Overview
Teresa Janevic, PhD MPH is Associate Professor of Epidemiology at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health. Dr. Janevic is a perinatal epidemiologist with a focus in social and structural determinants of health and health care. Her research examines why exposures such as policy, neighborhood context, racial discrimination, immigration, and stress influence perinatal and reproductive health and health care outcomes. Dr. Janevic favors a mixed methods approach – large administrative data provide a “real-world” population health perspective, while community-enhanced qualitative work gives voice to vulnerable women and stimulates novel research hypotheses. Dr. Janevic values collaborations with public health professionals, clinicians, and community-based organizations. Dr. Janevic is driven by a passion for discovering strategies to attain health equity, and for catalyzing the next generation of health equity researchers.
Dr. Janevic leads the enVironmental Impact on Birth Equity (VIBE) Research Lab, which studies how the policy, health care, and neighborhood environment influence maternal and infant health equity. The VIBE Research Lab uses diverse methods such as longitudinal mixed models, Markov models, controlled interrupted time series, machine learning, agent-based models, and patient journey mapping to answer questions using lifecourse, structural racism, implementation science, and reproductive justice frameworks. VIBE Research Lab projects include the A1c in Pregnancy and Postpartum Linkage for Equity (APPLE) Cohort, which is a retrospective longitudinal ‘big data’ cohort seeking to identify policy levers to optimize the social and built neighborhood environment for maternal cardiometabolic health. The Postpartum Outcomes after Expansion of Medicaid (POEM) for Equity study uses quasi-experimental mixed methods to study the implementation and effectiveness of Medicaid policy on maternal health, with a focus on immigrants. Gen C Mamas is studying the influence of structural racism during pregnancy and postpartum on lifecourse cardiovascular health. The Galvanizing Learning in OBstetrics and gynecology for Equity (GLOBE) curriculum development program seeks to bridge health care equity research and obstetrics and gynecology practice.
Dr. Janevic’s research has been funded by the March of Dimes, Centers for Disease Control, World Bank, Open Society Institute, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Russell Sage Foundation, National Institute of Minority Health Disparities, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, the Office of Research in Women’s Health.
Academic Appointments
- Associate Professor of Epidemiology
Research
Selected Publications
Janevic T, Kim H, Ng A, Howell FM, Liu SH, Fox A, Weber E. Racial Inequities in Postpartum Coverage During Medicaid Continuous Coverage: Evidence from ACA Expansion vs Non-Expansion States. Am J Prev Med. 2026 Feb 14:108320. doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2026.108320. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 41698447; PMCID: PMC13047713.
Ahrens KA, Hutcheon JA, Strumpf EC, Nandi A, Ortiz JR, Janevic T. Paid family leave and reduced acute respiratory infections in young infants: does everyone benefit equally? Am J Epidemiol. 2026 May 7;195(5):1492-1500. doi: 10.1093/aje/kwaf124. PMID: 40512650.
Janevic T, Birnie L, Belfon K, Glenn L, Maru S, Reynolds S, Eniola F, Kim H, Howell FM, Fox A, Weber E. Immigrant Inequities in Uninsurance and Postpartum Medicaid Extension: A Quasi-Experimental Study in New York City, 2016-2021. Am J Public Health. 2025 May;115(5):732-735. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2024.307968. Epub 2025 Feb 27. PMID: 40014829; PMCID: PMC11983063.
Glazer KB, Boychuk N, Howell FM, Burdick M, Nowlin S, Maru S, Oshewa O, Monterroso M, Jackson E, McCarthy K, Rodriguez A, Lewey J, Howell EA, Levine L, Janevic T. Early Pregnancy Body Mass Index and Experiences of Gendered Racial Microaggressions in a Multiracial, Multiethnic Prospective Cohort. Birth. 2026 Jan 14. doi: 10.1111/birt.70051. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 41531368.
Janevic T, Howell FM, Burdick M, Nowlin S, Maru S, Boychuk N, Oshewa O, Monterroso M,
McCarthy K, Gundersen DA, Rodriguez A, Katzenstein C, Longley R, Whilby KW, Lee A, Cabrera C, Lewey J, Howell EA, Levine LD. Racism and Postpartum Blood Pressure in a Multiethnic Prospective Cohort. Hypertension. 2025 Feb;82(2):206-215. doi: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.124.23772. Epub 2025 Jan 9. PMID: 39781708; PMCID: PMC12091917.
Janevic T, Tomalin LE, Glazer KB, Boychuk N, Kern-Goldberger A, Burdick M, Howell F, Suarez-Farinas M, Egorova N, Zeitlin J, Hebert P, Howell EA. Development of a prediction model of postpartum hospital use using an equity-focused approach. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2023 Oct 23:S0002-9378(23)00769-X. doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2023.10.033. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37879386.
McCarthy KJ, Liu SH, Huynh M, Kennedy J, Chan HT, Mayer VL, Vieira L, Tabaei B, Howell F, Lee A, Van Wye G, Howell EA, Janevic T. Influence of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus on Diabetes Risk and Glycemic Control in a Retrospective Population-Based Cohort. Diabetes Care. 2023 Aug 1;46(8):1483-1491. doi: 10.2337/dc22-1676. PMID: 37341505; PMCID: PMC10369124.
Janevic T, Lieb W, Ibroci E, Lynch J, Lieber M, Molenaar NM, Rommel AS, de Witte L, Ohrn S, Carreño JM, Krammer F, Zapata LB, Snead MC, Brody RI, Jessel RH, Sestito S, Adler A, Afzal O, Gigase F, Missall R, Carrión D, Stone J, Bergink V, Dolan SM, Howell EA; Krammer Serology Core Study Group. The influence of structural racism, pandemic stress, and SARS-CoV-2 infection during pregnancy with adverse birth outcomes. Am J Obstet Gynecol MFM. 2022 Jul;4(4):100649. doi: 10.1016/j.ajogmf.2022.100649. Epub 2022 Apr 21. PMID: 35462058; PMCID: PMC9022447.
Janevic T, Zeitlin J, Egorova N, Hebert P, Balbierz A, Howell EA. Neighborhood racial and economic polarization, hospital of delivery, and severe maternal morbidity. Health Affairs. Health Aff (Millwood). 2020 May;39(5):768-776
