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

Debra Kalmuss

Professor

Population and Family Health at the 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

Associate Research Scientist

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

Rafael Perez-Figueroa

Assistant Professor

Population and Family Health and Pediatrics at Columbia University Medical Center

Renata Schiavo

Senior Lecturer

Sociomedical Sciences

Ruby Senie

Special Lecturer

Epidemiology

Sally Findley

Professor

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

Susan Michaels-Strasser

Assistant Professor

Epidemiology (in ICAP) at the Columbia University Medical Center

Therese McGinn

Special Lecturer

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

Yifeng Hu

Senior Lecturer

Sociomedical Sciences

Andrea Low

Assistant Professor

Epidemiology (in ICAP) at the Columbia University Medical Center

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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.