Dr. J'Mag Karbeah is a health equity researcher whose research centers around naming and identifying how historic and contemporary anti-Black rhetoric shapes the health and wellbeing of populations. Her research marries her health services research and demography training to analyze the impact of structural racism on maternal and child health inequities. Her scholarship has focused on: (1) examining alternative perinatal care models to address inequities in access and quality that Black birthing people face and (2) acknowledging and challenging how anti-Black racism is perpetuated through public health and medical institutions.

As part of Dr. Karbeah's mission as an antiracist scholar, she engages in educational outreach and provides expert consultation to policy makers. Some highlights of this type of advocacy include testifying on Black maternal health to the Minnesota House of Representatives, interviewing with the Minnesota Women's Press, and sharing a conversation on public health with Senator Tina Smith.

As one of CARHE's faculty affiliates, she contributes to many projects, especially work studying the impacts of policing on health, collaborations with Hennepin County, and projects funded by Commonwealth.

Dr. Karbeah earned her BS from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and earned both her MPH and my PhD from the University of Minnesota School of Public Health.