Lindsey Yates, Ph.D., M.P.H., is an assistant professor in the Department of Maternal and Child Health (MCH) at the Gillings School of Global Public Health at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. She is a health equity researcher, whose work intersects reproductive health services, maternal and child health, and implementation science. She has led and supported various projects using qualitative and quantitative methods to examine the health system factors that influence equitable access to long-acting reversible contraception (LARC) and abortion care. Dr. Yates is also invested in collaborating with communities to identify and implement solutions to address inequities in maternal and child health, particularly inequities that disproportionately impact Black women, birthing people and children. She has experience supporting Title V teams and local health department teams to advance equity, using implementation science and other tools to help teams clarify their approach to achieving equitable outcomes. Dr. Yates works with both national and local agencies, and scholars from various academic disciplines to curate and share best practices to address racial disparities in MCH.
Dr. Yates has been recognized as an AcademyHealth Diversity Scholar, Society for Family Planning Emerging Scholar, and she received Dissertation Completion Fellowship Award from the Graduate School at UNC-Chapel Hill. She received her PhD from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from the Department of Health Policy and Management, and her Master of Public Health from the University of North Texas Health Science Center.