Sarah Peitzmeier, PhD is an Assistant Professor of Behavioral and Community Health at the University of Maryland School of Public Health. Her mixed-methods research focuses on the epidemiology and prevention of gender-based violence, as well as LGBTQ+ health promotion. She has received funding from the NIH, the CDC, and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, and is best known for her research to understand, screen for, and intervene on intimate partner violence in transgender populations. Her ongoing work includes intervention development studies to prevent sexual assault against transgender individuals and cisgender women. Finally, she is co-author (with Maia Kobabe) of the graphic novel Breathe, which is based on her research on chest binding in transmasculine individuals. Sarah received her PhD from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in 2017.
Sarah Peitzmeier
Assistant Professor
University of Maryland
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