Erin Bailey is a current PhD student at UW-Madison’s School of Human Ecology Civil Society and Community Research program. Her focus is on community engaged research and practice, with a specialized public health and health disparities minor. Her areas of interest lie in health disparities, particularly along the cancer continuum, community organizing, social equity, and social justice. She invests time and talents in serving underserved communities, particularly communities of color, which have historically been systematically excluded from good quality health care and services, and experience some of the highest rates of health disparities in the United States.
For almost two decades, she has worked for The Witness Project of Madison in several capacities, the most recent of which is Director of Programming. The Witness Project is an evidenced based breast and cervical cancer prevention and screening program for African American women. She has over 17 years of experience working with underserved communities, fostering programming and research in the fight against health disparities.