Madina Agénor is an Associate Professor in the Department of Behavioral and Social Sciences at Brown University School of Public Health. She is Affiliated Faculty in the concetration in Gender and Sexuality Studies at the Pembroke Center and the program in Science, Technology, and Society at Brown University. Her interdisciplinary research uses critical, mixed-methods, and community-engaged approaches to elucidate how structural and social factors, including laws, policies, institutional practices, and interpersonal interactions, shape health inequities across and within social groups at diverse intersections of race, ethnicity, class, gender, and sexuality. Her work situates health inequities in the historical, social, and policy contexts that produce(d) them and centers the perspectives and lived experiences of socially marginalized communities to help inform and support community-driven and -led solutions. She received a Doctor of Science (ScD) in Social and Behavioral Sciences with a concentration in Women, Gender, and Health from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health (Harvard Chan), a Master of Public Health (MPH) in Sociomedical Sciences from Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, and a bachelor’s degree (AB) in Community Health and Gender Studies from Brown University. She completed postdoctoral research training in cancer prevention equity at Harvard Chan and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and has held faculty appointments at Harvard University, Tufts University, and Wellesley College. Dr. Agénor previously served on the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Committee on the Prevention and Control of Sexually Transmitted Infections in the United States and Committee on the Review She is a member of the Editorial Advisory Board of Social Science & Medicine and Editorial Collective of Feminist Studies.
| Lee K, Arango D, Morel S, Sterling K, Agénor M, Tripathi A, Rodriguez C, Rosen R, Sanchez M. "HIV diagnostic implementation in the Dominican Republic: an in-depth qualitative context analysis for health technology developers." BMJ Open, vol. 16, no. 2, 2026, pp. e096338. |
| Zubizarreta D, Chen JT, Beccia AL, Austin SB, Bailey Z, Burris S, Cloud L, Agénor M. "State minimum wage laws and state-level rates of new HIV diagnoses among Black, Latine, and White US women and men, 2010-2019." Journal of epidemiology and community health, vol. 80, no. 2, 2026, pp. 122-128. |
| Wasserman E, Brewer B, Mandeville B, Welch C, Noh M, Bazzi AR, Biello K, Agénor M. "It Was Like a Baptism by Fire:" Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare Providers' Training Experiences Related to the Provision of Care to Black and Latina Women Who Use Substances in the United States." Community Health Equity Research & Policy, 2025, pp. 2752535X251409440. |
| Kelly PJA, Snyder AM, Agénor M, Navalta CR, Misquith C, Rich JD, Hughto JMW. "A Scoping Review of Methodological Approaches to Detect Bias in the Electronic Health Record." Stigma and health, vol. 10, no. 3, 2025, pp. 393-405. |
| LeBlanc ME, Line EC, Potter J, Goldman RE, Austin SB, Agénor M. "Advancing equity in cervical cancer screening for sexual and gender minoritized people assigned female at birth (SGM AFAB) in the United States: recommendations from healthcare equity leaders." Reproductive health, vol. 22, no. 1, 2025, pp. 135. |
| Noh M, Mehta N, Kim C, Bond K, Threats M, Jackson JW, Nnawulezi N, Agénor M. "Association Between Health Care Discrimination and Medical Mistrust Among Black Assigned Female at Birth Adults with Minoritized Sexual and Gender Identities in the United States." LGBT Health, 2025. |
| Montgomery MC, Clark MA, Operario D, Agénor M. "Benefits of and Recommendations for Asynchronous Online Focus Group Methodology for Sexual and Reproductive Health Research with Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, Asexual, and Other Sexuality- and Gender-Expansive People with a Cervix." LGBT Health, 2025. |
