Sophie M. Morse, PhD, MPP

Sophie M. Morse (she/her) is a postdoctoral scholar on the Beyond the Pill team and at the Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies. Her research focuses on women’s health policy and she is specifically interested in the implementation of policies and delivery of services for women across various contexts.

Using quantitative and qualitative methods, she has worked on projects ranging from HIV prevention in Uganda to migrant women’s health and well-being in Costa Rica to postpartum access to health care for low-income women in Texas. In 2022-2023, she was a Fulbright-Hays DDRA grantee in Mexico where she conducted research on the implementation of health policies that address intimate partner violence for her dissertation.

Dr. Morse has consulted for the Pan American Health Organization and the World Health Organization on projects related to sexual and reproductive health, gender-based violence, and health systems. Previously, she served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Uganda and conducted research on the health provider response to sexual violence in Colombia on a Fulbright-U.S. student award.

Dr. Morse received her BA in International Studies from Middlebury College, her MPP from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, and her PhD in Public Policy from the University of Texas at Austin.