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Alaina M. Beauchamp, Ph.D., M.P.H.

Alaina Beauchamp portrait
Assistant Professor, Population Health
abeauchamp2@kumc.edu

Professional Background

Alaina Beauchamp, PhD, MPH is public health researcher specializing in epidemiology, biostatistics, and geospatial information sciences. She joined the Department of Population Health faculty in 2024, after completing her postdoctoral training at UT Southwestern Medical Center in Texas, focusing on geospatial and clinical information sciences within the O’Donnell School of Public Health.

Education and Training
  • MPH, Epidemiology, Louisiana State University Health Science Center, New Orleans, LA
  • PhD, Epidemiology, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Dallas, TX
  • Post Doctoral Fellowship, Clinical and Geospatial Information Sciences, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX
Professional Affiliations
  • American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, Member, 2025 - Present

Research

Overview

Dr. Beauchamp’s research has been marked by a commitment to understanding and addressing health disparities, particularly those influenced by environmental and socioeconomic factors. In her work, Dr. Beauchamp uses innovative approaches to incorporate geospatial information sciences, leading to the discoveries of the spatial dimensions of mental and physical health disparities and the impact of environmental factors on health outcomes. Dr. Beauchamp’s work provides insight into the critical areas of healthcare access, social determinants of health, and how AI/ML can be leveraged for public health.

Current Research and Grants
  • Harnessing OCHIN Data to Address Social Determinants of Health for the Achievement of Behavioral Health Equity, Academy Health, Co-PI
Selected Publications
  • Beauchamp, A., M, Shen, G., C, Hussain, S., H, Adam, A, Highfield, L, Zhang, K. 2023. Cultural context index: A geospatial measure of social determinants of health in the United States.. SSM - population health, 25, 101591
  • Beauchamp, A., M, Tiro, J., A, Haas, J., S, Kobrin, S., C, Alegria, M, Hughes, A., E. 2024. Historical Bias in Mortgage Lending, Redlining, and Implications for the Uncertain Geographic Context Problem: A Study of Structural Housing Discrimination in Dallas and Boston.. Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine, 101 (5), 1037-1044
  • Beauchamp, A., M, Lehmann, C., U, Medford, R., J, Hughes, A., E. 2023. The Association of a Geographically Wide Social Media Network on Depression: County-Level Ecological Analysis.. Journal of medical Internet research, 25, e43623