| Mehta N, Noh M, Agénor M, Murchison GR, Hughto JMW, Nelson KM, Gordon AR. "Experiences of gender-affirming practices in healthcare settings and HIV testing among transgender and nonbinary young adults in the United States." AIDS Care, 2025, pp. 1-9. |
| Lodge W 2nd, Chaudary J, Rawat S, Agénor M, Dange A, Anand VR, Operario D, Mimiaga MJ, Biello KB. "From policy to practice: syndemic and intersectional challenges to ART adherence for transgender women under India's post-test and treat policy." Global Public Health, vol. 20, no. 1, 2025, pp. 2473446. |
| Lodge W 2nd, Rawat S, Dange A, Chaudary J, Agénor M, Anand VR, Operario D, Mimiaga MJ, Biello KB. "Multilevel Syndemic Profiles Impacting Optimal ART Adherence among Trans Women Living with HIV in Mumbai and New Delhi, India: A Latent Class Analysis." International journal of transgender health, 2025. |
| Agénor M, Tipnis A, Byers M, Davis T, Noh M, Dunham R, Reyna K, Adesuyi Q, Bazzi AR, Biello KB. "Structural barriers to sexual and reproductive health care among Black and Latina cisgender and transgender U.S. women who use drugs: a qualitative study." BMC Health Services Research, vol. 25, no. 1, 2025, pp. 754. |
| Rhodes A, Ahmadi T, Gordon AR, Murchison GR, Fontenot HB, Potter J, Agénor M. "Transgender and other gender minoritised assigned female at birth young adults' perceptions of and experiences with human papillomavirus vaccination." Culture, Health & Sexuality, 2025, pp. 1-16. |
| Lodge W 2nd, Rawat S, Dange A, Agénor M, Anand VR, Operario D, Mimiaga MJ, Biello KB. "Transgender Women in India: A Syndemic and Intersectional Framework Addressing HIV Care Gaps." American Journal of Public Health, vol. 115, no. 8, 2025, pp. 1245-1253. |
| Singh S, Mehta N, Noh M, Bond K, Threats M, Jackson JW, Nnawulezi N, Mercedes M, Agénor M. "Weight-Based Health Care Discrimination and Cervical Cancer Screening Among Black Sexual and Gender Minoritized Assigned Female at Birth Adults in the United States." Health Equity, vol. 9, no. 1, 2025, pp. 22-30. |
| Vilda D, Agénor M, Wallace ME, Lian IB, Charlton BM, Reynolds CA, Harville EW. "Adverse Obstetric and Perinatal Outcomes Among Birthing People in Same-Sex and Different-Sex Relationships in Louisiana." LGBT Health, 2024. |
| Agénor M, Noh M, Eiduson R, LeBlanc M, Line EC, Goldman RE, Potter J, Austin SB. "Barriers to and opportunities for advancing racial equity in cervical cancer screening in the United States." BMC Women's Health, vol. 24, no. 1, 2024, pp. 362. |
| Murchison GR, Eiduson R, Austin SB, Reisner SL, Agénor M, Chen JT, Gordon AR. "Controlling Partner Dynamics in Transgender/Nonbinary Young Adults' Romantic Relationships: Exploring the Roles of Cissexism-Related Beliefs and Material-Need Insecurity." Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity, 2024. |
| Agénor M, Noh M, Eiduson R, LeBlanc M, Line EC, Goldman RE, Potter J, Austin SB. "Correction: Barriers to and opportunities for advancing racial equity in cervical cancer screening in the United States." BMC Women's Health, vol. 24, no. 1, 2024, pp. 433. |
| Needham BL, Dokshina D, Ali T, Allgood KL, Douglas M, Dulin A, Fleischer NL, Johnson AE, Ro A, Agénor M. "Exposure to structural racism-related state laws is associated with worse cardiovascular health among US adults, BRFSS 2011 and 2013." American Journal of Epidemiology, 2024. |
| Gordon AR, Haiken S, Murchison GR, Agénor M, Hughto JMW, Nelson KM. "Long-Acting Injectable Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Perceptions and Preferences Among Transgender and Nonbinary Young Adults in the United States." Qualitative health research, 2024, pp. 10497323241265943. |
| Beccia AL, Agénor M, Baek J, Ding EY, Lapane KL, Austin SB. "Methods for structural sexism and population health research: Introducing a novel analytic framework to capture life-course and intersectional effects." Social Science & Medicine, vol. 351 Suppl 1, 2024, pp. 116804. |
