Sarah Burgard’s work focuses on the way systems of stratification and inequality impact the health of people and populations. In her graduate work in sociology at UCLA, she studied educational and occupational attainment during periods of change in race-related legislation in the U.S. and South Africa and the effects of these policies on racial disparities in health. Her dissertation looked at maternal and child health in South Africa and Brazil, two multiracial societies with some of the highest levels of inequality in the world. Burgard also earned an M.S. in epidemiology at UCLA, and has collaborated on projects that examine racial/ethnic and sexual orientation-related disparities in mental health outcomes in the U.S. Her current research focuses on working lives and health outcomes in the United States, with a particular focus on (a) the intersection of racial/ethnic, socioeconomic, and gender-based disparities in working conditions and occupational careers and the effect of these inequalities on health, and (b) the impact of an individual’s working life on the well-being of other family members. Following the completion of her fellowship, Burgard will join the faculty at the University of Michigan as assistant professor of sociology and assistant research scientist at the Population Studies Center.