Sarah MacCarthy

MacCarthy grew up in Eswanti and Egypt and completed undergraduate studies at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.^[1] Her first job was formatting biosketches. She completed a M.S. in public health in 2007 with a focus in international public health and international health. In 2012, she obtained a Sc.D in international and global studies at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.^[2] Sofia Gruskin was her mentor in graduate school.^[1] MacCarthy completed postdoctoral training at the Miriam Hospital.^[1]

MacCarthy worked at RAND Corporation for seven years in California before moving to the University of Alabama at Birmingham in 2021.^[1] Her research examines individual, programmatic, and policy-related aspects of sexual and gender minority health.^[1] She applies systematic mixed-methods research to address sexual and gender minority health in the United States and internationally.^[1]