| Noh M, Hughto JMW, Austin SB, Goldman RE, Potter J, Agénor M. "Promoting equitable sexual health communication among patients with minoritized racial/ethnic, sexual orientation, and gender identities: Strategies, challenges, and opportunities." Social Science & Medicine, vol. 344, 2024, pp. 116634. |
| Fisher S, Agénor M. "Socioeconomic Inequities in Pap Test Use Among Black Women in the United States: An Intersectional Approach." Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities, 2024. |
| Zubizarreta D, Beccia AL, Chen JT, Jahn JL, Austin SB, Agénor M. "Structural Racism-Related State Laws and Healthcare Access Among Black, Latine, and White U.S. Adults." Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities, 2024. |
| Najmabadi L, Agénor M, Tendulkar S. "Pouring From an Empty Cup": Manifestations, Drivers, and Protective Factors of Occupational Stress Among Healthcare Providers of Trauma-Informed Care." Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2023, pp. 8862605231215028. |
| Agénor M, Unger ES, McConnell MA, Brown C, Rosenthal MB, Haneuse S, Bowen DJ, Austin SB. "Affordable Care Act state Medicaid expansion and human papillomavirus vaccination among adolescent and young adult US women: A national study." Health Serv Res, 2023. |
| Unger, Emily S., McConnell, Margaret, Austin, S. Bryn, Rosenthal, Meredith B., Agénor, Madina. "Examining the Association Between Affordable Care Act Medicaid Expansion and Sexually Transmitted Infection Testing Among U.S. Women." Women's Health Issues, 2023. |
| Agénor M, Lett E, Murchison GR, Tabaac AR, Dowshen N, Gordon AR. "Gender-Related Health Care Discrimination and Human Papillomavirus Vaccination Among Transgender and Nonbinary Young Adults in the United States." Transgender health, vol. 8, no. 4, 2023, pp. 389-395. |
| Jahn JL, Zubizarreta D, Chen JT, Needham BL, Samari G, McGregor AJ, Douglas MD, Austin SB, Agénor M. "Legislating Inequity: Structural Racism In Groups Of State Laws And Associations With Premature Mortality Rates." Health Affairs, vol. 42, no. 10, 2023, pp. 1325-1333. |
| Nelson KM, Skinner A, Stout CD, Raderman W, Unger E, Raifman J, Agénor M, Ybarra ML, Dunsiger SI, Bryn Austin S, Underhill K. "Minor Consent Laws for Sexually Transmitted Infection and Human Immunodeficiency Virus Services in the United States: A Comprehensive, Longitudinal Survey of US State Laws." American Journal of Public Health, vol. 113, no. 4, 2023, pp. 397-407. |
| Everett BG, Agénor M. "Sexual Orientation-Related Nondiscrimination Laws and Maternal Hypertension Among Black and White U.S. Women." Journal of Women's Health, vol. 32, no. 1, 2023, pp. 118-124. |
| Agénor M, Geller AB, Crowley JS, Boyer CB. "The Importance of Structural Interventions for Advancing Sexual Health and Health Equity in the United States: A Review of the Evidence and Recommendations for Action on Sexually Transmitted Infections." Sexually Transmitted Diseases, vol. 50, no. 1, 2023, pp. 1-4. |
| Murchison GR, Eiduson R, Agénor M, Gordon AR. "Tradeoffs, Constraints, and Strategies in Transgender and Nonbinary Young Adults' Romantic Relationships: The Identity Needs in Relationships Framework." Journal of social and personal relationships, vol. 40, no. 7, 2023, pp. 2149-2180. |
| Murchison GR, Aguayo-Romero RA, Lett E, Katz-Wise SL, Agénor M, Gordon AR. "Transgender/nonbinary young adults' exposure to cissexism-related social stressors: Variation across gender groups." Social Science & Medicine, vol. 329, 2023, pp. 116013. |
| Agénor M, Zubizarreta D, Geffen S, Ramanayake N, Giraldo S, McGuirk A, Caballero M, Bond K. "Making a Way Out of No Way:" Understanding the Sexual and Reproductive Health Care Experiences of Transmasculine Young Adults of Color in the United States." Qualitative health research, vol. 32, no. 1, 2022, pp. 121-134. |
