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Abby Mulcahy, PhD MPH
Profession Title
Assistant Professor
Pacific Email
Campus Office Location
Marsh 235

Areas I Teach

Associated Areas of Study
Content

Courses

PH 200 | Epidemiology

PH 352 | Program Development and Evaluation

PH 491/492 | Capstone

Areas of Research

  • Access to care
  • Veteran health
  • LGBTQ+ health
  • Transgender health
  • Disability health

Education

  • PhD, Public Health (Health Policy & Management), Oregon State University
  • MPH (Health Policy & Management), Texas A&M University
  • BA, Political Science, University of Wyoming

Published Works (selected)

  • Mulcahy, A., Schmidt, E., Shinnick, K., McMaughan, D.J., Streed, C.G. Jr., Wallisch A.M., Batza, K., Kurth, N., & Hall J.P. (2025). Discrimination & unmet need among disabled adults in the United States. Disabilities. Disabilities. https://doi.org/10.3390/disabilities5040110
  • Ferguson, J.M., Van Cleave, R., Mulcahy, A., Osborne, T.F. (2025). Evaluating dynamic trends in Veteran enrollment and healthcare utilization in the Veterans Health Administration from 2018 to 2021. Medical Care. https://doi.org/10.1097/MLR.0000000000002143 
  • Mulcahy, A. & Babbs, G., Ellison, J., Varma, H., Pletta, D. R., Yee, K., Hughes, L. D., Shireman, T. I., & Hughto, J. M. W. (2025). Chronic and Disabling Conditions Among Transgender Medicare Beneficiaries: Variation By Race/Ethnicity and Medicaid Dual-Enrollment. Disability & Health. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dhjo.2024.101764
  • Mulcahy, A.  Govier, D.J., Than, C., Chawla, N., Hooker, E., Hoggat, K., Yano, E., & Hynes, D. (2024). Quantifying disability burden among US Veterans versus non-Veterans from the National Health Interview Survey Data from 2015-2018: Application of a comprehensive disability measure. Preventive Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ypmed.2024.108051
  • McMaughan, D.J., Mulcahy, A., Streed, C., Kurth, N., Gimm, G., Batza, K., Wallisch, A.M., Boyd, B. & Hall, J. (2023). Gender, disability, and delayed or foregone care due to COVID-19: impact on wellness among transgender people with disabilities.  LGBT Health. http://doi.org/10.1089/lgbt.2022.0385
  • Mulcahy, A., Batza, K., Shinnick, K., McMaughan, D.J., Streed, C.G. Jr., Wallisch A.M., Kurth, N., & Hall J.P. (2023). Patient Non-Disclosure of disability, sexual or gender minority status when in consultation with medical providers: A qualitative analysis of the National Survey on Health and Disability, 2019-2020. Journal of Public Health. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10389-023-02145-3 
  • Wilson, S.M., Mulcahy, A.C., Lange, T.M., Eldridge, M.R., Weidenbacher, H., Jackson, G.L., Gierisch, J., Crowley, M.J., Calhoun, P.S. & Hilgeman, M.M. (2023). Rolling out PRIDE in All Who Served: Barriers and facilitators for sites implementing an LGBTQ+ health education group for military veterans. Journal of General Internal Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-023-08204-5 
  • Cahn, M., Mulcahy, A., Gonzales, K., Miller, G., & Smith, W. (2022). Healthcare Professionals’ Perspectives on Integrating Reproductive and Acute Mental Healthcare. Sexuality and Disability. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11195-022-09757-9
  • Mulcahy A., Streed, C.G. Jr., Wallisch A.M., Batza, K., Kurth, N., Hall J.P., McMaughan, D.J. (2022). Gender Identity, Disability, and Unmet Healthcare Needs among Disabled People Living in the Community in the United States. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2022; 19(5):2588. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19052588