Emily Paine, PhD

  • Assistant Professor of Clinical Medical Sociology (in Psychiatry and Sociomedical Sciences)

Overview

Dr. Emily Allen Paine (she/they) is a medical sociologist taking an intersectional, mixed-methods approach to investigate social and structural inequities shaping health, well-being, and access to economic resources among marginalized communities. Dr. Paine's work is supported by a K01 award from NIMH.

Dr. Paine is particularly motivated to understand—and develop interventions to address—how economic marginalization, race-, gender-, and sexuality-based oppression, and multi-level stigma drive health inequities among sexual and gender diverse people. Dr. strives to conduct community-driven health disparities research.

From 2019 to 2022, Dr. Paine was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the NIMH T32 Program at the HIV Center. Dr. Paine completed a Ph.D. in Sociology and a certificate in LGBTQ/Sexualities Studies at the University of Texas at Austin in 2019.

Academic Appointments

  • Assistant Professor of Clinical Medical Sociology (in Psychiatry and Sociomedical Sciences)

Credentials & Experience

Education & Training

  • BA, University of Southern Maine
  • MA, University of Texas at Austin
  • PhD, University of Texas at Austin
  • Fellowship: 2022 HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies, Columbia University and New York State Psychiatric Institute

Research

Dr. Paine takes an intersectional, mixed-methods approach to investigate social and structural inequities shaping health, well-being, and access to economic resources among marginalized communities. Dr. Paine's work is supported by a K01 award from NIMH.

Dr. Paine is particularly motivated to understand—and develop interventions to address—how economic marginalization, race-, gender-, and sexuality-based oppression, and multi-level stigma drive health inequities among sexual and gender diverse people. Dr. strives to conduct community-driven health disparities research.

Research Interests

  • Health Care Disparities in Marginalized Populations
  • LGBT health and health disparities