Sara Baumann is an Assistant Professor in Behavioral and Community Health Sciences at the University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health, where she is the Founder and Director of the Global Women’s Health Research (GLOWHER) collective. Her primary research interests encompass three cross-cutting domains: 1) the innovative application of participatory, arts-based, and visual research methodologies; 2) gender and reproductive health, and 3) mental health. Her research using arts-based and embodied tools is characterized by a commitment to community-engaged methods, a transformative research paradigm, and is guided by principles of design justice. Dr. Baumann has over 15 years of experience conducting research and programming in health and development in South Asia, with a current focus on Nepal. Her work at the intersection of public health and filmmaking has been featured on diverse media platforms, from NPR to Glamour Magazine, and her films have been screened at the Smithsonian Institute, Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, and United Nations Headquarters in New York.
