Celia Karp ’14

Celia Karp ’14, a social and behavioral scientist, is dedicated to research, teaching, mentorship and advocacy in the field of women’s sexual and reproductive health. As an assistant professor in the Department of Population, Family and Reproductive Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, she investigates psychosocial determinants of reproductive health, including preferences, empowerment and decision-making related to pregnancy, contraception and family planning and the health systems shaping women’s health and well-being across the life course. Karp is the past recipient of a Fulbright research fellowship to Ecuador and a National Institutes of Health grant to support research in Uganda. She earned two bachelor’s degrees at UNC Charlotte; one in public health sciences from the College of Health and Human Services and one in communication studies from the College of Humanities & Earth and Social Sciences. Karp completed a doctorate in population, family and reproductive health from Johns Hopkins University.