Aalap Bommaraju

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Professional Summary

Bio:

  • A nationally recognized researcher studying US abortion and contraception policy, Aalap Ooha Bommaraju (they/them) examines how activists challenge race, gender, and class-based inequalities in access to reproductive healthcare within healthcare organizations, health policy institutions, and the broader culture. 
Contact Major Research Projects:
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  • Policy prioritization dynamics after the implementation of Illinois’ Public Act 100-0538. Funded by the Society of Family Planning Emerging Scholars Grant ($7,416/1 year). Role: Principal Investigator.
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  • The meaning of victory in the politics of stratified reproduction: A social history of HB40. Funded by an anonymous foundation, ($191,675/4 years). Role: Co-Principal Investigator. Faculty Advisors: Danielle Bessett, PhD and Annulla Linders, PhD.
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  • Ohio’s Safety-Net Contraceptive Providers. Funded by the Ohio Policy Evaluation Network (~$100,000/3 years). Role: Project Lead. Faculty Advisors: Danielle Bessett, PhD and Sarah Hayford, PhD
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  • Evaluating Interactional Dynamics in Reproductive Life Planning. Funded with multiple University of Cincinnati intramural grants ($3,500/2 years). Role: Co-Principal Investigator. Faculty Advisor: Jennifer Malat, PhD

Recent Journal Articles:
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  • ​Jeyifo, Megan, Aalap Ooha Bommaraju, and Qudsiyyah Shariyf. 2023. “Chicago Abortion Fund: Shaping Change: 99 Steps Towards Justice.” Portable Gray 6 (1): 70–95. https://doi.org/10.1086/725616
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  • Zuniga, Carmela, Aalap Bommaraju, Lee Hasselbacher, Debra Stulberg, and Terri-Ann Thompson. 2022. “Provider and Community Stakeholder Perspectives of Expanding Medicaid Coverage of Abortion in Illinois.” BMC Health Services Research 22 (March): 413. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8960679/
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  • Hasselbacher, Lee, Carmela Zuniga, Aalap Bommaraju, Terri-Ann Thompson, and Debra Stulberg. 2021. “Lessons Learned: Illinois Providers’ Perspectives on Implementation of Medicaid Coverage for Abortion.” Contraception 103 (6): 414–19. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.contraception.2021.02.008
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  • Kim, Emily*, Sachika Singh*, Aalap Bommaraju, Alison H. Norris, and Danielle Bessett. 2021. “‘We Have to Respect That Option’: The Abortion Aversion Complex in Safety-Net Healthcare Organizations.” Social Science & Medicine 291 (December): 114468. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2021.114468 *graduate student mentees at time of publication