Associate Professor
Department
Department of Health Behavior and Clinical Sciences
Contact
University of Michigan School of Nursing
400 North Ingalls Building
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-5482
Julie Maslowsky is accepting new PhD students.
In the News
Bridge Michigan "Don't let TikTok be your child's only sex ed teacher." (Jun. 19, 2025)
The Conversation "Abortion bans are changing what it means to be young in America." (Jun. 17, 2024)
Washington Post "Opill, first U.S. over-the-counter birth-control pill, to hit stores: What to know." (Mar. 5, 2024)
Ms. Magazine "Forcing thousands of teens to parent in a post-Roe nation." (Nov. 5, 2022)
Washington Post "Now is the time to talk to your teens about birth control. Here’s how." (Jul. 19, 2022)
NPR "Adolescents faced obstacles getting abortions. The Supreme Court just made it harder." (Jun. 28, 2022)
StatNews "A major problem for minors: Post-Roe access to abortion." (Jun. 26, 2022)
Interests
Adolescent Development and Health
Sexual and Reproductive Health
Population Health
Health Policy
Health Equity
Dr. Julie Maslowsky is Associate Professor of Health Behavior and Clinical Sciences at the University of Michigan School of Nursing, Associate Professor of Health Behavior and Health Equity at the University of Michigan School of Public Health, and Research Associate Professor at the UM Institute for Social Research. She is a developmental psychologist and population health scientist who studies adolescent health, with a focus on sexual and reproductive health including contraception and abortion. Her research integrates adolescent developmental science with population and reproductive health to inform developmentally appropriate policies and practices on adolescent sexual and reproductive health. Dr. Maslowsky is a team scientist, a builder, and an avid interdisciplinary scholar. Her research has been funded by multiple institutes of the NIH. She is the founding director of Youth Reproductive Equity, the nation’s leading research collaborative focused on adolescent and young adult sexual and reproductive health post-Dobbs v. Jackson.
Current Research Grants and Programs
Creating a state-level policy data dashboard to facilitate research on reproductive health. NICHD R01HD115716. Role: PI (9/16/2024-5/31/2029).
Development of a digital decision support tool to facilitate developmentally appropriate adolescent contraceptive counseling in primary care.
NICHD R21HD107460.
Role: PI. (9/12/2022-8/31/2024).Research roadmap on policy-ready research for youth abortion access.
William T. Grant Foundation, Officer’s Discretionary Fund.
Role: PI. (1/1/2023-12/31/2023).
Teaching
Dr. Maslowsky is an enthusiastic teacher and mentor. Her courses focus on social determinants of health, intervention development, implementation science, and grant and manuscript preparation. Her goal for her students and mentees is to gain theoretical, methodological, and practical knowledge and tools to navigate the complex landscape of health and its determinants. She frequently mentors students, postdoctoral fellows, and early career faculty and delights in their success.
Affilliations/Service
Co-Director of Social Science and Medicine at the Center for History, Humanities, Arts, Social Sciences, and Ethics in Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, 2025-present
Affiliate, Institute for Health Policy and Innovation, University of Michigan, 2024-present
Affiliate, Institute for Research on Women and Gender, University of Michigan, 2024-present
Interdisciplinary Association for Population Health Science (Board member 2019-2022)
Society of Family Planning (Chair of Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health Special Interest Group, 2021-2025)
Population Association of America
Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine
Society for Research on Adolescence
Notable Awards/Honors
Outstanding Adolescent Health Initiative, University of Michigan Adolescent Health Initiative
Public Voices Fellow, The Op-Ed Project
Compassion in Action Award, presented by His Holiness the Dalai Lama
Education
Ph.D., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 2012
MA, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 2008
MSW, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 2005
BS, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, 2004
Publications Highlights
Allison, B., Wilkinson, T., & Maslowsky, J. (2025). Adolescent-centered sexual and reproductive health communication. JAMA, 333(3), 250-251. doi:10.1001/jama.2024.24246
Strasser, J., Schenk, E., Luckenbill, S., Tsevat, D., King, L., Luo, Q., & Maslowsky, J. (2025). Tubal sterilization and vasectomy increased among US young adults after the Dobbs Supreme Court decision in 2022. Health Affairs, 44(1), 99-107. doi:10.1377/hlthaff.2024.00824
Hoopes, A.J., Padley, E., Vear, K., Chang, T., Marzouk, T., Dao, T.D., Esbrook, E., Odom, R. M., Maslowsky, J., & Allison, B.A. (2025). Partnering with youth researchers in a dynamic reproductive health policy landscape. Pediatrics, 155(6), e2024068259. https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2024-068259
Lindberg, L., Maslowsky, J., & Baum, P. (2025). Minor adolescents impacted by US state abortion restrictions. JAMA Pediatrics, 179(6), 675-676. doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2025.0226
King, L., Schenk, E., Strasser, J., Luckenbill, S., & Maslowsky, J. (2025). Adolescent and young adult perspectives on contraception Post-Dobbs: “The next closest step to having control over my own body”. Women’s Health Issues, 35(4), 245-252. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.whi.2025.04.001
Maslowsky, J., Buss, E., & Wray-Lake, L. (2024). The role (and limits) of developmental neuroscience in determining adolescents’ autonomy rights: The case for reproductive and voting rights. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 69, 101435. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dcn.2024.101435
Allison, B. A., Vear, K., Hoopes, A. J., & Maslowsky, J. (2023). Adolescent awareness of the changing legal landscape of abortion in the United States and its implications. Journal of Adolescent Health, 73(2), 230–236. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2023.04.008
Hoopes, A. J., Maslowsky, J., Baca, M. A., Goldberg, J., Harrison, M. E., Hwang, L. Y., Romano, M., Tebb, K., Tyson, N., & Grubb, L. K. (2022). Elevating the needs of minor adolescents in a landscape of reduced abortion access in the United States. Journal of Adolescent Health, 71(5), 530-532. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2022.08.007
Wilkinson, T. A., Maslowsky, J., & Berlan, E. D. (2022). The pediatrician in the post-Roe landscape. JAMA Pediatrics, 176(10), 967–968. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamapediatrics.2022.2868