Departmental Affiliations
Center & Institute Affiliations
Kristin G. Bevilacqua, PhD ’24, MPH, studies gender-based violence, with a focus on the impacts of migration on women’s risk for and experiences of violence.
Research Interests
Gender-based violence; women’s health; migration; mixed-methods research; policy evaluation; community-based research
Experiences & Accomplishments
Kristin Bevilacqua is an Assistant Scientist in the Department of Population, Family, and Reproductive Health in the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. She has extensive practice, teaching, and research experience related to gender-based violence and women’s sexual and reproductive health in the US and Latin America. Her research lies at the intersection of gender-based violence, women’s health, and migration. Kristin draws on her training in mixed-methods research and statistical methods for estimating causal effects in non-experimental studies to understand the influence of migration on women’s risk of violence and to prevent and respond to gender-based violence among migrants in the US and globally. She also works on several projects focusing on the impacts of housing supports for survivors of intimate partner violence and sexual violence prevention and response on college campuses.
Honors & Awards
2023 Susan P. Baker Scholarship in Injury Prevention and Control, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
2022 - 2023 Maternal and Child Health Epidemiology Fellowship, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
2022 Robertson Scholarship, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
2021 Bernard and Jane Guyer Scholarship, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
2020, 2021 Dr. Michael Koenig Memorial Fund Award, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Select Publications
Bevilacqua KG, Zapata D, Wirtz AL, Decker MR. Understanding the Impact of the Sociopolitical Environment on Decision-Making for Reporting Intimate Partner Violence to Police Among Latina/e Survivors in Baltimore, Maryland: A Qualitative Study. Journal of Interpersonal Violence. 2025 Nov 26:08862605251392275.
Bevilacqua KG, Holliday Nworu C, Miller J, Perrin N, Decker MR. Pathways to Safety and Housing Stability Among Intimate Partner Violence Survivors Receiving Supportive Housing Services: A Mixed Methods Analysis. Journal of Family Violence. 2025 Mar 3:1-6.
Bevilacqua KG, Arciniegas S, Page K, Steinberg AK, Stellmann J, Flores-Miller A, Wirtz AL. Contexts of violence victimization and service-seeking among Latino/a/x immigrant adults in Maryland and the District of Columbia: A qualitative study. Journal of Migration and Health. 2022 Dec 5:100142.
Carvajal D, Bevilacqua KG, Caldwell M, Zambrana RE. Provider perspectives on contraceptive counseling for Latina/x patients in the age of Patient-Centered Care. Contraception. 2022 Dec 16: 109921.
Bevilacqua KG, Gottschlich A, Murchland AR, Alvarez CS, Rivera-Andrade A, Meza R. Cervical cancer knowledge and barriers and facilitators to screening among women in two rural communities in Guatemala: a qualitative study. BMC Womens Health. 2022 May 28;22(1):197.
Bevilacqua KG, Williams A, Wood SN, Wamue-Ngare G, Thiongo M, Gichangi P, Decker MR. Sexual harassment before and during the COVID-19 pandemic among adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) in Nairobi, Kenya: a cross-sectional study. BMJ open. 2022 Oct 1;12(10):e066777.