She is a reproductive and social epidemiologist and received her Ph.D. in Epidemiology from Brown University. Before joining UMKC, she spent 7 years in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Washington University in St. Louis studying sexually transmitted infections, contraception, infertility, and adverse reproductive outcomes, including preterm delivery. Dr. Allsworth has served as a reviewer for multiple journals of women’s reproductive health and is a member of the Society for Epidemiologic Research and the Infectious Diseases Society for Obstetrics & Gynecology.