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Carolyn Sufrin, MD, PhD

Carolyn Sufrin (she/her) is an Ob/Gyn and medical anthropologist. She has worked extensively on reproductive health issues affecting incarcerated women, from providing clinical care in jail, to research, policy advising, and advocacy. Her work is situated at the intersection of reproductive justice, health care, and mass incarceration, which she examines in her book, Jailcare: Finding the Safety Net for Women Behind Bars (University of California Press, 2017). She is frequently interviewed by outlets, and has appeared on NPR, The Economist, The Washington Post, and the New York Times. Dr. Sufrin serves on the board of directors of the National Commission on Correctional Health care as the liaison for the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, where she is also a member (ex-officio) of the Committee on Health Care for Underserved Women. For more information, please visit Dr. Sufrin’s profile on Johns Hopkins Medicine, and check out this article in the Johns Hopkins magazine to learn more about her path to this work.

Camille Kramer, MPH

Camille Kramer (she/her) is a public health professional and the Research Program Manager for ARRWIP. Her role is to coordinate and assist with all aspects of study implementation and design for the grant-funded projects including study design, participant recruitment, data collection, data analysis, and manuscript writing. Camille is currently a Doctor of Public Health (DrPH) student at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health studying women’s and reproductive health and a Bloomberg American Health Initiative Fellow. Prior to joining ARRWIP, Camille worked at a child advocacy center in Atlanta, GA where her work focused on the commercial sexual exploitation of children. She has a master’s of public health in Health Promotion and Behavior and her public health interests include health disparities, sexual and reproductive health, social determinants of health, and implementation science research.

Denae Bradley, MA

Denae Bradley (she/her) is a PhD student (ABD) in the Department of Sociology and Criminology at Howard University, USA. She is also a Health Policy Research Scholar (HPRS), a national leadership program supported by the Roberts-Wood Johnson Foundation. Her research is guided by Black Feminist perspectives and informed by a Reproductive Justice praxis. Her research interests lie at the intersection of sexual and reproductive health, maternal and infant health, and mass incarceration. She is especially interested in how processes (i.e., maternal substance use and risk of incarceration) and practices (i.e., shackling pregnant people) within the carceral state influence maternal and reproductive health experiences, particularly for Black women and birthing people. Over the course of her graduate career, she has worked extensively to research the impact of psychosocial factors and racism on health outcomes and the effects of policing and COVID-19 on the Black community. She previously worked in community development in the Mississippi Delta.

Crystal Hayes, PhD, MSW

Crystal Hayes (she/her) is a Black feminist scholar in the field of social work and reproductive justice. Her research is dedicated to exploring the intricate nuances of pregnancy and childbirth experiences among incarcerated Black women, framed within the context of reproductive justice and Black feminism. With a rich background as an advocate and a prison-based doula, she brings more than a decade of experience to her role as a social work educator. Having personally navigated the prison system, Crystal Hayes draws from her own experiences as the child of an incarcerated parent, infusing her work with a profound commitment to advocating for the health and well-being of incarcerated pregnant individuals and their families through an anti-carceral and anti-racist lens. Currently holding the position of Clinical Assistant Professor at Sacred Heart University School of Social Work, she merges her expertise in reproductive justice, race, and prison abolition to offer a distinctive perspective to the ongoing discussions surrounding maternal and perinatal health for pregnant individuals within the carceral system.