Alexandra Casison is a second-year Demography PhD and Wharton dual MA in Statistics and Data Science student. She is also an NIH/NICHD T32 trainee and an Associate Fellow at the Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics. Alex holds an MPH in Global Health from the Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University and a joint BS in Global Health and Human Biology from the University of California, San Diego.
Her research explores the intersection of demography and global health, with a focus on fertility, mortality, and health disparities. She examines factors influencing maternal, infant, and reproductive health outcomes, using large-scale survey data and advanced statistical methods to assess policy impacts and healthcare access disparities.
Beyond fertility and mortality, her previous work has explored LGBTQIA+ migrant and refugee health at the US-Mexico border; PrEP uptake among trans women in Manila, Philippines; racial health disparities and self-rated health in the US; and common breast cancer myths among Andean women in Cusco, Peru. As a mixed-methods researcher, Alex integrates quantitative and qualitative approaches to examine health inequities among historically marginalized and underserved populations globally.