Faculty

Population and Health is by definition interdisciplinary. Our faculty cover the disciplines of public health, sociology, medicine, statistics, economics and epidemiology

• Saifuddin Ahmed, PhD
  Professor: population and family health sciences, reproductive health, reproductive epidemiology, family planning and MCH care, complex population surveys
• Philip Anglewicz, PhD
  Associate Professor: demography, family planning, survey methodology, migration in developing countries,
• Stan Becker, PhD
  Professor: population and family health sciences, couples and reproductive health, reproductive health, data collection, developing countries, demographic methods
• David Bishai, MD, PhD
  Professor: health economics, population economics, family economics, marriage, gender, paternity, infidelity, divorce, polygyny, orphans, adolescent health, vaccines, HIV, AIDS vaccine, tuberculosis, meningococcal disease, human papilloma virus, HPV, cervical cancer; health equity, disparities, Nepal, Uganda, injuries, road traffic accidents
• Alison Gemmill, PhD, MPH, MA
  Assistant Professor: fertility and family planning, maternal, perinatal and reproductive health, life course and aging, demography
• Duff Gillespie, PhD
  Professor: health policy, reproductive health, family planning, HIV/AIDS, child survival, equity, abortion, maternal health, research utilization
• Stephane Helleringer, PhD
  Associate Professor: measurement and understanding the determinants of population health, sexual networks, HIV transmission, demographic measurement, low-income countries
• Mary Elizabeth (ME) Hughes, PhD
  Associate Scientist: demography, sociology, family influences on health, social relationships and health, loneliness, life course approach to health, adults and older adults, demographic methods
• Li Liu, PhD
  Assistant Professor: child cause of death, child mortality, maternal neonatal and child health intervention coverage, burden of disease, population and reproductive health, HIV/AIDS, health information system, methods to conduct and analyze large population surveys, and mHealth
• Scott Radloff, PhD
  Senior Scientist: family planning and reproductive health, fertility transition, demographic dividend, survey data collection
• Courtland Robinson, PhD
  Associate Professor: sexual and reproductive health needs and risks of very young adolescents (10-14) in humanitarian contexts; unaccompanied and separated children in emergencies
• Amy Tsui, PhD
  Professor, Senior Scholar Gates Institute: population, fertility, family planning, reproductive health
• Linnea A. Zimmerman, PhD
  Assistant Professor: Fertility and family planning, reproductive health