Kate McCabe

Dr. Katharine McCabe is a Postdoctoral Research Associate in Health, Humanities, and Society within the Reilly Center for Science, Technology, and Values. She researches gender, race, and sexuality, inequalities in reproductive health, and legal and institutional responses to substance use and addiction. Katharine’s current research examines the intersection of medicine and law in response to pregnant substance users. She also examines state policies on child welfare responses to maternal substance use and regional reproductive healthcare responses to the opioid crisis. Katharine’s research has been funded by the National Science Foundation and has been published in The Journal of Health and Social Behavior, Social Science and Medicine, The Journal of Women’s Health, Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, and Sex Roles.