Mary Carroll Ellsberg (born 1958) is an American epidemiologist whose research focuses on global health and violence against women.
[3] In 2000, she obtained her Ph.D. in epidemiology and public health from Umeå University in Sweden, where she wrote a thesis on domestic violence against women in Nicaragua.
Subsequently, in 1995 she did a prevalence study on domestic violence in Nicaragua, finding that 50% of women had been beaten or raped by their partner.
After moving back to the United States, she has continued to conduct domestic violence research in Nicaragua.
[3] Ellsberg has studied domestic violence against women around the world, including Nicaragua, Melanesia, and South Sudan.