Alice Marya Abernathy, MD, MSHP
Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Attending Physician, Gynecology, Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA
Attending Physician, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, PA
Instructor in Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
Senior Fellow, Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics
Founder, Maternal and Reproductive Health Working Group
Department: Obstetrics and Gynecology
Contact information
3400 Spruce Steet
Dulles 5
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Dulles 5
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Education:
BA (Biochemistry)
New College of Florida, 2010.
MD
University of Florida College of Medicine, 2017.
MSHP (Health Policy)
University of Pennsylvania, 2023.
Permanent linkBA (Biochemistry)
New College of Florida, 2010.
MD
University of Florida College of Medicine, 2017.
MSHP (Health Policy)
University of Pennsylvania, 2023.
Description of Clinical Expertise
Preconception counseling, sexual and reproductive health, contraceptionDescription of Other Expertise
Health policyHealth Services Research
Causal inference
Geospatial analysis
Description of Research Expertise
Alice Abernathy, MD MSHP an Academic Specialist in Obstetrics & Gynecology, and Health Services Researcher. Dr. Abernathy’s research interests include exploring the links between legislation surrounding family planning services and the racial, socioeconomic, and geographic disparities in maternal morbidity and mortality. She is also interested in understanding the impact of health policy and neighborhood factors on maternal morbidity and mortality, and interventions aimed to improve pregnancy outcomes for all people.Selected Publications
Alice Abernathy, Miatta Goba, Markolline Forkpa, Jesse Chittams, Sunni L Mumford, Sindhu K Srinivas, Courtney A Schreiber. : Inequitable Screening for Pregnancy Intention by Race, Insurance, and Site of Care in Two High-Volume Urban Obstetric Hospitals. Journal of Women's Health 34(4), April 2025.Andrew M. London, THomas Barker, Brenna M. Rosen: American Public Health Association, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Network for Public Health Law, Council of Chairs of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Jacobs Institute of Women's Health, American Medical Women's Association, and 490 Deans and Scholars as Amici Curiae in Support of Respondents' Supporting Affirmance, Brief of Amici Curiae, Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic, No. 23-1275 (U.S. filed Apr. 2025). United States Supreme Court Brief 2025.
Abernathy A, Rodriguez MI, Swartz JJ.: Measuring abortion in claims data: What is the state of the science? Contraception Nov 2024.
Kavita Vinekar, Alice abernathy, Kristin Rising: Reenvisioning Title X to Meet Early Pregnancy Needs. American Journal of Public Health October 2024.
Alice Abernathy MD, MSHP; Nadia Haerizadeh-Yazdi, PhD; Shaiza Sinha, MPH; Courtney A. Schreiber MD, MPH; Aasta Mehta MD, MPP: Strengthening the Provision of Abortion and Sexual and Reproductive Health Care Post-Dobbs: An Initiative of the Philadelphia Department of Public Health New England Journal of Medicine NEJM Catalyst Innovations in Care Delivery 5(8), July 2024.
Abernathy AM.: When facts become feelings. Birth May 2024.
Katherine M Mahoney, Licia Bravo, Arden McAllister MPH,Kacie Bogar MS, Sean Hennessey, PharmD, PhD; Courtney A. Schreiber, MD MPH; Alice Abernathy MD, MSHP : Health services provided at the time of abortion in the US: a scoping review of the qualitative and quantitative evidence. medrxiv January 2024.
Claudia Hammerman, Aaron Delaney, Paul, Weiss; Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP & Melissa Goodman, Counsel of Record, Amanda Barrow, Cathren Cohen, Jaclyn Serpico Center on Reproductive Health, Law, and Policy, UCLA School of Law. : Amici curiae brief of over 300 reproductive health researchers in support of petitioners. U.S. Food & Drug Administration, et al., petitioners, v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine, et al., respondents. Danco Laboratories, L.L.C., petitioner, v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine, et al., respondents. United States Supreme Court brief 2024.
Alice Abernathy : Interviewed and provided background to: Kaiser Family Foundation, CNN, NBC (Philip Galewitz), the 19th (Shefali Luthra), Medscape (Arianna Sarjoo), Contraceptive Technology Update (Melinda Young) and Jezebel (Kylie Cheung). KFF, the 19th, Medscape, Contraceptive Technology Update 2023, 2024
Alice M. Abernathy, Courtney A. Schreiber, Tang Li, Jinbo Chen, Howard M. Julien, Ashwin Nathan, Lauren Eberly, Sameed Ahmed M. Khatana, and Jennifer Lewey: Variation in Hypertension in Pregnancy by State Restrictions on Abortion. Journal of the American College of Cardiology: Advances November 2023.