Erin Pearson, PhD, MPH, is a social epidemiologist and mixed methods researcher with expertise in sexual and reproductive health, gender-based violence, and impact evaluation, and she has authored more than 50 peer-reviewed publications on these topics. Her research focuses on developing and testing interventions to address gender-based inequities in sexual and reproductive health, particularly the impact of intimate partner violence and reproductive coercion on women’s use of contraception and abortion. At GEH, Erin serves as the Director of Global Partnerships and Collaborative Learning, facilitating GEH partnerships and presence in country settings and strengthening field-level learning and practice-based loops. Prior to GEH, Erin worked at Ipas for over a decade and most recently served as Associate Director of Learning and Innovation. At Ipas, she worked closely with country teams, conducting capacity strengthening activities related to research, human-centered design, monitoring and evaluation, and data quality audits. Erin holds a PhD from Johns Hopkins University and an MPH from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.