Elizabeth O’Brien

Elizabeth O’Brien is an Associate Professor of the History of Medicine and Latin American History and a member of the History Department’s cross-field group in the History of Gender and Sexuality. She earned an M.A. in Latin American Studies and a Ph.D. in History from the University of Texas at Austin, as well as a Diplomado in the History of Medicine from Mexico’s National University (UNAM). Her research examines the intersections of gender, race, religion, empire, and nation in the production of medical knowledge, with publications on the histories of fertility control, abortion, eugenics, and obstetric violence; ideas about race, racism, and Indigeneity in medicine; and popular demands for healthcare in 1930s Mexico.