| Agénor M, Pérez AE, Solazzo AL, Beccia AL, Samnaliev M, Wu J, Charlton BM, Austin SB. "Assessing Variations in Sexual Orientation- and Gender Identity-Related U.S. State Laws for Sexual and Gender Minority Health Research and Action, 1996-2016." LGBT Health, vol. 9, no. 3, 2022, pp. 207-216. |
| Beccia AL, Austin SB, Baek J, Agénor M, Forrester S, Ding EY, Jesdale WM, Lapane KL. "Cumulative exposure to state-level structural sexism and risk of disordered eating: Results from a 20-year prospective cohort study." Social Science & Medicine, vol. 301, 2022, pp. 114956. |
| Agénor M, Geffen SR, Zubizarreta D, Jones R, Giraldo S, McGuirk A, Caballero M, Gordon AR. "Experiences of and resistance to multiple discrimination in health care settings among transmasculine people of color." BMC Health Services Research, vol. 22, no. 1, 2022, pp. 369. |
| Lee H, Operario D, Agénor M, Yi H, Choo S, Kim SS. "Internalized homophobia and HIV testing among Korean gay and bisexual men: a study in a high-income country with pervasive HIV/AIDS stigma." AIDS Care, 2022, pp. 1-6. |
| Boehmer U, Jesdale BM, Streed CG Jr, Agénor M. "Intersectionality and cancer survivorship: Sexual orientation and racial/ethnic differences in physical and mental health outcomes among female and male cancer survivors." Cancer, vol. 128, no. 2, 2022, pp. 284-291. |
| Agénor M, Lett E, Ramanayake N, Zubizarreta D, Murchison GR, Eiduson R, Gordon AR. "Racial/Ethnic Differences in Sexually Transmitted Infection Testing Among Transgender Men and Nonbinary Assigned Female at Birth Young Adults in the United States: a National Study." Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities, 2022. |
| Lett E, Asabor EN, Tran N, Dowshen N, Aysola J, Gordon AR, Agénor M. "Sexual Behaviors Associated with HIV Transmission Among Transgender and Gender Diverse Young Adults: The Intersectional Role of Racism and Transphobia." AIDS and Behavior, vol. 26, no. 11, 2022, pp. 3713-3725. |
| Tabaac AR, Sutter ME, Haneuse S, Agénor M, Bryn Austin S, Guss CE, Charlton BM. "The interaction of sexual orientation and provider-patient communication on sexual and reproductive health in a sample of U.S. women of diverse sexual orientations." Patient Education and Counseling, vol. 105, no. 2, 2022, pp. 466-473. |
| Boyer CB, Agénor M, Willoughby JF, Mead A, Geller A, Yang S, Prado GJ, Guilamo-Ramos V. "A Renewed Call to Action for Addressing the Alarming Rising Rates of Sexually Transmitted Infections in U.S. Adolescents and Young Adults." Journal of Adolescent Health, vol. 69, no. 2, 2021, pp. 189-191. |
| Agénor M, Pérez AE, Wilhoit A, Almeda F, Charlton BM, Evans ML, Borrero S, Austin SB. "Contraceptive Care Disparities Among Sexual Orientation Identity and Racial/Ethnic Subgroups of U.S. Women: A National Probability Sample Study." Journal of Women's Health, vol. 30, no. 10, 2021, pp. 1406-1415. |
| Agénor M, Perkins C, Stamoulis C, Hall RD, Samnaliev M, Berland S, Bryn Austin S. "Developing a Database of Structural Racism-Related State Laws for Health Equity Research and Practice in the United States." public health reports, vol. 136, no. 4, 2021, pp. 428-440. |
| Janiak E, Braaten KP, Cottrill AA, Fulcher IR, Goldberg AB, Agénor M. "Gender diversity among aspiration-abortion patients." Contraception, vol. 103, no. 6, 2021, pp. 426-427. |
| Jahn JL, Krieger N, Agénor M, Leung M, Davis BA, Weisskopf MG, Chen JT. "Gestational exposure to fatal police violence and pregnancy loss in US core based statistical areas, 2013-2015." EClinicalMedicine, vol. 36, 2021, pp. 100901. |
| Agénor M, Murchison GR, Najarro J, Grimshaw A, Cottrill AA, Janiak E, Gordon AR, Charlton BM. "Mapping the scientific literature on reproductive health among transgender and gender diverse people: a scoping review." Sexual and reproductive health matters, vol. 29, no. 1, 2021, pp. 1886395. |
