Elizabeth O'Brien is an Associate Professor of History at UCLA. O’Brien holds an M.A. (2012) and Ph.D. (2019) from the University of Texas at Austin. She also has a Diplomado in the History of Medicine from UNAM, Mexico’s National University. Professor O’Brien has published about various topics in the history of medicine, including the history of fertility control, abortion, eugenics, and obstetric violence; the history of ideas about race, racism, and Indigeneity in medicine; and people’s popular demands for healthcare in 1930s Mexico. Broadly speaking, she is dedicated to examining themes of gender, race, religion, empire, and nation in the production of medical knowledge, while also learning from social movements that envision more just futures. Her book, Surgery and Salvation: The Roots of Reproductive Justice in Mexico, 1770-1940 (UNC Press, 2023), received prizes from various organizations, including The Berkshire Conference of Women Historians, the American Academy of Religion, the American Association for the History of Medicine, the Latin American Studies Association, and the Rocky Mountain Council for Latin American Studies.