Erika Lichter, ScD
Associate Research Professor
ME Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 286 Water St, 5th Fl, Augusta
Education
- Sc.D., Maternal and Child Health, Harvard School of Public Health
- MS, Public Health, Harvard School of Public Health
- MA, Developmental Psychology, University of Arizona
- BA, Psychology, Colby College
Research Interests
- Pregnancy and birth outcomes
- Women’s physical and mental health
- Infant mortality
- Injury and suicide epidemiology
- Intimate partner violence and sexual assault and its impact on health
- The impact of stress on health and factors that promote resiliency
- Health equity
Erika Lichter is an Associate Research Professor of Public Health in the USM Muskie School of Public Service and serves as the lead Maternal and Child Health Epidemiologist for the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Maine CDC). She is also the lead evaluator of Maine’s Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program. Dr. Lichter has expertise in applied epidemiology and public health surveillance in the areas of pregnancy and birth outcomes, child and adolescent risk and protective factors, and injury and suicide prevention. Her research has focused on the impact of sexual and intimate partner violence on children and women’s well-being. She is interested in how stress and other social determinants impact health and contribute to health inequity.
Expertise
- Maternal and child health epidemiology
- Applied epidemiology
- Public Health Surveillance
- Data translation and visualization
- Program evaluation
Selected Publications
See here for a list of Dr. Lichter's recent publications.
Recent Reports
Lichter, E.L., Pizzonia, C., Poirier, B., Hopper, F., Milkowski, C., Elbaum-Williamson, M. (2020). Maine Maternal Infant and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) Needs Assessment Update. Augusta, Maine: University of Southern Maine, Muskie School of Public Service.
Lichter, E.L., Mervis, C.M. (2019). Maternal, Infant and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV): Maine Final Narrative Report. Augusta, Maine: University of Southern Maine, Muskie School of Public Service.
Pizzonia, C., Lichter E.L., Teach, F., Birkhimer, N., Morian-Lozano, E. (2019) The Way Health Should Be: Social Determinants of Health in Maine. Augusta, Maine: Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention. https://www.maine.gov/dhhs/mecdc/phdata/MaineCHNA/documents/SDOH-Report-11-15-2019.pdf
Lichter, E.L., Mervis, C.M., Poirier, B., Elbaum-Williamson, M., Pratt, J., Teach, F. (2017). Maternal, Infant and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV): Maine Final Narrative Report. Augusta, Maine: University of Southern Maine, Muskie School of Public Service.
Lichter, E.L., Morian-Lozano, E., Teach, F., Poirier, B., Green-Parsons, A., Pizzonia, C. (2016). Using Data to Promote Health Equity: Maine 2016. Augusta, Maine: Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention. https://www.maine.gov/dhhs/mecdc/documents/Health-Equity-Report_Final_3.20.17.pdf
Hopper, F., Lichter, E.L., King, S. (2016). Adolescent Sexual Health Report: Maine. Augusta, Maine: Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention.
ME Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 286 Water St, 5th Fl, Augusta
Education
- Sc.D., Maternal and Child Health, Harvard School of Public Health
- MS, Public Health, Harvard School of Public Health
- MA, Developmental Psychology, University of Arizona
- BA, Psychology, Colby College
Research Interests
- Pregnancy and birth outcomes
- Women’s physical and mental health
- Infant mortality
- Injury and suicide epidemiology
- Intimate partner violence and sexual assault and its impact on health
- The impact of stress on health and factors that promote resiliency
- Health equity