Elisabeth (Beth) Stelson is a licensed social worker and social epidemiologist whose research examines how working conditions — especially exposure to trauma — affect the health and well-being of low- and middle-income “helping professionals,” upon whose labor our health care and social welfare systems depend. This research program stems from Stelson’s practice experience managing programs focused on community health workers, intimate partner violence, and homelessness. Stelson has a second line of research focused on supporting the more than 400 million people living with long COVID around the globe — more specifically, their efforts to remain in the workforce and access care, and to reduce stigma around the disease.

Stelson teaches the School of Public Health course Research Methods.