Sarah MacCarthy
{{Short description|American scientist}}
{{Infobox scientist
| name = Sarah MacCarthy
| fields = LGBTQ health studies
| workplaces = RAND Corporation
University of Alabama at Birmingham
| alma_mater = University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Harvard University
| academic_advisors = Sofia Gruskin
}}
Sarah MacCarthy is an American scientist who is the inaugural holder of the Magic City LGBTQ Health Studies Endowed Chair at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. She is an associate professor of health behavior.
Life
MacCarthy grew up in Eswanti and Egypt.{{Cite web |title=Featured Investigator: Sarah MacCarthy {{!}} DPCPSI |url=https://dpcpsi.nih.gov/sgmro/featured-investigator-sarah-maccarthy |access-date=2024-06-29 |website=dpcpsi.nih.gov}}{{PD-notice}} She completed undergraduate studies at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Her first job after college was formatting biosketches. She completed a M.S. in public health (2007) with a focus in international public health and international health and a Sc.D. (2012) in international and global studies at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.{{Cite web |title=Faculty profile |url=https://scholars.uab.edu/17362-sarah-maccarthy |access-date=2024-06-29 |website=scholars.uab.edu}} Sofia Gruskin was her mentor in graduate school. MacCarthy completed postdoctoral training at the Miriam Hospital.
MacCarthy worked at RAND Corporation for seven years in California before moving to the University of Alabama at Birmingham in 2021. Her research examines individual, programmatic, and policy-related aspects of sexual and gender minority health. She is the inaugural holder of the Magic City LGBTQ Health Studies Endowed Chair. She applies systematic mixed-methods research to address sexual and gender minority health in the United States and internationally. MacCarthy is an associate professor of health behavior.
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