Associate Professor
Department of Human Ecology, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, University of California, Davis
Dr. Brittany Chambers Butcher is an associate professor in the Department of Human Ecology Department at UC Davis with a secondary appointment in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Dr. Chambers Butcher obtained her MPH in Health Promotion from Fresno State University and a PhD in Community Health Education from the University of North Carolina, Greensboro. Her research program currently has two focus areas: (1) reconceptualizing racism from Black women’s perspectives; and (2) designing and evaluating reproductive and birth justice-centered institutional- and policy-level interventions tailored towards learners and perinatal providers. Dr. Chambers Butcher's research across these two areas centers on the experiences of Black women and integrates community-partnered research methods and principles. She is recognized as a leader in Black maternal health equity with prestigious awards several times, including, but not limited to, the following: 1) the 2023 Outstanding Young Professional Award of the Maternal and Child Health Section of the American Public Health Association; 2) the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF)-Kaiser Building Interdisciplinary Research in Careers in Women’s Health (BIRCWH) K12 Program; 3) the UCSF Population Health and Health Equity Award Scholar; and 4) a K01 Research Grant with the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities.