Maternal and Reproductive Health

Maternal health creates conditions for health that last a lifetime. We provide insight into birth control and fertility, neonatal nutrition, and sexually transmitted infections, and study transitioning populations like migrants and refugees.

Faculty in Maternal and Reproductive Health

Anne Paxton

Associate Professor

Epidemiology & Population and Family Health at the Columbia University Medical Center

Alan Brown

Professor

Epidemiology and Psychiatry at the Columbia University Medical Center

Alwyn Cohall

Professor

Sociomedical Sciences, Population and Family Health, and Pediatrics at the Columbia University Medical Center

Bruce Armstrong

Special Lecturer

Population and Family Health

Batya Elul

Associate Professor

Epidemiology at Columbia University Medical Center

Bruce Levin

Professor

Biostatistics

Beverly Winikoff

Professor of Clinical

Population and Family Health

Cassie Landers

Assistant Professor

Population and Family Health at the Columbia University Medical Center

Carolyn Westhoff

Professor

Epidemiology and Population and Family Health at the New York Presbyterian Hospital at Columbia University Medical Center

David Bell

Associate Professor

Population and Family Health and Pediatrics at the Columbia University Medical Center

Elizabeth Radin

Lecturer

Epidemiology

Ezra Susser

Professor

Epidemiology and Psychiatry

Frederica Perera

Professor

Environmental Health Sciences

Guohua Li

Professor

Epidemiology

Julie Herbstman

Associate Professor

Environmental Health Sciences

Jessica Justman

Associate Professor

Medicine (in Epidemiology and ICAP) at the Columbia University Medical Center

John Santelli

Professor

Population and Family Health and Pediatrics

Jennifer Hirsch

Professor

Sociomedical Sciences

Linda Cushman

Professor

Population and Family Health at the Columbia University Medical Center

Lauren Houghton

Assistant Professor

Epidemiology

Leslie Davidson

Professor

Epidemiology and Pediatrics at the Columbia University Medical Center

Lynn Freedman

Professor

Population and Family Health at the Columbia University Medical Center

Mary Ann Chiasson

Professor of Clinical

Epidemiology (in Medicine)

Melanie Gold

Professor

Population and Family Health and Pediatrics at the Columbia University Medical Center

Magda Schaler-Haynes

Adjunct Associate Professor

Health Policy and Management

Mady Hornig

Associate Professor

Epidemiology at the Columbia University Medical Center

Maureen Miller

Adjunct Associate Professor

Epidemiology

Marni Sommer

Associate Professor

Sociomedical Sciences

Mary Beth Terry

Professor

Epidemiology (In Environmental Health Sciences)

Peter Muennig

Professor

Health Policy and Management

Patrick Wilson

Associate Professor

Sociomedical Sciences

Robert Klitzman

Professor

Psychiatry (in Sociomedical Sciences) at the Columbia University Medical Center

Ruby Senie

Special Lecturer

Epidemiology

Susan Michaels-Strasser

Assistant Professor

Epidemiology (in ICAP) at the Columbia University Medical Center

Therese McGinn

Professor Emerita

Heilbrunn Department of Population and Family Health

Virginia Rauh

Professor

Population and Family Health at the Columbia University Medical Center

Wendy Chavkin

Special Lecturer/ Professor Emerita

Population and Family Health and Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology

Vegard Skirbekk

Professor

Population and Family Health (In the Columbia Aging Center)

Chloe Teasdale

Adjunct Assistant Professor

Epidemiology

Joanne Csete

Associate Professor

Population and Family Health at the Columbia University Irving Medical Center

Marianthi-Anna Kioumourtzoglou

Assistant Professor

Environmental Health Sciences

Latanya Mapp Frett

Adjunct Assistant Professor

Population and Family Health

Andrea Low

Assistant Professor

Epidemiology (in ICAP) at the Columbia University Medical Center

S. Patrick Kachur

Professor

Population and Family Health at the Columbia University Medical Center

Jamie Daw

Assistant Professor

Health Policy and Management

Jeanette Stingone

Assistant Professor

Epidemiology

Rupak Shivakoti

Assistant Professor

Epidemiology

Goleen Samari

Assistant Professor

Population and Family Health

Vandana Tripathi

Adjunct Assistant Professor

Population and Family Health

Sara Casey

Assistant Professor

Population and Family Health at the Columbia University Medical Center

Janna Metzler

Adjunct Associate Research Scientist

Population and Family Health

Kathleen Sikkema

Stephen Smith Professor

Sociomedical Sciences

Ambar La Forgia

Assistant Professor

Health Policy and Management

Abigail Greenleaf

Associate Research Scientist

ICAP

News & Features

In the Fight for Reproductive Rights

In August 2018, hundreds of thousands of women—many wearing green—stood vigil outside Argentina’s national parliamentary building in Buenos Aires. Inside, votes were being counted on a bill to expand legal access to elective abortion during the first 14 weeks of a pregnancy. Despite passage

Are We Making Progress Toward Supporting Menstruating Girls?

Attention to menstruation and its relationship to girls’ schooling is gaining ground, yet many challenges remain. Interventions that have often focused on developing WASH (water, sanitation, and hygiene), infrastructure, and menstrual hygiene products may not be sufficient. New research

Study Illustrates Gaps in Knowledge and Lack of Support for Girls During Puberty

A study led by Marni Sommer, DrPH, RN, associate professor of Sociomedical Sciences at Columbia Mailman School of Public Health, examined girls’ transitions through puberty in Madagascar and ways in which menstruation influences their educational experiences and future sexual and reproductiv

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Just Published

Sommer, M., Phillips-Howard, P.A., Mahon, T., Zients, S., Jones, M., & Caruso, B.A. (2017). Beyond Menstrual Hygiene: Addressing Vaginal Bleeding Throughout the Life Course in Low and Middle-Income Countries. BMJ Global Health. View abstract.

Keyes, K.M., & Susser, E. (2017). Invited Commentary: An Ingenious Approach to Examining the Relationship Between Maternal Stress and Offspring Health? American Journal of Epidemiology. View abstract.

Teasdale, C.A., Abrams, E.J., Chiasson, M.A. … & Jones, H.E. (2017). Sexual Risk and Intravaginal Practice Behavior Changes During Pregnancy. Archives of Sexual Behavior. View abstract.

Ananth C. V., Wapner, R.J., Ananth, S., D’Alton M.E., & Vintzileos, A.M. (2017). First-Trimester and Second Trimester Maternal Serum Biomarkers as Predictors of Placental Abruption. Obstetrics & Gynecology. View abstract.

Brown. Q.L., Sarvet, A.L., Shmulewitz, D. ... & Hasin, D.S. (2017). Trends in Marijuana Use Among Pregnant and Nonpregnant Reproductive-Aged Women, 2002-2014. JAMA. View abstract.