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Isabel Muñoz, PhD

Research Manager

Isabel Muñoz is a Research Manager for ANSIRH’s ADAPT study and is responsible for data management and analysis, survey design, and survey programming. After interning for Ibis Reproductive Health, Isabel knew she wanted to continue conducting research on sexual and reproductive health. She is interested in understanding how researchers conceptualize and measure pregnancy preferences. Isabel is passionate about reproductive justice and conducting research to improve access and the quality of care for marginalized individuals. Isabel received her BS in Human Biology with Honors from the University of California Santa Cruz, her MPH in Epidemiology and Biostatistics from the University of California Berkeley (UCB), and a PhD in Epidemiology from UCB.

Citations
  • Bullington BW, Isabel Muñoz, PhD, Boscardin WJ, Rocca CH. Pregnancy Preferences and Incident Pregnancy in the US. Jama Network Open. October 2025; https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.36697.
  • Rocca CH, Gould H, Elizabeth Gonzalez, Foster DG, Isabel Muñoz, PhD, Miriam Parra, RN, Ralph LJ. Cohort profile: the ADAPT study, a prospective study of pregnancy preferences, pregnancy, and health and well-being in the southwestern USA. BMJ Open. September 2024; https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2024-085372.
  • Rocca CH, Isabel Muñoz, PhD, Rao L, Levin S, Tzvieli O, Harper CC. Measuring a Critical Component of Contraceptive Decision Making: The Contraceptive Concerns and Beliefs Scale. Maternal and Child Health Journal. January 2024; https://doi.org/10.1007/s10995-023-03856-5.
  • Rao L, Rocca CH, Isabel Muñoz, PhD, Chambers BD, Devaskar S, Asiodu I, Stern L, Blum M, Comfort AB, Harper CC. "She should support me, she's my doctor:" Patient perceptions of agency in contraceptive decision-making in the clinical encounter in Northern California. Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health. May 2023; https://doi.org/10.1363/psrh.12226.
  • Harper CC, Rao L, Isabel Muñoz, PhD, Stern L, Kerns JL, Miriam Parra, RN, Chambers BD, Rocca CH. Agency in Contraceptive Decision-Making in Patient Care: a Psychometric Measure. Journal of General Internal Medicine. September 2022; DOI: 10.1007/s11606-022-07774-0.
  • Rocca CH, Miriam Parra, RN, Isabel Muñoz, PhD, Foster DG, Boscardin WJ, Ralph LJ. Comparison of Pregnancy Preferences Preceding vs Year 1 of the COVID-19 Pandemic. Jama Network Open. July 2022; DOI:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.20093.
  • Upadhyay UD, Chris Ahlbach, Kaller S, Clare Stewart, Isabel Muñoz, PhD. Trends In Self-Pay Charges And Insurance Acceptance For Abortion In The United States, 2017-20. Health Affairs. April 11, 2022; DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2021.01528.
  • Kaller S, Isabel Muñoz, PhD, Sharma S, Tayel S, Chris Ahlbach, Clare Stewart, Upadhyay UD. Abortion service availability during the COVID-19 pandemic: Results from a national census of abortion facilities in the U.S.. Contraception: X. July 2021; [Epub ahead of print].

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