Marian Jarlenski

Guest Author

Marian Jarlenski is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management in the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health. Her research seeks to advance knowledge about how health policies affect access to care, clinical practice, and health behaviors that ultimately affect maternal and child health outcomes. She earned her Ph.D. from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, and also holds an M.P.H. from the Yale School of Public Health and a B.A. from Otterbein College.

Marian's Work:

05.14.2018 a pregnant woman holding a lighter

Marijuana Messages and Pregnancy

The health effects of marijuana use in pregnancy and postpartum remain largely unknown. This scientific uncertainty has created challenges for public health education about marijuana use.

Guest Author Marian Jarlenski

06.19.2017 Protesters with sign saying Reproductive Justice For all, Safety over Politics

Arguments, Evidence, and Abortion Policy

The claim that induced abortion harms women’s health is a line of reasoning that has emerged as state legislators increasingly seek to enact laws to regulate the provision of abortion. The problem is that it is not grounded in fact.

Guest Author Marian Jarlenski