{"id":5183,"date":"2024-05-06T14:26:19","date_gmt":"2024-05-06T14:26:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/obgyn\/?post_type=ud_entry&#038;p=5183"},"modified":"2025-04-09T13:29:56","modified_gmt":"2025-04-09T13:29:56","slug":"yuri-v-sebastiao","status":"publish","type":"ud_entry","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/obgyn\/people\/yuri-v-sebastiao\/","title":{"rendered":"Yuri V. Sebasti\u00e3o, PhD, MPH"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>Division:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/obgyn\/global-womens-health\/\">Global Women&#8217;s Health<\/a><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Personal Biography:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>I am a proud native of Luanda, Angola, in southern Africa. Since leaving my native country as I child, I have lived in Braga, Portugal; southern California; south Florida,; and then Columbus, Ohio. In 2020, I was excited to join the UNC Division of Global Women&#8217;s Health and have been based in Chapel Hill with my partner and kids since then. My purpose as an epidemiologist is to contribute meaningfully to better understanding of outcomes and research methods in population health, especially women and children.<\/p>\n<p>Preferred Name: Yuri<\/p>\n<p>Pronouns: he\/him\/his<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Education:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>PhD, Epidemiology &#8212; University of South Florida, Tampa, FL; 2012-2016<\/li>\n<li>MPH, Biostatistics-Epidemiology &#8212; University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA; 2009-2011<\/li>\n<li>Bachelor of Science, Biology &#8212; University of California, Los Angeles, CA; 2005-2009<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Research Interests:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Maternal and Child Health<\/li>\n<li>Perinatal Epidemiology<\/li>\n<li>Women&#8217;s Health<\/li>\n<li>Health services research\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Pediatrics<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Recent Publications:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>For a complete list of recent publications, please visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/myncbi\/1xQdgt61ppxkU\/bibliography\/public\/\">Dr. Sebasti\u00e3o PubMed link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":6204,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"layout":"","cellInformation":"","apiCallInformation":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"ud_division":[88,116],"class_list":["post-5183","ud_entry","type-ud_entry","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","ud_division-department-of-obstetrics-and-gynecology","ud_division-global-womens-health","odd"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Yuri V. 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