Rate My Professor Shira Goldenberg

Goldenberg's research centers on social epidemiology, with specializations in HIV/STI prevention, sexual and reproductive healthcare access, migrant and border health, women's health, social and structural determinants of health, substance use, and community-based research. Her expertise extends to migrant health, HIV, sexual health, reproductive health, gender-based violence, immigration, asylum seekers, health and human rights. She leads projects such as Investigating Maternal and Infant Health among Refugee and Asylum-Seeking Women, a collaboration with San Diego State University, Al Otro Lado, and El Colegio de la Frontera Norte. Goldenberg has secured significant funding, including a $615,668 exploratory grant from the National Institute of Mental Health in 2023 to pilot-test and adapt a novel mental health prevention intervention for migrant mothers, and Established RSCA funding for examining intersectional impacts of asylum deterrence on mental and sexual/reproductive health. Key publications include 'Global epidemiology of HIV among female sex workers: influence of structural determinants' (The Lancet, 2015), 'Structural constraints and migrant agency as intersecting influences on pregnant and parenting asylum-seeking women's sexual, reproductive, and mental health during forced migration: A qualitative study at the Mexico-US border' (Women's Health (Lond), 2026), and '"It's Unjust to Treat Pregnant People this Way": Obstetric Violence Among Pregnant and Postpartum Asylum-seekers at the Mexico-U.S. Border' (J Immigr Minor Health, 2026). Her scholarship advances understanding of health inequities among marginalized populations, informing interventions and policy.