Kristen Kamp, MPH

Kristen Kamp (she/her) is a PhD student in the Health Services Research and Policy Program at the University of Pittsburgh. She has worked in reproductive and maternal health for over 10 years spanning hospital, research, and international and domestic public health settings. She manages the MOMI (Magee Obstetric Maternal and Infant) Biobank, a large-scale research resource that partners with thousands of birthing people through pregnancy and delivery to link biospecimens with a clinical database for unlimited scientific discoveries. Kamp received her MPH from Boston University, completing a Research Fellowship examining hospital investment in midwifery care and the effects on primary cesarean delivery rates. She seeks out interdisciplinary approaches that innovate, such as her collaboration with Carnegie Mellon University on a virtual reality-based program for health care providers around pregnancy decision-making.  Her doctoral interests address the upstream alignment of policy and service delivery to impact health outcomes and address the real needs of birthing people.