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

Brenda Merritt

Clinical Professor Emerita

Sociomedical Sciences

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

Associate Research Scientist

ICAP

Ezra Susser

Professor

Epidemiology and Psychiatry

Frederica Perera

Professor

Environmental Health Sciences

Judith Jones

Special Lecturer \ Professor Emeritia of Clinical

Population and Family Health

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

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

Yumiko Aratani

Assistant Professor

Health Policy and Management at the Columbia University Medical Center

Vegard Skirbekk

Professor

Population and Family Health (In the Columbia Aging Center)

Joanne Csete

Associate Professor of Clinical

Population and Family Health

Marianthi-Anna Kioumourtzoglou

Assistant Professor

Environmental Health Sciences

Latanya Mapp Frett

Adjunct Assistant Professor

Population and Family Health

Yifeng Hu

Senior Lecturer

Sociomedical Sciences

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

Sally Findley

Professor

Population and Family Health (In Pediatrics and in the Center for Family and Community Medicine) 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

Janna Metzler

Adjunct Associate Research Scientist

Population and Family Health

News & Features

A Warning Shot in Texas: Implications of the Domestic Gag Rule

Growing up, the 308-mile drive from Lubbock to my home town of Fort Worth was a slightly boring chore, with little more to do than stare out at the windmill-spotted fields of northwest Texas. However, for women residing in Lubbock, this arduous drive is necessary for anyone seeking an aborti

Women’s Ability to Choose Under Fire, Again

Several years ago, my aunt had a safe abortion. As a recent immigrant to the United States well into her 40s, she decided she did not want another child, nor did she want to continue a high-risk, unintended pregnancy. She made her decision, consulted her doctor, and by referral, had an abort

Pre-Pregnancy Health Coverage Climbs After Medicaid Expansion

The number of low-income women enrolled in Medicaid before becoming pregnant rose substantially in states that expanded Medicaid eligibility through the Affordable Care Act, according to researchers at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health. The results are published online in t

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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.