
Overview
Ongoing projects include examining shifting population trends in women’s alcohol use, identifying lifecourse structural determinants of women’s drinking, and examining the mental health impact of restrictive reproductive policies.
Academic Appointments
- Assistant Professor of Epidemiology
Credentials & Experience
Education & Training
- AB, 2008 Harvard University
- ScM, 2012 Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
- MD/ PhD, 2022 Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians & Surgeons and Mailman School of Public Health
Research
Research Interests
- Alcohol Use Disorder
- Health Policy
- LGBT health
- Structural Racism
- Women's Health
Selected Publications
McKetta, S., Berzansky, I., Reynolds, C.A., Grodstein, F., Blacker, D., Charlton, B.M. Sexual orientation disparities in subjective cognitive decline in a large cohort of female nurses (2025). LGBT Health. https://doi.org/10.1089/lgbt.2024.0183
Lattanner, M., McKetta, S., Pachankis, J.E., Hatzenbuehler, M.L. State of the science of structural stigma and LGBTQ+ health: Meta-analytic evidence, research gaps, and future directions (2025). Annual Review of Public Health, 46. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-publhealth-071723-013336
Chakraborty, P., McKetta, S., Reynolds, C.A., Smith, M.H., Moseson, H., Beccia, A., Soled, K.R.S., Hoatson, T., Huang, A.K., Eliassen, A.H., Haneuse, S., Charlton, B.M. Differences in abortion use by sexual orientation in three national cohorts (2025). JAMA Network Open, 8(5), e258644-e258644. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.8644
McKetta, S., Chakraborty, P., Gimbrone, C., Soled, K., Beccia, A., Hoatson, T., Huang, A., Reynolds, C., Charlton, B.M (2024). Restrictive abortion laws and mental health during pregnancy and postpartum. Annals of Epidemiology, 92, pp. 47-54. DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2024.02.009
McKetta, S., Jager, J., Keyes, K.M. Trends in binge drinking in the United States by LGBTQ+ identity, gender, and age, 2014-2022 (2024). Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research. https://doi.org/10.1111/acer.15333
McKetta, S., Hoatson, T., Hughes, L.D., Everett, B., Haneuse, S., Austin, S.B., Hughes, T.L., Charlton, B.M. Disparities in mortality by sexual orientation in a large, prospective cohort of female nurses (2024). JAMA. doi:10.1001/jama.2024.4459
McKetta, S., Prins, S. J., Hasin, D., Patrick, M. E., & Keyes, K. M. (2022). Structural sexism and Women's alcohol use in the United States, 1988–2016. Social Science & Medicine, 301, 114976. DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2022.114976
Hatzenbuehler, M. L., McKetta, S., Kim, R., Leung, S., Prins, S. J., & Russell, S. T. (2022). Evaluating litigation as a structural strategy for addressing bias-based bullying among youth. JAMA Pediatrics, 176(1), 52–58. PMCID: PMC8506293
McKetta, S., Prins, S. J., Bates, L. M., Platt, J. M., & Keyes, K. M. (2021). US trends in binge drinking by gender, occupation, prestige, and work structure among adults in the midlife, 2006–2018. Annals of epidemiology, 62, 22–29. PMCID: PMC8463484
For a complete list of publications, please visit PubMed.gov