Molly Rosenberg
Professor
B.A. University of Virginia 2004
M.P.H. Yale School of Public Health 2010
Ph.D. University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill 2014
- 2026-present: Professor, Indiana University School of Public Health-Bloomington
- 2022-2026: Associate Professor, Indiana University School of Public Health-Bloomington
- 2016-2022: Assistant Professor, Indiana University School of Public Health-Bloomington
- 2016-present: Honorary Faculty Affiliate, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
- 2014-2016: David E. Bell Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies
Scholarly Interest
Dr. Rosenberg is an epidemiologist and population health researcher who studies how social, structural, and economic factors influence health across the life course. In her primary research line, Dr. Rosenberg examines how poverty alleviation interventions can influence health, and represents vulnerable populations in low-resource settings across the globe. Representative projects examine the impact of cash transfers on cognitive aging in rural South Africa (NIA R01AG069128, MPIs: Rosenberg and Kobayashi), the potential for microfinance to be used to promote natural disaster resilience in Haiti, and the association between an income generation program and healthcare utilization in Kenya. Trained as an infectious disease epidemiologist, Dr. Rosenberg also maintains research lines in the epidemiology of HIV and SARS-CoV-2.
1. Beidelman ET, Judge A, Allison DB, Dickinson S, Arroyo LG, Macagno ALM, Ricciardi MJ, Macy J, Perlman S, Ludema C, Maki KC, Rosenberg M. The relationship between psychological stress and SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid-antibody response following natural infection: Longitudinal findings from the Aegis Study. Am J Epidemiol. 2026 Mar 6;. doi: 10.1093/aje/kwag048. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 41789947.
2. Rosenberg M, Beidelman E, Chen X, Kahn K, Kabudula CW, Kobayashi LC. Cohort Prevalence Estimates Are Sensitive to Prebaseline Mortality: A Research Note Using Cognitive Impairment Data From the HAALSI Cohort in Rural South Africa. Demography. 2026 Feb 19;. doi: 10.1215/00703370-12479730. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 41711096.
3. Jock J, Beidelman ET, Phillips M, Kobayashi LC, Chen X, Tollman S, Kabudula CW, Bassil DT, Wagner R, Berkman L, Rosenberg M. Effects of pension eligibility expansion on men's memory decline and dementia probability: Findings from the HAALSI cohort in rural South Africa, 2014-2021. PLoS One. 2025;20(6):e0326321. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0326321. eCollection 2025. PubMed PMID: 40561107; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC12193015.
4. Rosenberg M, Beidelman ET, Chen X, Whiteson Kabudula C, Pettifor A, Bassil DT, Berkman L, Kahn K, Tollman S, Kobayashi LC.Effect of a cash transfer intervention on memory decline and dementia probability in older adults in rural South Africa. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2024 Oct; 121(40):e2321078121. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2321078121. Epub 2024 Sep 19. PubMed PMID: 39298474; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC11459187.
5. Beidelman ET, Chakraborty R, Jock J, Whiteson Kabudula C, Phillips ML, Kahn K, Eyal K, Bassil DT, Berkman L, Kobayashi LC, Rosenberg M. Impact of the South African Child Support Grant on memory decline and dementia probability in rural and low-income mothers, 2014-2021. Soc Sci Med. 2024 Oct;358:117217. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2024.117217. Epub 2024 Aug 17. PubMed PMID: 39208703.
6. Rosenberg M, Beidelman E, Chen X, Canning D, Kobayashi L, Kahn K, Pettifor A, Kabudula CW. The impact of a randomized cash transfer intervention on mortality of adult household members in rural South Africa, 2011-2022. Soc Sci Med. 2023 May;324:115883. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2023.115883. Epub 2023 Mar 31. PubMed PMID: 37023659; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10124166.
7. Rosenberg M, Amisi JA, Szkwarko D, Tran DN, Genberg B, Luetke M, Kianersi S, Namae J, Laktabai J, Pastakia S. The relationship between a microfinance-based healthcare delivery platform, health insurance coverage, health screenings, and disease management in rural Western Kenya. BMC Health Serv Res. 2020 Sep 14;20(1):868. doi: 10.1186/s12913-020-05712-6. PubMed PMID: 32928198; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7491169.
8. Rosenberg M, Jules R, Luetke M, Kianersi S, Nelson E, Jean-Louis F. Health Education Training Embedded in a Microfinance Platform Associated with Safer Sexual Behavior in Haitian Women. AIDS Behav. 2019 Sep;23(9):2375-2385. doi: 10.1007/s10461-019-02511-x. PubMed PMID: 30997651.