Kristen Herlosky is a medical anthropologist and adjunct assistant professor. She began her graduate studies at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, with a passion for learning about childbirth, reproductive health, and how health care access impacts health outcomes. She has been extensively trained in both qualitative and mixed-method research methods across the fields of anthropology and public health implementation science.

Her dissertation research was conducted in Tanzania, East Africa, alongside the Indigenous Hadzabe community and specifically focused on health care policy and access, postpartum maternal health outcomes, and birth experience narratives. After her graduate studies, she served for two years as a postdoctoral researcher for the Early Responsive Nurturing Care for Food Security (EARN-FS) intervention in the UNLV School of Public Health, which focuses on the implementation of nutrition and maternal health interventions in the Las Vegas Valley.

In addition to her academic responsibilities, Kristen is an Evidenced Based Birth© childbirth educator and active full-spectrum doula, serving women and families throughout the Las Vegas valley since 2019.