Beth Beatriz, PhD

Elizabeth Beatriz is an epidemiologist with over 10 years of public health experience.
She currently works at the Massachusetts Department of Public Health in the Bureau of Community Health and Prevention, is an affiliated faculty member at the Institute for Health Equity and Social Justice Research at Northeastern University and serves as a public health and COVID-19 advisor at Parenting Pod.
Dr. Beatriz specializes in health equity research and public health evaluation focused on child and adolescent health and wellbeing, social determinants of health, and violence prevention. Dr. Beatriz earned her bachelor’s degree in Epidemiology at the University of Rochester and PhD in Population Health at Northeastern University with concentrations in Social Epidemiology and Biostatistics.
Her work has been published in numerous peer-reviewed journals, including the Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, the Annals of Emergency Medicine, Child Abuse & Neglect, and Health & Place.
She has been quoted extensively by sites such as Healthline, Health.com, Single Care, Yahoo life!, and The Morning News.
Her work aims to use data to help young people thrive in a more equitable and inclusive world.
She currently works at the Massachusetts Department of Public Health in the Bureau of Community Health and Prevention, is an affiliated faculty member at the Institute for Health Equity and Social Justice Research at Northeastern University and serves as a public health and COVID-19 advisor at Parenting Pod.
Dr. Beatriz specializes in health equity research and public health evaluation focused on child and adolescent health and wellbeing, social determinants of health, and violence prevention. Dr. Beatriz earned her bachelor’s degree in Epidemiology at the University of Rochester and PhD in Population Health at Northeastern University with concentrations in Social Epidemiology and Biostatistics.
Her work has been published in numerous peer-reviewed journals, including the Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, the Annals of Emergency Medicine, Child Abuse & Neglect, and Health & Place.
She has been quoted extensively by sites such as Healthline, Health.com, Single Care, Yahoo life!, and The Morning News.
Her work aims to use data to help young people thrive in a more equitable and inclusive world.