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Tarra McNally
Medical Anthropologist and Public Health Professional
Tarra McNally is a medical anthropologist and public health professional with over 17 years of experience in maternal and child health, reproductive health, gender-based violence prevention, and HIV/AIDS.13 She is currently a senior program officer for the Global team at GHR Foundation.2 Previously, she served as the assistant director of implementation and practice at the Center for Religion and Civic Culture at the University of Southern California through 2023.1
McNally holds a master's degree in anthropology from Boston University and a master's in public health from the University of Arizona.1 She is also a doctoral candidate at Victoria University of Wellington, developing a national model to integrate maternity service clinical guidelines on pre-eclampsia and hypertension into clinical practice.1
Her professional experience includes:
- Conducting monitoring and evaluation work for private foundations and non-governmental organizations with PEPFAR and U.S. Department of Defense funding1
- Research and community-centered program design and evaluation, focusing on global public health and faith2
- Working in Catholic and international spaces2
McNally is an alumna of Macalester College and is based on the West Coast.2 On social media, she describes herself as a "medical anthropologist and public health nerd" and has visited 54 countries.45