| Pérez AE, Agénor M. "Racial/Ethnic and Sexual Orientation Identity Differences in the Receipt of a Sexual History Assessment from a Health Care Provider among Women in the United States." Women's Health Issues, 2021. |
| Baker AM, Jahn JL, Tan ASL, Katz-Wise SL, Viswanath K, Bishop RA, Agénor M. "Sexual Health Information Sources, Needs, and Preferences of Young Adult Sexual Minority Cisgender Women and Non-Binary Individuals Assigned Female at Birth." Sexuality Research and Social Policy, vol. 18, no. 3, 2021, pp. 775-787. |
| Eiduson R, Murchison GR, Agénor M, Suarez L, Gordon AR. "Sexual healthcare experiences of nonbinary young adults." Culture, Health & Sexuality, 2021, pp. 1-17. |
| Flores DD, Meanley SP, Bond KT, Agenor M, Relf MV, Barroso JV. "Topics for Inclusive Parent-Child Sex Communication by Gay, Bisexual, Queer Youth." Behavioral Medicine, vol. 47, no. 3, 2021, pp. 175-184. |
| Charlton BM, Reynolds CA, Tabaac AR, Godwin EG, Porsch LM, Agénor M, Grimstad FW, Katz-Wise SL. "Unintended and teen pregnancy experiences of trans masculine people living in the United States." International journal of transgender health, vol. 22, no. 1-2, 2021, pp. 65-76. |
| Tabaac AR, Benotsch EG, Agénor M, Austin SB, Charlton BM. "Use of media sources in seeking and receiving sexual health information during adolescence among adults of diverse sexual orientations in a US cohort." Sex education, vol. 21, no. 6, 2021, pp. 723-731. |
| Agénor M, Cottrill AA, Kay E, Janiak E, Gordon AR, Potter J. "Contraceptive Beliefs, Decision Making and Care Experiences Among Transmasculine Young Adults: A Qualitative Analysis." Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, vol. 52, no. 1, 2020, pp. 7-14. |
| Jahn JL, Chen JT, Agénor M, Krieger N. "County-level jail incarceration and preterm birth among non-Hispanic Black and white U.S. women, 1999-2015." Social Science & Medicine, vol. 250, 2020, pp. 112856. |
| Peitzmeier SM, Bernstein IM, McDowell MJ, Pardee DJ, Agénor M, Alizaga NM, Reisner SL, Potter J. "Enacting power and constructing gender in cervical cancer screening encounters between transmasculine patients and health care providers." Culture, Health & Sexuality, vol. 22, no. 12, 2020, pp. 1315-1332. |
| Allen JD, Hollander J, Gualtieri L, Alarcon Falconi TM, Savir S, Agénor M. "Feasibility of a twitter campaign to promote HPV vaccine uptake among racially/ethnically diverse young adult women living in public housing." BMC Public Health, vol. 20, no. 1, 2020, pp. 830. |
| Jahn JL, Agenor M, Chen JT, Krieger N. "Frequent police stops, parental incarceration and mental health: results among US non-Hispanic Black and White adolescent girls and boys." Journal of epidemiology and community health, 2020. |
| Agénor M. "Future Directions for Incorporating Intersectionality Into Quantitative Population Health Research." American Journal of Public Health, vol. 110, no. 6, 2020, pp. 803-806. |
| Agénor M, Murchison GR, Chen JT, Bowen DJ, Rosenthal MB, Haneuse S, Austin SB. "Impact of the Affordable Care Act on human papillomavirus vaccination initiation among lesbian, bisexual, and heterosexual U.S. women." Health Serv Res, vol. 55, no. 1, 2020, pp. 18-25. |
| Peitzmeier SM, Malik M, Kattari SK, Marrow E, Stephenson R, Agénor M, Reisner SL. "Intimate Partner Violence in Transgender Populations: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Prevalence and Correlates." American Journal of Public Health, vol. 110, no. 9, 2020, pp. e1-e14. |
| Agénor M, Pérez AE, Peitzmeier SM, Borrero S. "Racial/ethnic disparities in human papillomavirus vaccination initiation and completion among U.S. women in the post-Affordable Care Act era." Ethnicity & Health, vol. 25, no. 3, 2020, pp. 393-407. |
| Solazzo AL, Agénor M, Austin SB, Chavarro JE, Charlton BM. "Sexual Orientation Differences in Cervical Cancer Prevention among a Cohort of U.S. Women." Women's Health Issues, vol. 30, no. 4, 2020, pp. 306-312. |
