This SFP Changemaker Award supports the development of Lasha Clarke, PhD, MPH as a leading scholar in justice-centered family planning research. Dr. Clarke is a reproductive health equity researcher committed to reimagining how the field understands, studies, and supports people’s full reproductive lives. Her work is grounded in a reproductive life course framework that bridges ...Read more >

I graduated with my Ph.D. in Applied Developmental Psychology from Fordham University and completed my postdoctoral training in Quantitative Psychology at the University of Michigan. My research examines puberty, a critical biopsychosocial transition that shapes cognition, health, and wellbeing in complex ways. I use a range of methods to understand the effect of puberty on ...Read more >

Nafeesa Andrabi is an incoming Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Michigan and the Population Studies Center at the Institute for Social Research. Dr. Andrabi is a mixed-methods social scientist with expertise in demography, medical sociology, and social epidemiology. Her paradigmatic research on the reproductive and maternal health of newcomers ...Read more >

Dr. Adaobi Anakwe (she/her) is an Assistant Professor of Health Management and Policy at the Drexel University Dornsife School of Public Health. Her research examines the effects of intersecting roles/identities, social, structural, and political determinants on Black men’s transition to fatherhood and health outcomes using culturally grounded quantitative, qualitative and mixed methods approaches. She is ...Read more >

I completed fellowship training in both maternal fetal medicine and medical genetics and am currently an assistant professor and maternal fetal medicine fellowship program director at Baylor College of Medicine in the department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. My clinical practice is primarily at a safety net hospital in a large urban medical center. Both my ...Read more >

I am a communication scholar dedicated to improving health communication within minority communities. My professional journey has centered on intimate health communication, examining how information about sex, sexuality, contraception, and reproductive health circulates within social networks. My work has been recognized for its innovative integration of communication sciences and sexuality education, significantly advancing our understanding ...Read more >

I am a mixed-race, female-identifying Mexican researcher with over a decade of experience in international abortion research. My educational journey began with an MPH and PhD in International Health and Development from Tulane University. Over the years, I have lived and worked in nine countries, bringing a unique global perspective to my research. My career ...Read more >

Dr. Sameera S. Nayak (she/hers) is an Assistant Professor of Public Health at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC). Her research sits at the intersection of migration, gender, and justice, and is informed by her lived experience as a South Asian immigrant to the US. The Changemakers in Family Planning grant will facilitate her ...Read more >

Dr. Laurenia Mangum (she/hers) is an Assistant Professor of Social Work at Jane Addams College of Social Work at the University of Illinois Chicago. Dr. Mangum’s extensive clinical expertise spans family well-being, maternal-child health, community health, and community development, where she worked with women and children of under-resourced and historically marginalized communities to promote optimal ...Read more >

Dr. Manalew, a Research Assistant Professor at the Center for Applied Research and Evaluation in Women’s Health at East Tennessee State University, holds a PhD in Economics from Indiana University, specializing in Health Economics and Applied Econometrics, and a master’s degree in economics from Vanderbilt University. Originally from Ethiopia, Dr. Manalew served as a university ...Read more >