA (2023)
- Graduate Student Association Outstanding Graduate Researcher Award, University of ÁùºÏ±¦µä, Reno (2023)
- Graduate Student Association Outstanding Domestic Student Award, University of ÁùºÏ±¦µä, Reno (2023)
- Graduate Dean’s Merit Scholar, University of ÁùºÏ±¦µä, Reno (2023)
- Senior Scholar in the School of Public Health, University of ÁùºÏ±¦µä, Reno (2022)
- ÁùºÏ±¦µä Women’s Fund Scholar, NV (2021-2025)
- Reno Rodeo Foundation Scholar, NV (2020-2025)
Selected publications
- Crosbie, E.*, Perez, S.**, Camaerna, A. R., Vivanco, V. O., Severini, G., Gutkowski, P., Sosa, P., & Sebrie, E. (2024). International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 21(7).
- Crosbie, E.*, Perez, S.**, Hartman, J., Sheretz, L., & Klepeis, N. E. (2024). Environmental Health and Toxicology, 39.
- Crosbie, E.*, Gutkowski, P., Severini, G., Pizarro, M. E., Perez, S.**, Albuquerque de Figueierdo, B., Rodríguez, D., & Sebrie, E. (2022). Pan American Journal of Public Health, 46.
- Crosbie, E.*, Erinoso, O.**, Perez, S.**, Severini, G., Sebrie, E. (2022). Pan American Journal of Public Health, 46.
- Crosbie, E.*, Perez, S.**, Cortez, P., Garron Monje, A. K., Machin, N., Lopez, G., & Sebrie, E. (2022). Nicotine & Tobacco.