@_payalc

Assistant Professor & Epidemiologist @UNC | Repro health and sexual health researcher | @OSUPublicHealth and @DukeU alum | views=own | she/her/hers

 Boston, MA
Joined May 2020
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Jonathan Powell@jreadyp17 Jun 2025
Using national EMS data, we observed over 900 additional obstetric-related emergency activations in the first three months following the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision. The majority of this increase occurred in states with protective abortion policies. doi.org/10.1093/aje/kwaf123
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📣 Check out our article showing disparities in neonatal outcomes by sexual orientation, now out in @greenjrnl. (1/3) journals.lww.com/greenjourna… #epitwitter #QueerEpi #LGBTQHealth
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Our findings highlight the critical need to address the structural barriers and health care needs underlying these disparities. (2/3)
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This work was led by @CoRAL_DPM @HarvardChanSPH research team, @ColleenAmandaR, @Smcketta, @kodiaksoled, @AimeeHuangMD, @sbrynaustin, @SHaneuse, @britshmit, A Eliassen, J Chavarro, and @ObedinMaliver, B Monseur, J Corman, & B Everett (3/3)
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.@DeptPopMed's @_payalc & team recently sought to estimate disparities in gestational diabetes & hypertensive disorders of #pregnancy by sexual orientation. Read what they found in Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology: buff.ly/4d8wEsj
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📣 Our team’s article, “Sexual orientation disparities in gestational diabetes and hypertensive disorders of pregnancy,” was just published by @PPE_journal! Article 👉 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/… #epitwitter #HealthEquity #QueerEpi #LGBTQHealth (1/6)

Sexual orientation disparities in gestational diabetes and hypertensive disorders of pregnancy

Background Sexual minority (SM) individuals (e.g., those with same-sex attractions/partners or who identify as lesbian/gay/bisexual) experience a host of physical and mental health disparities....

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Risk was elevated for gestational hypertension among bisexual and lesbian/gay participants and for preeclampsia among lesbian/gay participants. (5/6)
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LGB+ people continue to face discrimination and social inequities, impacting their reproductive health. Addressing the mechanisms (e.g., structural barriers and healthcare needs) underlying these disparities is critical. (6/6)
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📣 Our team's latest pub alert in @JournalCancer on cancer inequities impacting LGBTQ communities 🌈 🧵1/5 Article 👇acsjournals.onlinelibrary.wi… #CancerPrevention #HealthEquity #QueerEpi #LGBTQHealth
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A new study led by @AimeeHuangMD et al and funded in part by an @ACS_Research grant reveals new insights on #CancerDisparities among sexual minority populations. acsjournals.onlinelibrary.wi… @OncoAlert
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Payal Chakraborty retweeted
Sarah McKetta@SMcketta26 Mar 2024
Our study, “Restrictive abortion legislation and adverse mental health during pregnancy and postpartum” by @Smcketta, @_payalc, @kodiaksoled, @taborhoatson, @arielbeccia, @ColleenAmandaR, @britshmit, Gimbrone, Huang is now published in @AnnalsofEpi doi.org/10.1016/j.annepidem.… (1/4)
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*NEW STUDY RESULTS* on perinatal mental health disparities among LGBTQ+ women led by the fabulous @Smcketta & myself w/ @CoRAL_DPM @HarvardChanSPH research team @britshmit @_payalc @ColleenAmandaR @sbrynaustin @siwenwangMD @SHaneuse H. Eliassen J. Chavarro #AcademicTwitter
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We found that LGB+ people may be at higher risk of gestational hypertension, preeclampsia, and low birthweight. However, inequities differ across LGB+ subgroups. (3/5)
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For example, pregnancies to mostly heterosexual people are at 22% higher risk of gestational hypertension & offspring of lesbian people are at >2 times the risk of low birthweight. Bisexual & lesbian people experience a high burden of almost all 6 outcomes. (4/5)
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Because LGB+ people experience many sources of social inequities, these disparities may be due to multiple mechanisms. Future work in reducing these disparities (e.g., addressing structural barriers & healthcare needs) is critical for achieving reproductive health equity. (5/5)
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We pooled data from two national U.S. cohorts to measure sexual orientation disparities in 6 outcomes: preterm birth, low birthweight, macrosomia, gestational diabetes, gestational hypertension, and preeclampsia. (2/5)
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Our team’s article, “Sexual orientation disparities in adverse pregnancy outcomes” by @_payalc, @ColleenAmandaR, @ObedinMaliver, @sbrynaustin, @SHaneuse, @britshmit, @Smcketta & Schroeder, & Everett, was just published by @AJOG_thegray! doi.org/10.1016/j.ajog.2024.… (1/5)
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