Katelyn E. Black, MPH
Biography
Katelyn E. Black, MPH, is an Associate Specialist in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of California, Irvine School of Medicine (UCI SOM). Katelyn is the Program Manager for the UCI Cardio-Obstetrics Program, led by Dr. Afshan Hameed and is also the Project Manager for Black PEARL (Promoting Equity, Anti-Racism, and Love), a large interdisciplinary federally funded initiative led by Principal Investigator Dr. Candice Taylor Lucas.
Katelyn currently resides on the unceded territories of the Tongva (Gabrielino) and Acjachemen (Juaneño) Indigenous peoples, respectfully honoring and recognizing them and their enduring relationship with their traditional ancestral territories. Acknowledging our presence on this land as guests of the local Indigenous peoples, non-human relatives, and the land itself, Katelyn is committed to sustaining and deepening relationships between communities and institutions through action and reciprocity.
Return to topEducation
- MPH in Public Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 2022
- BS in Biology, Santa Clara University, 2017
Areas of Expertise
- Maternal and Infant Health
Recent Publications
- Wolfe, D.S., Hameed, A.B., Black, K.E., Chang, J, Grodzinsky, A, Tarsa, M, Florio, K.L., Graves, C.R., Thiel de Bocanegra, H, “Positive Predictive Value of Universal Cardiovascular Disease Risk Assessment for Pregnant and Postpartum Patients” (opens in new tab), JACC: Advances, Elsevier, vol. 5, no. 8, 2026.
- Black, K.E., Thiel de Bocanegra, H, Chang, J, Tarsa, M, Grodzinsky, A, Florio, K.L., Wolfe, D.S., Graves, C.R., Hameed, A.B., “Diagnostic Excellence in Obstetric Care: Key Insights on Developing a Quality Measure for CVD Risk Assessment in Pregnant and Postpartum Patients”, 2025. Presented at DEX25: Diagnostic Excellence 2025 Meeting, University of Michigan, October 28, 2025.
- Jahng, J., Black, K. E., Liu, L., Bae, H. R., Perez, M., Ashley, E. A., Sallam, K., Wu, J. C., “Generation of three induced pluripotent stem cell lines, SCVIi003-A, SCVIi004-A, SCVIi005-A, from patients with ARVD/C caused by heterozygous mutations in the PKP2 gene” (opens in new tab), Stem Cell Research, vol. 53, pp. 102284, 2021.
- Chour, T., Tian, L., Lau, E., Thomas, D., Itzhaki, I., Malak, O., Zhang, J. Z., Qin, X., Wardak, M., Liu, Y., Chandy, M., Black, K. E., Lam, M. P., Neofytou, E., Wu, J. C., “Method for selective ablation of undifferentiated human pluripotent stem cell populations for cell-based therapies” (opens in new tab), JCI insight, vol. 6, no. 7, pp. e142000, 2021.
Contact Information
Email: katelyb2@uci.edu
Address: 3800 West Chapman Avenue, Suite 3400, Orange, CA 92868, Irvine, CA 92697
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Last updated on 10/28/2026.