Sue Grady is now an assistant professor at Michigan State University and an adjunct assistant professor in the Department of Epidemiology at the State University of New York at Albany, USA. Dr. Grady’s principal research focus is health disparities and the reproductive health of African American women in the United States. She is also interested in health disparities internationally and population determinants of health transition theory. Dr. Grady served on the board of the HMGSG from 2008 to 2011. Sue Grady completed her B.A. degree in geography from the University of Minnesota, during which time she studied malnutrition and infectious diseases in children in Bogot, Colombia. Subsequently, Dr. Grady obtained an M.P.H. degree from Tulane University (1992) in International Health and worked on various projects in Honduras, Zimbabwe and Uganda. She also holds a master's degree in Anthropology from Hunter College and a certificate in Demography. Dr. Grady received her Ph.D. (2005) from the City University of New York, Graduate Center, where she studied under the direction of Dr. Sara McLafferty, who, at the time, was at Hunter College. She has published in such mainline journals as Urban Geography, Social Science Medicine, International Journal of Health Geographics, and American Journal of Public Health.
