I am an Assistant Professor of Medicine & Epidemiology whose research centers on pregnancy, sexual, and reproductive health epidemiology in the United States (US) and global populations. As a reproductive epidemiologist, my US-based work explores the impact of traumatic brain injuries on women’s reproductive wellbeing (pregnancy, sexuality, menstruation, socio-cultural norms, etc.), while my global health work is focused on obstetric emergencies and The Three Delays. Though a quantitative methodologist, I has a deep appreciation for mixed methods research and often involves qualitative research methodologies and machine learning approaches in her work.
In my spare time, I enjoy humorously blogging about parenting a 12-year-old singleton and his 9-year-old triplet siblings. I appeared on the 2018 holiday season of the Netflix hit baking show Nailed It! (Nailed It! Holiday, Episode 3, “You Mitsvah Spot”).
BS, Clinical Laboratory Science, Canisius College, 2000
MPH, University of Rochester, 2005
PhD, Epidemiology, University of Rochester, 2018
Anto-Ocrah M, Cafferky V, Lewis V. Pregnancy After Concussion. Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation. 2021.
Anto-Ocrah M, Bazarian J, Lewis V, Jones CM, Jusko TA, Van Wijngaarden E. Risk of female sexual dysfunction following concussion in women of reproductive age. Brain Inj. 2019.
Anto-Ocrah M, Cushman J, Sanders M, et al. A woman’s worth: an access framework for integrating emergency medicine with maternal health to reduce the burden of maternal mortality in sub-Saharan Africa. BMC Emerg Med, 20(3), 2020.
Ibine B, Sefakor Ametepe L, Okere M, Anto-Ocrah M. "I did not know it was a medical condition": Predictors, severity and help seeking behaviors of women with female sexual dysfunction in the Volta region of Ghana. PLoS One, 15(1), 2020.
Anto-Ocrah, M., Maxwell, N., Cushman, J. et al. Public knowledge and attitudes towards bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) in Ghana, West Africa. Int J Emerg Med 13, 29 (2020).
Anto-Ocrah, Martina PhD, MPH; Valachovic, Tori BS; Chen, Michael PhD; Tiffany, Kimberly BA; DeSplinter, Lindsey BA; Kaukeinen, Kimberly BS; Glantz, J. Christopher MD, MPH; Hollenbach, Stefanie MD, MS. Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)–Related Stress and Menstrual Changes. Obstetrics & Gynecology 141(1):p 176-187, January 2023.
Anthony Senanu Agbeve, Daniel Yaw Fiaveh, Martina Anto-Ocrah, Parent-Adolescent Sexuality Communication in the African Context: A Scoping Review of the Literature, Sexual Medicine Reviews, Volume 10, Issue 4, October 2022, Pages 554–566.
Norris KG, Huang PA, Glantz JC, Kodam R-S, Anto-Ocrah M. A Cross-Cultural Analysis of the COVID-19 Pandemic’s Impact on Antenatal Healthcare-Seeking Behaviors in Ghana and the United States. Journal of Patient Experience. 2021;8.
Anto-Ocrah M, Mannix R, Bazarian JJ. Age and Sex Interactions in Recovery From Mild Traumatic Brain Injury: More Questions Than Answers. JAMA Netw Open. 2021;4(4):e213068.
Stal, J., Yi, S.Y., Cohen-Cutler, S., Anto-Ocrah, M., et al. Sexual dysfunction among early-onset colorectal cancer survivors: Sex-specific correlates of sexual health discussions between patients and providers. Cancer Causes Control 35, 111–120 (2024).
