Slawa is an Instructor in the Department of Health Behavior, Society, and Policy at the Rutgers School of Public Health. She also has an affiliation as a Visiting Scientist at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. She has a Ph.D. in Health Policy from Harvard University, with a concentration in Evaluative Sciences and Statistics. She applies a mixed-methods approach to research questions in the areas of adolescent health, reproductive health, and maternal and child health. Her focus is on the development and evaluation of programs and policies to improve women's health throughout the lifecourse.