Abigail Kappelman

Professional Title

Doctoral Candidate in Epidemiology

Department(s)

Epidemiology
Michigan Medicine
School of Public Health

About

For my dissertation, I study the intergenerational transmission of health, particularly birth outcomes, and how racial and ethnic differences in this transmission are attributable to the impact of structural racism on social mobility. More broadly, I apply both epidemiologic and econometric methods to understand how circumstances generate health

Research Interests

social sciences
quantitative research
health
Michigan Medicine