Abby Varker

Multimedia Fellow

Abby Varker is an MPH candidate at Boston University School of Public Health, studying health policy and law, and sex, sexuality, and gender. Her passions include establishing policy to promote sexual and reproductive health and low-cost health care. Her background is in psychology, ethics, and the natural sciences, which informs her public health practice. Outside of her public health work, Abby is in an a cappella group and has been singing since she was 4 years old.

Abby's Work:

07.11.2024 Life preserver floating in water

Head Above Water

Swimming lessons are a key protector against drowning, but unequal access leaves some children more vulnerable than others.

Fellow Abby Varker

06.28.2024 A hand-drawn illustration of five young, diverse, queer individuals in front of a brick wall with a purple haze of smoke surrounding them

The Lavender Haze: Enabling a Healthy Queer Future

PHPod sits down with Kim Nelson, associate professor of community health sciences at Boston University School of Public Health, and Joanne Patterson, a behavioral scientist at Ohio State University, to discuss the current health landscape that queer youth and young adults are facing in the United States.

Fellow Abby Varker

04.05.2024 Cheryl Clark headshot

Health Equity

Cheryl Clark

Cheryl Clark, executive director and senior vice president of the Institute of Health Equity Research, Evaluation, and Policy at the Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers, shares about her work and how public health research can support equity-based program design.

Fellow Abby Varker

03.22.2024 Melody S. Goodman headshot

Health Equity

Melody S. Goodman

Melody S. Goodman, senior executive vice dean and professor of biostatistics at New York University School of Global Public Health, speaks about her work and the importance of narrative, data-driven storytelling.

Fellow Abby Varker