Amanda Pierz

She co-directs the Community Health Practice Collaborative at CUNY SPH, a two-semester fieldwork and capstone practicum experience for CHSS MPH students. Her teaching portfolio also includes courses in sexuality, health equity, qualitative research methodology, technical writing, and public health principles.Dr. Pierz is a global health researcher, educator, and an applied qualitative methodologist, whose work sits at the intersection of sexual health and HIV & violence prevention. Currently, she is a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Pediatrics at Albert Einstein College of Medicine and an early-stage investigator affiliated with the Einstein-Rockefeller-CUNY-Mount Sinai Center for AIDS Research (ERCM-CFAR). Her research integrates qualitative and mixed-methods approaches to strengthen implementation, inform policy, and elevate political prioritization of key sexual health issues, including the prevention of HIV, childhood sexual violence, and HPV-related cancers, with a focus on populations in both the United States and Sub-Saharan Africa. With a decade of research experience, Dr. Pierz has led, contributed, and managed NIH- and CDC-funded research portfolios and served as a consultant for several leading organizations including the WHO, Panorama Global’s To Zero Initiative, Merck, and Montefiore Medical Center. She has received multiple recognitions for her research and teaching excellence including a graduate research fellowship with SPH’s Center for Immigrant, Refugee and Global Health (2021-2024), the Dean’s Dissertation Award for Mixed Methods Research (2024), and teaching awards from the CUNY Academy for Humanities and Sciences (2023) and the Dean’s Faculty Teaching Award at SPH (2026).