| Agénor M, Pérez AE, Tabaac AR, Bond KT, Charlton BM, Bowen DJ, Austin SB. "Sexual Orientation Identity Disparities in Mammography Among White, Black, and Latina U.S. Women." LGBT Health, 2020. |
| Agénor M. "A Reproductive Justice Approach to Patient-Centered, Structurally Competent Contraceptive Care Among Diverse Sexual Minority US Women." American Journal of Public Health, vol. 109, no. 12, 2019, pp. 1626-1627. |
| Tran A, Suharlim C, Mattie H, Davison K, Agénor M, Austin SB. "Dating app use and unhealthy weight control behaviors among a sample of U.S. adults: a cross-sectional study." Journal of Eating Disorders, vol. 7, 2019, pp. 16. |
| Agénor M, Jahn JL, Kay E, Bishop RA, Peitzmeier SM, Potter J, Austin SB. "Human Papillomavirus Risk Perceptions Among Young Adult Sexual Minority Cisgender Women and Nonbinary Individuals Assigned Female at Birth." Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, vol. 51, no. 1, 2019, pp. 27-34. |
| Bailey M, Mobley IA, Charles N, Judd B, Agénor M, Gill TGR, Edu U, Miles AL, Dryden O, Harvey S, Schalk S, Peoples W, Benjamin R, Hammonds E, Rosenkrantz TBG, Roberts D, Weiss TGA, Washington H. "Open Letter to Editors of Journal of the National Medical Association from the Black Feminist Health Science Studies Collective." Journal of the National Medical Association, vol. 111, no. 5, 2019, pp. 573-575. |
| Jahn JL, Bishop RA, Tan ASL, Agénor M. "Patient-Provider Sexually Transmitted Infection Prevention Communication among Young Adult Sexual Minority Cisgender Women and Nonbinary Assigned Female at Birth Individuals." Women's Health Issues, vol. 29, no. 4, 2019, pp. 308-314. |
| Murchison GR, Agénor M, Reisner SL, Watson RJ. "School Restroom and Locker Room Restrictions and Sexual Assault Risk Among Transgender Youth." Pediatrics, vol. 143, no. 6, 2019. |
| Agénor M, Pérez AE, Koma JW, Abrams JA, McGregor AJ, Ojikutu BO. "Sexual Orientation Identity, Race/Ethnicity, and Lifetime HIV Testing in a National Probability Sample of U.S. Women and Men: An Intersectional Approach." LGBT Health, vol. 6, no. 6, 2019, pp. 306-318. |
| Solazzo AL, Tabaac AR, Agénor M, Austin SB, Charlton BM. "Sexual orientation inequalities during provider-patient interactions in provider encouragement of sexual and reproductive health care." Preventive Medicine, vol. 126, 2019, pp. 105787. |
| Agénor M, Qureshi F, Johnson K, Kacevich S, McAdams-Mahmoud A, Curlin J. "Developing a Community-Academic Partnership to Promote Mental Health Among Underserved Preadolescent Girls in Boston, Massachusetts." Progress in community health partnerships : research, education, and action, vol. 12, no. 3, 2018, pp. 321-328. |
| Agénor, M., White Hughto, J.M., Peitzmeier, S.M., Potter, J., Deutsch, M.B., Pardee, D.J., Reisner, S.L. "Gender identity disparities in Pap test use in a sample of binary and non-binary transmasculine adults." Journal of General Internal Medicine, vol. 33, no. 7, 2018, pp. 1-3. |
| Agénor M, Pérez AE, Peitzmeier SM, Potter J, Borrero S. "Human Papillomavirus Vaccination Initiation Among Sexual Orientation Identity and Racial/Ethnic Subgroups of Black and White U.S. Women and Girls: An Intersectional Analysis." Journal of Women's Health, vol. 27, no. 11, 2018, pp. 1349-1358. |
| Agénor M, Abboud S, Delgadillo JG, Pérez AE, Peitzmeier SM, Borrero S. "Intersectional nativity and racial/ethnic disparities in human papillomavirus vaccination initiation among U.S. women: a national population-based study." Cancer Causes & Control, vol. 29, no. 10, 2018, pp. 927-936. |
| Pérez AE, Agénor M, Gamarel KE, Operario D. "Nativity Disparities in Human Papillomavirus Vaccination Among U.S. Adults." American Journal of Preventive Medicine, vol. 54, no. 2, 2018, pp. 248-258. |
| Muzny CA, Pérez AE, Eaton EF, Agénor M. "Psychosocial Stressors and Sexual Health Among Southern African American Women Who Have Sex with Women." LGBT Health, vol. 5, no. 4, 2018, pp. 234-241. |
