Dr. Martina Anto-Ocrah is an Assistant Professor of Medicine & Epidemiology whose research centers on pregnancy, sexual, and reproductive health epidemiology in the United States (US) and global populations. As a reproductive epidemiologist, Dr. Anto-Ocrah’s US-based work explores the impact of traumatic brain injuries on women’s reproductive wellbeing (pregnancy, sexuality, menstruation, socio-cultural norms, etc.), while her global health work is focused on obstetric emergencies and The Three Delays. Though a quantitative methodologist, Dr. Anto-Ocrah has a deep appreciation for mixed methods research and often involves qualitative research methodologies and machine learning approaches in her work.
In her spare time, Martina enjoys humorously blogging about parenting a 12-year-old singleton and his 9-year-old triplet siblings. She appeared on the 2018 holiday season of the Netflix hit baking show Nailed It! (Nailed It! Holiday, Episode 3, “You Mitsvah Spot”).
Education & Training
- BS, Clinical Laboratory Science, Canisius College, 2000
- MPH, University of Rochester, 2005
- PhD, Epidemiology, University of Rochester, 2018
Representative Publications
Anto-Ocrah M, Cafferky V, Lewis V. Pregnancy After Concussion. Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation. 2021.
To evaluate pregnancy outcomes after concussion in a cohort of reproductive-aged women (aged 18-45 years).
Anto-Ocrah M, Bazarian J, Lewis V, Jones CM, Jusko TA, Van Wijngaarden E. Risk of female sexual dysfunction following concussion in women of reproductive age. Brain Inj. 2019.
To evaluate the impact of concussions on female sexual functioning.
Anto-Ocrah M, Cushman J, Sanders M, et al. A woman’s worth: an access framework for integrating emergency medicine with maternal health to reduce the burden of maternal mortality in sub-Saharan Africa. BMC Emerg Med, 20(3), 2020.
An access framework that integrates the Three Delays Model in maternal health with emergency care interventions.
Ibine B, Sefakor Ametepe L, Okere M, Anto-Ocrah M. "I did not know it was a medical condition": Predictors, severity and help seeking behaviors of women with female sexual dysfunction in the Volta region of Ghana. PLoS One, 15(1), 2020.
To describe the prevalence and severity of female sexual dysfunction (FSD) amongst a group of Ghanaian women in the outpatient setting of the predominantly rural Volta region of Ghana.
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Research Interests
- Reproductive Epidemiology
- Social Media & Digital Health
- Global Health