Taylor Riley

Postdoctoral Scholar, Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. 

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CSDE Research Areas:

• Environments and Populations
• Health of People and Populations
• Wellbeing of Families and Households

In the News:

• Riley Finds Higher County Pregnancy Criminalization Rates Associated with Delayed and Inadequate Prenatal Care  (04/30/2026)
• Riley, Godfrey, and Colleagues Evaluate Abortion Provision and Delays to Care After Dobbs (06/07/2024)
• Structured Gendered Racism and Preterm Birth Inequities are Examined in New Research by Riley, Enquobahrie, Hajat, and Callegari (04/03/2024)
• Riley and Colleagues Discuss the Link Between Organized Abandonment and Public Health (02/14/2024)

Dr. Riley is a social and reproductive epidemiologist with a research focus on the structural and policy drivers of reproductive health. Dr. Riley received her PhD in epidemiology from the University of Washington and her MPH from Columbia University. She is currently a postdoctoral scholar at the Carolina Population Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.