Dana Johnson a PhD candidate in Public Policy and NICHD Predoctoral fellow at the Population Research Center at the University of Texas at Austin. As part of her dissertation research, Dana is investigating the safety, effectiveness, and acceptability of self-managed abortion using a misoprostol-alone medication abortion regimen in the US. This work is driven by ...Read more >

Marlene Joannie Bewa is a doctoral student in Community and Family Health at the University of South Florida. Dr. Bewa’s project will explore how the current COVID-19 pandemic is disrupting society and affecting social, economic, political life as well as individuals’ health and wellbeing. There is no doubt that sexual and reproductive health and rights ...Read more >

Alice Cartwright is a doctoral student in Maternal and Child Health in the Gillings School of Global Public Health at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a predoctoral trainee with the Carolina Population Center. Alice received her MPH from the University of California, Berkeley. Before beginning her doctoral studies, Alice spent almost ...Read more >

Katie Donnelly is a doctoral candidate in Sociology and Social Policy at Princeton University. Her project will explore how long-acting reversible contraception (LARC) use has increased dramatically in recent years, with a nearly 5-fold increase between 2002 and 2012. One particular form of LARC, levonorgestrel intrauterine devices (IUDs), is quickly becoming the favored choice among ...Read more >

Rachel Dyer is a therapist, scholar, and activist. She earned both her BS (Psychology, Neurobiology) and MS (Counseling) from the University of Wisconsin-Madison where she remains a student today – now working to earn her PhD in Counseling Psychology. Broadly, Rachel’s scholarship examines the intersection of mental health and human reproduction, with the aim of ...Read more >

Andréa Becker (she/they) is a PhD Candidate in Sociology at the CUNY Graduate Center. As a medical sociologist, Andréa asks research questions regarding gender, sexuality, and reproduction. She is particularly interested in contested medical practices, or elements of health and wellness imbued with polarizing gendered meaning, such as abortion, sterilization procedures, and self-managed reproductive healthcare. ...Read more >

Tyshaneka Saffold is an Assistant Professor at the Rutgers School of Nursing-Camden. Dr. Saffold’s program of research focuses on pregnancy prevention and family planning decision-making among adolescents with consideration for social determinants of health. Dr. Saffold has been a nurse for over 18 years, with clinical expertise in the areas of adolescent health, community/population health, ...Read more >

Andreia Alexander is an emergency medicine physician and public health researcher who specializes in qualitative methods and sexual and reproductive health. She earned her BS in Health Science Education from the University of Florida where she was first introduced to sexual and reproductive health (SRH) promotion. She then earned a Master of Public Health from ...Read more >

Bianca Allison is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and a primary care pediatrician in the Division of General Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine with a clinical focus on adolescent medicine and contraception. She is also completing a National Research Service Award (NRSA) Primary Care Research Fellowship (funded ...Read more >

Dr. Tania Maria Caballero is a pediatrician and clinician scientist committed to improving contraceptive access for uninsured immigrant mothers through innovative solutions in pediatric primary care. Dr. Caballero completed her general pediatrics residency at University of Rochester, NY and a Master of Health Science (MHS) from Johns Hopkins School of Public Health. Over the past ...Read more >