| Peitzmeier SM, Agénor M, Bernstein IM, McDowell M, Alizaga NM, Reisner SL, Pardee DJ, Potter J. "It Can Promote an Existential Crisis": Factors Influencing Pap Test Acceptability and Utilization Among Transmasculine Individuals." Qualitative health research, vol. 27, no. 14, 2017, pp. 2138-2149. |
| McDowell M, Pardee DJ, Peitzmeier S, Reisner SL, Agénor M, Alizaga N, Bernstein I, Potter J. "Cervical Cancer Screening Preferences Among Trans-Masculine Individuals: Patient-Collected Human Papillomavirus Vaginal Swabs Versus Provider-Administered Pap Tests." LGBT Health, vol. 4, no. 4, 2017, pp. 252-259. |
| Trinh MH, Agénor M, Austin SB, Jackson CL. "Health and healthcare disparities among U.S. women and men at the intersection of sexual orientation and race/ethnicity: a nationally representative cross-sectional study." BMC Public Health, vol. 17, no. 1, 2017, pp. 964. |
| Agénor M, Muzny CA, Schick V, Austin EL, Potter J. "Sexual orientation and sexual health services utilization among women in the United States." Preventive Medicine, vol. 95, 2017, pp. 74-81. |
| Charlton BM, Reisner SL, Agénor M, Gordon AR, Sarda V, Austin SB. "Sexual Orientation Disparities in Human Papillomavirus Vaccination in a Longitudinal Cohort of U.S. Males and Females." LGBT Health, vol. 4, no. 3, 2017, pp. 202-209. |
| Bailey ZD, Krieger N, Agénor M, Graves J, Linos N, Bassett MT. "Structural racism and health inequities in the USA: evidence and interventions." The Lancet, vol. 389, no. 10077, 2017, pp. 1453-1463. |
| Agénor M, Peitzmeier SM, Bernstein IM, McDowell M, Alizaga NM, Reisner SL, Pardee DJ, Potter J. "Perceptions of cervical cancer risk and screening among transmasculine individuals: patient and provider perspectives." Culture, Health & Sexuality, vol. 18, no. 10, 2016, pp. 1192-206. |
| Agénor M, McCauley HL, Peitzmeier SM, Haneuse S, Gordon AR, Potter J, Austin SB. "Sex of Sexual Partners and Human Papillomavirus Vaccination Among U.S. Girls and Women." American Journal of Preventive Medicine, vol. 50, no. 3, 2016, pp. 318-327. |
| Agénor M, Austin SB, Kort D, Austin EL, Muzny CA. "Sexual Orientation and Sexual and Reproductive Health among African American Sexual Minority Women in the U.S. South." Women's Health Issues, vol. 26, no. 6, 2016, pp. 612-621. |
| Jackson CL, Agénor M, Johnson DA, Austin SB, Kawachi I. "Sexual orientation identity disparities in health behaviors, outcomes, and services use among men and women in the United States: a cross-sectional study." BMC Public Health, vol. 16, no. 1, 2016, pp. 807. |
| Agénor M, Peitzmeier SM, Gordon AR, Charlton BM, Haneuse S, Potter J, Austin SB. "Sexual orientation identity disparities in human papillomavirus vaccination initiation and completion among young adult US women and men." Cancer Causes & Control, vol. 27, no. 10, 2016, pp. 1187-96. |
| Bessett D, Prager J, Havard J, Murphy DJ, Agénor M, Foster AM. "Barriers to contraceptive access after health care reform: experiences of young adults in Massachusetts." Women's Health Issues, vol. 25, no. 2, 2015, pp. 91-6. |
| Potter J, Peitzmeier SM, Bernstein I, Reisner SL, Alizaga NM, Agénor M, Pardee DJ. "Cervical Cancer Screening for Patients on the Female-to-Male Spectrum: a Narrative Review and Guide for Clinicians." J GEN INTERN MED, vol. 30, no. 12, 2015, pp. 1857-64. |
| Agénor M, Bailey Z, Krieger N, Austin SB, Gottlieb BR. "Exploring the Cervical Cancer Screening Experiences of Black Lesbian, Bisexual, and Queer Women: The Role of Patient-Provider Communication." Women & Health, vol. 55, no. 6, 2015, pp. 717-36. |
| McCauley HL, Silverman JG, Decker MR, Agénor M, Borrero S, Tancredi DJ, Zelazny S, Miller E. "Sexual and Reproductive Health Indicators and Intimate Partner Violence Victimization Among Female Family Planning Clinic Patients Who Have Sex with Women and Men." Journal of Women's Health, vol. 24, no. 8, 2015, pp. 621-8. |
