Katie Woodruff, DrPH, is a Public Health Social Scientist at ANSIRH. Her research explores the intersection of public discourse and public policy related to reproductive health in the U.S. She conducts qualitative and mixed methods studies on news and entertainment media portrayals of abortion, policy approaches to substance use in pregnancy, and the role of evidence in health policymaking. She aims to conduct research to inform and improve the policies that shape and limit reproductive health and wellbeing.

Dr. Woodruff also works to translate and communicate findings from ANSIRH’s groundbreaking Turnaway Study into public discourse and policy. Dr. Woodruff’s previous work includes an original qualitative exploration of how U.S. state legislators use scientific evidence when making policy decisions on abortion and substance use in pregnancy. She has also studied how the news media frame reproductive health issues, conducting ethnographic content analyses of news coverage of abortion and emergency contraception, among other public health topics.

Dr. Woodruff received her BA from Brown University and her MPH and DrPH from the University of California, Berkeley School of Public Health