Adjunct Faculty

Bethany Kotlar

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Social and Behavioral Sciences

Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Departments

Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences

Biography

"Will they know who I am?": Contact between incarcerated mothers and their infants.

Piontkowski K, Lao J, Nurkanova J, Slopen N, Boyles J, Kotlar B. J Fam Psychol 2026 Jul 27

PMID: 42507392
"I wouldn't wish that on anybody, that pain": Maternal healthcare and neonatal outcomes among women experiencing incarceration during pregnancy in Georgia.

Kotlar B, Hernandez A, Morgan H, Odegbami M, Senior R, Boyles J, Garrett V, Gazzuolo T, Poehlmann J, Shlafer RJ, Tiemeier H, Slopen N. Womens Health (Lond) 2026 Jan-Dec

PMID: 42056725
Pregnancy and Postpartum-Related Accommodations During Incarceration: A Review of Policies in the United States.

Dakers E, Kaluza A, Matthews M, Moss R, Piontkowski K, Mason E, Shlafer RJ, Thomas K, Kotlar B. J Correct Health Care 2026

PMID: 41631746
Early introduction of complementary foods among infants exposed to maternal incarceration in utero.

Dakers E, Coates J, Boyles J, Slopen N, Kotlar B. Nutr Health 2026

PMID: 41591916
The quandary of high-quality evaluation in complex child welfare systems.

Kotlar B, Tiemeier H. Nat Med 2025

PMID: 40312588

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