Kaylee Ramage, MSc, PhD

Assistant Professor - Currently accepting PhD Students

Biography

Kaylee Ramage, MSc, PhD (pronouns: she/her/hers) is a qualitative researcher and social epidemiologist whose research focuses on exploring and addressing the impacts of the socio-structural determinants of health on women’s and other populations’ sexual and reproductive health. Dr. Ramage earned her Master of Science in Public Health (Health Promotion) from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (United Kingdom) (2014) and her Doctor of Philosophy in Community Health Sciences (Epidemiology) from the University of Calgary (Canada) (2021). Her research has examined health disparities related to socio-structural issues such as homelessness, poverty, forced migration, discrimination, and xenophobia in Canada, the U.S., and Mexico. Her current qualitative and quantitative research explores lived experiences of forced migration and its impact on sexual and reproductive health for women at the Mexico-U.S. border and contraception decision-making and its impact on maternal and infant health outcomes for women in Tennessee. She intends to continue her research examining sexual and reproductive health for marginalized populations using innovative and intersectional qualitative and quantitative methods.

Curriculum Vita

Research

• 2024-2026: Exploring ethics of participation in research on HIV and STIs for asylum-seeking women at the Mexico-U.S. border (Fordham University, NIDA R25-DA-031608)
• 2023-2024: Evaluating the role of social-structural ‘risk environments’ on HIV, STI, and TB syndemics among asylum-seeking women at the Mexico-U.S. border (San Diego Center for AIDS Research Developmental Grant, P30 AI036214) (PI: Goldenberg)
• 2023-2024: Exploring the impact of risk environments on STI and HIV risk among cisgender and transgender asylum-seeking women at the Mexico-U.S. border (American Sexually Transmitted Diseases Association Summer Research Fellowship)

Education

Education:

• 2010: Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Linguistics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta
• 2012: Bachelor of Science in Communicative Disorders and Deaf Education, Utah State University, Logan, Utah
• 2014: Master of Science in Public Health (Health Promotion), London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
• 2021: Doctor of Philosophy in Community Health Sciences (Epidemiology), University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta

Publications

• Lee, S., Hetherington, E., Leigh, R., Ramage, K., & Metcalfe, A. (2024). Impact of asthma medications during pregnancy on asthma exacerbation and perinatal outcomes. The Journal of Allergy & Clinical Immunology: In Practice. S2213-2198(24)00173-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jaip.2024.02.017.
• Ramage, K., Stirling-Cameron, E., Bojorquez, I., SanRoman, I., Spata, A., Ramos, N.E., Lujano Baltazar, B., Goldenberg, S. (2023). “When you leave your country, this is what you’re in for”: Experiences of structural, legal, and gender-based violence among asylum-seeking women at the Mexico-U.S. border. BMC Public Health, 23: 1699.
• Chang, D.H., Dumanski, S.M., Brennand, E.A., Ruzycki, S.M., Ramage, K., Shah, S., Gantar, T., & Ahmed, S.B. (2023). Reproductive Health and Contraception in Females with Chronic Kidney Disease: A Global Mixed-Methods Study. Kidney Medicine. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xkme.2023.100713
• Ramage, K., Knox, E., Scime, N.V., Ducey, A., & Brennand, E.A. (2023). How women decide between uterine-preserving vs. hysterectomy-based surgery for pelvic organ prolapse. Women’s Health, 19. DOI: 1177/17455057231181015
• Knox, E., Ramage, K., Scime, N.V., Ducey, A., & Brennand, E.A. (2022). A qualitative study of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on women desiring pelvic organ prolapse surgery in Alberta. Health & Social Care in the Community, 00, 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1111/hsc.14020
• Ramage, K., Ducey, A., Scime, N.V., Knox, E., & Brennand, E. (2022). “Broken” – how identities as women, mothers and partners are intertwined with the experience of living with and seeking treatment for pelvic organ prolapse. International Journal of Environmental Research & Public Health, 19(9), 5179. DOI: 10.3390/ijerph19095179
• Cummings, S., Ramage, K., Scime, N.V., Ahmed, S., & Brennand, E. (2022). Gender expression is associated with selection of uterine preservation or hysterectomy for pelvic organ prolapse: Novel methodology for sex-and-gender-based analysis in gynecologic research. International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics, 00: 1-8. DOI: 10.1002/ijgo.14169
• sMilaney, K., Petruik, C., Screpnechuk, C., Bell, M., & Ramage, K. (2022). Examining housing as a determinant of health: Closing the ‘poverty gap” to improve outcomes for women in affordable housing. The Open Public Health Journal, 15.