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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.

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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
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
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

News & Features

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
Growing Pains
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Trauma Informed
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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.

Related Centers & Programs

Harlem Health Promotion Center

A collaboration of community and academic stakeholders to improve the health and well-being of the Harlem community.

ICAP at Columbia

ICAP has worked since 2004 with one central goal: to improve the health of families and communities.

Columbia Center for Children's Environmental Health

The Center strives to create a world in which every child has a healthy start.

National Center for Children in Poverty

Dedicated to promoting the economic security, health, and well-being of America’s low-income families and children.

Averting Maternal Death and Disability (AMDD)

AMDD works with partners around the world to promote respectful, accountable and effective health systems.

Reproductive Health Access Information and Services in Emergencies

The RAISE Initiative is committed to the provision of fully integrated and comprehensive SRH services for all.

Advancing Research on Community Health Systems

ARCHeS aims to bridge the gap between disease and system through implementation and delivery science.

GATE

Gender, Adolescent Transitions, and Environment

Upcoming Events

Tuesday 18 December
ICAP Grand Rounds Webinar: Malaria Control: Where Are We?
Tuesday 22 January
Broadway Show: "American Son" and Lunch Discussion with Dean Delva & Dr. DiAcquoi
Thursday 24 January
Toward a Biology of Resilience and Health: A Public Health Paradigm
Joint Seminar
Wednesday 20 February
CUEGR
Columbia University Epidemiology Grand Rounds
Wednesday 20 March
Advanced Data Visualization Workshop
Friday 12 April
HPM Healthcare Conference
Wednesday 17 April
CUEGR
CUEGR Columbia University Epidemiology Grand Rounds (Alan Berkman Memorial Lecture)
Wednesday 6 November
CUEGR
Columbia University Epidemiology Grand Rounds (Geoffrey Howe Memorial Lecture)
Wednesday 4 December
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