Andrea Jackson, MD, MAS
Professor
Ob/Gyn, Reproductive Sciences
School of Medicine

Jackson's research focuses on the reproductive health of Black women throughout their lives. She is co-director of the UCSF Black Women's Health and Livelihood Initiative and of EMBRACE, an innovative UCSF perinatal program for Black families that provides racially conscious prenatal and postpartum physical and mental health care.

Jackson earned a bachelor's degree in engineering at Cornell University before earning her medical degree from Harvard Medical School. She completed a residency in obstetrics and gynecology at Brigham and Women's Hospital, followed by a fellowship in complex family planning at UCSF. She also has a master of advanced study degree in clinical research from UCSF.

• “An extra layer of pressure to be my best self”: Healthcare provider perspectives on how doulas foster accountability and bridge gaps in pregnancy-related care.
  SSM - Qualitative Research in Health 2023 Reiley Reed, Ashley Nguyen, Marna Armstead, Alli Cuentos, Marlee-I Mystic, Jennet Arcara, Andrea V. Jackson, Cassondra Marshall, Anu Manchikanti Gomez
• Environmental justice: What's racism got to do with it?
  International journal of gynaecology and obstetrics: the official organ of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics 2022 Jackson AV
• Black Women's Lived Experiences of Abortion.
  Qualitative health research 2022 Brown K, Plummer M, Bell A, Combs M, Gates-Burgess B, Mitchell A, Sparks M, McLemore MR, Jackson A
• Clinicians' Perspectives on Racism and Black Women's Maternal Health.
  Women's health reports (New Rochelle, N.Y.) 2022 Chambers BD, Taylor B, Nelson T, Harrison J, Bell A, O'Leary A, Arega HA, Hashemi S, McKenzie-Sampson S, Scott KA, Raine-Bennett T, Jackson AV, Kuppermann M, McLemore MR
• "My 9 to 5 Job Is Birth Work": A Case Study of Two Compensation Approaches for Community Doula Care.
  International journal of environmental research and public health 2021 Gomez AM, Arteaga S, Arcara J, Cuentos A, Armstead M, Mehra R, Logan RG, Jackson AV, Marshall CJ
• "When I think of mental healthcare, I think of no care." Mental Health Services as a Vital Component of Prenatal Care for Black Women.
  Maternal and child health journal 2021 Kemet S, Yang Y, Nseyo O, Bell F, Gordon AY, Mays M, Fowler M, Jackson A
• Occurrence of fatal police violence during pregnancy and hazard of preterm birth in California.
  Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology 2021 Goin DE, Gomez AM, Farkas K, Duarte C, Karasek D, Chambers BD, Jackson AV, Ahern J
• Community-informed models of perinatal and reproductive health services provision: a justice-centered paradigm toward equity among Black birthing communities.
  Seminars in Perinatology 2020 Zoë Julian, Diana Robles, Sara Whetstone, Jamila B. Perritt, Andrea V. Jackson, Rachel R. Hardeman, Karen A. Scott
• Reproductive (In)justice - Two Patients with Avoidable Poor Reproductive Outcomes.
  The New England journal of medicine 2019 Knight KR, Duncan LG, Szilvasi M, Premkumar A, Matache M, Jackson A
• In Reply.
  Obstetrics and gynecology 2019 Jackson AV, Premkumar A, Eichelberger KY, Whetstone S, Riley LE, Chescheir NC
• In Reply.
  Obstetrics and gynecology 2017 Premkumar A, Nseyo O, Jackson AV
• Abortion and contemporary hip-hop: a thematic analysis of lyrics from 1990-2015.
  Contraception 2017 Premkumar A, Brown K, Mengesha B, Jackson AV
• Reassessing Unintended Pregnancy: Toward a Patient-centered Approach to Family Planning.
  Obstetrics and gynecology clinics of North America 2017 Morse JE, Ramesh S, Jackson A
• Racial and ethnic differences in women's preferences for features of contraceptive methods.
  Contraception 2015 Jackson AV, Karasek D, Dehlendorf C, Foster DG
• Long-Acting Reversible Contraceptives for Incarcerated Women: Feasibility and Safety of On-Site Provision.
  Perspectives on sexual and reproductive health 2015 Sufrin C, Oxnard T, Goldenson J, Simonson K, Jackson A
• Interest in and experience with IUD self-removal.
  Contraception 2014 Foster DG, Grossman D, Turok DK, Peipert JF, Prine L, Schreiber CA, Jackson AV, Barar RE, Schwarz EB
• Interest in and experience with IUC self-removal.
  Contraception 2013 D. Foster, D. Grossman, D. Turok, J. Peipert, L. Prine, C.A. Schreiber, A. Jackson, R. Barar, E.B. Schwarz
• ACOG Practice Bulletin No. 135: Second-trimester abortion.
  Obstetrics and gynecology 2013
• Can women accurately assess the outcome of medical abortion based on symptoms alone?
  Contraception 2011 Jackson AV, Dayananda I, Fortin JM, Fitzmaurice G, Goldberg AB