Alison El Ayadi, ScD, MPH

Alison El Ayadi is Associate Professor within the Departments of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences and Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the University of California, San Francisco. She obtained her ScD in Social Epidemiology from Harvard University, her MPH in Reproductive Health Monitoring & Evaluation from Tulane University, and her BA in Anthropology from Colby College.

Dr. El Ayadi's research interests include determinants of maternal mortality and morbidities, disparities in access to and use of quality maternal health care, and the impact of gender inequalities on women’s health. Dr. El Ayadi is PI of several studies addressing female genital fistula and quality of perinatal care in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, and collaborator on a variety of studies on global maternal and reproductive health. Her research employs both quantitative and qualitative methodologies.