| Agénor M, Peitzmeier S, Gordon AR, Haneuse S, Potter JE, Austin SB. "Sexual Orientation Identity Disparities in Awareness and Initiation of the Human Papillomavirus Vaccine Among U.S. Women and Girls: A National Survey." Annals of Internal Medicine, vol. 163, no. 2, 2015, pp. 99-106. |
| Agénor M, Potter JE, Austin SB. "Sexual Orientation Identity Disparities in Awareness and Initiation of the Human Papillomavirus Vaccine. In response." Annals of Internal Medicine, vol. 163, no. 12, 2015, pp. 960-1. |
| Agénor M, Krieger N, Austin SB, Haneuse S, Gottlieb BR. "At the intersection of sexual orientation, race/ethnicity, and cervical cancer screening: assessing Pap test use disparities by sex of sexual partners among black, Latina, and white U.S. women." Social Science & Medicine, vol. 116, 2014, pp. 110-8. |
| Agénor M, Krieger N, Austin SB, Haneuse S, Gottlieb BR. "Sexual orientation disparities in Papanicolaou test use among US women: the role of sexual and reproductive health services." American Journal of Public Health, vol. 104, no. 2, 2014, pp. e68-73. |
| Agénor M, Collins PY. "Preventing HIV among U.S. women of color with severe mental illness: perceptions of mental health care providers working in urban community clinics." Health Care for Women International, vol. 34, no. 3-4, 2013, pp. 281-302. |
| Romero D, Agénor M. "US fertility prevention as poverty prevention: an empirical question and social justice issue." Women's Health Issues, vol. 19, no. 6, 2009, pp. 355-64. |
Dr. Agénor's interdisciplinary research uses intersectional, mixed-methods, and community-engaged approaches to elucidate how structural and social factors, including laws, policies, institutional practices, community resources, and interpersonal interactions, shape health inequities across and within social groups at diverse intersections of race, ethnicity, class, gender, and sexuality. Her work situates health inequities in the historical, social, and policy contexts that produce(d) them and centers the perspectives and lived experiences of socially marginalized communities to help inform and support community-driven and -led solutions. For the past 20 years, her research has focused on examining how societal factors at the individual, interpersonal, institutional, community, and structural levels influence sexual and reproductive health equity and justice among Black and Latina women and LGBTQ+ people in the U.S. More recently, she has collaborated with health equity researchers, legal scholars, and racial justice advocates to develop the first-of-its-kind database of U.S. state laws that explicitly and implicitly encode and perpetuate structural racism and investigate how these laws synergistically influence poor health outcomes among Black, Latine, and white U.S. adults. Currently, she is working with Black and Latine community advocates and members, researchers, and lawyers to document the passage and impact of state laws that influence food (in)justice among communities of color in the U.S., with the goal of supporting community-driven policies and community-led solutions. She is also co-leading a community-based participatory research project with Doulas Conectadas addressing the strengths and needs of Latina doulas as well as systemic barriers to person-centered, structurally-competent, and culturally-affirming pregnancy care among Spanish-speaking Latine birthing people in Providence, RI. Her research has been funded by the National Institutes of Health, American Cancer Society, Society of Family Planning, and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, among others.
| Year | Degree | Institution |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | ScD | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA |
| 2008 | MPH | Columbia University |
| 2005 | BA | Brown University |
| PHP 1680U - Intersectionality and Health Inequities |
| PHP 2061 - Qualitative Data Analysis in Public Health Research |
