Andrea Kalfoglou
Associate Professor
Public Policy
Sociology, Anthropology, and Public Health
Public Policy 222
Education
Ph D Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health 1999
BA University of Virginia 1991
About
Joined UMBC faculty in 2007. Previously a researcher at NHGRI, Johns Hopkins, IOM, and President's National Bioethics Advisory Commission. Expert in health disparities and social determinants of health; reproductive and genetics ethics; social and ethical issues related to mental health. Has served in multiple leadership positions with national public health and bioethics organizations.
Research Interests
Adverse Childhood Experiences as a social determinant of health, food insufficiency among college students, knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs about cannabis use; cannabis health policy; maternal mental health; reproductive health policy; genetics policy; ethics education at the undergraduate level
Teaching Interests
Social Determinants of Health, Health Disparities, public health ethics, social justice, pandemics; multi-media and technology-based teaching
Selected Classes
- Fall 2020 HAPP 354 – Soc Bases:Publ/Comm Hlth
- HAPP 350 – Public Health Ethics
- Spring 2020 HAPP 354 – Soc Bases:Publ/Comm Hlth
- HAPP 350 – Public Health Ethics
- Fall 2019 HAPP 354 – Soc Bases:Publ/Comm Hlth
- HAPP 350 – Public Health Ethics
- Spring 2019 HAPP 354 – Soc Bases:Publ/Comm Hlth
- HAPP 350 – Public Health Ethics
- Fall 2016 HAPP 398 – Topics In Happ: Public Health Ethics
- HAPP 354 – Soc Bases:Publ/Comm Hlth
- Fall 2015 HAPP 354 – Soc Bases:Publ/Comm Hlth
- HAPP 412 – Res Methods In Health
- Spring 2015 HAPP 398 – Topics In Happ
- HAPP 354 – Soc Bases:Publ/Comm Hlth
- SOCY 711 – Analytical Paper Researc
Contracts, Fellowships, Grants, and Sponsored Research
Kalfoglou, Andrea L (Supporting). “Pregnant and Poor: Assessing Women's Needs for Social Support During Pregnancy,” Grant (Funded). Sponsored By: CAHSS Dean's Research Fund Award. (Jan 1, 2017 – Dec 31, 2017).
Intellectual Contributions
Kalfoglou, Andrea L. (2016). Ethical and Clinical Dilemmas in Using Psychotropic Medications During Pregnancy. 18 614-623 AMA Journal of Ethics.
Kalfoglou, Andrea L. (2016). Zika: An opportunity to improve pre-conception care. American Journal of Bioethics.
Presentations
Williams, Margaret (Author & Presenter), Kalfoglou, Andrea L (Author). American Society for Bioethics and Humanities annual meeting. Oral Presentation. "Justice Demands Federal Research Funding of Therapeutic Uses of Schedule 1 Drugs," ASBH. online. (Oct 15, 2020).