Kathryn Wagner

Kathryn Wagner

Assistant Professor of Public Health

School

School of Arts and Sciences

Department

School of Arts and Sciences

Office Location

Matricaria 4005B

Boston

About

Dr. Kathryn Wagner is an Assistant Professor of Public Health and teaches courses in epidemiology, maternal and child health, and statistical programming, as well as other electives. Dr. Wagner is passionate about using active learning in the classroom to ensure that students have practiced and mastered the skills they need to be successful in their future careers. Beyond academics, Dr. Wagner’s research focuses on evaluating the relationship between the maternal pregnancy complications and lifestyle factors, fetal growth, and childhood cardiometabolic outcomes. She values collaborating with epidemiologists, biostatisticians, and clinicians across Massachusetts and the US.

Education

  • IRTA Postdoctoral Fellowship, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda, MD
  • PhD in Public Health (Epidemiology), University of Massachusetts – Amherst, Amherst, MA
  • MS in Public Health (Epidemiology), University of Massachusetts – Amherst, Amherst, MA
  • BA in Anthropology & Legal Studies, University of Massachusetts – Amherst, Amherst, MA

Research Interests

  • Fetal growth and development
  • Pregnancy complications
  • Maternal weight and weight gain during pregnancy
  • Maternal physical activity

Education

  • IRTA Postdoctoral Fellowship, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda, MD
  • PhD in Public Health (Epidemiology), University of Massachusetts – Amherst, Amherst, MA
  • MS in Public Health (Epidemiology), University of Massachusetts – Amherst, Amherst, MA
  • BA in Anthropology & Legal Studies, University of Massachusetts – Amherst, Amherst, MA

Research Interests

  • Fetal growth and development
  • Pregnancy complications
  • Maternal weight and weight gain during pregnancy
  • Maternal physical activity