Nessa E. Ryan

I grew up in Ireland and moved to North Carolina in the southern US at a young age. I studied studio art and biology as an undergraduate at Hollins University in Roanoke, Va then studied global health for a Masters in Public Health at Emory University in Atlanta, Ga. Wanting to learn more about comparative effectiveness research, I pursued a Masters of Science in Clinical Investigation at New York University School of Medicine.

I have always been interested in issues related to women's health-- particularly in understanding and addressing the barriers to healthcare experienced by women and girls in low-resource settings. I am currently a doctoral candidate and translational research fellow at New York University, where I focus on global health and mixed methods translational research--particularly in West and East Africa where I have lived and worked. I am interested in understanding how culture shapes experience with and provides meaning to stigmatizing health conditions, like obstetric fistula, which should inform public health implementation strategies to address these conditions.

May 2018