Population, Family and Reproductive Health (PFRH) is an interdisciplinary department whose research, teaching, and practice address issues concerning population structure and change including migration; sexual and reproductive health across the lifespan; maternal, infant, and child health; adolescent health; and the wellbeing of the growing aging population. The Department's efforts focus not only on the health and behavior of populations in the United States, but also on mothers, infants, families, adolescents, women, the elderly, individuals with special health care needs and the underserved worldwide. Research, evaluation and practice all play an integral role in the Department’s academic programs and faculty efforts. Our dedicated faculty develop and apply a broad range of methods to research and professional practice. These methods are drawn from demography and related social sciences, developmental psychology, epidemiology, public health, health services research, nutrition, economics, policy analysis, family planning administration, medicine and nursing. Graduates in the Department are trained as research scientists, administrators and health professionals for careers related to a broad spectrum of population, family and reproductive health issues through a variety of degree programs: | 
