Gates Institute Seminars

The Gates Institute regularly hosts seminars to showcase emerging and cutting edge research or program implementation in population and reproductive health. Presenters include faculty from both JHSPH and partner universities, doctoral students, Gates alumni and renowned experts in reproductive health. The seminars are held on Fridays in W4517 during the school year and occasionally on Wednesdays as departmental seminars.

Below are the most recent presentations:

December 17, 2010

Dr. Cat McKaig, Director, ACCESS-FP
Of passion, pills, and pregnancies: Advancing family planning in the context of maternal and newborn health

December 16, 2010

Dr. Duff Gillespie, Professor and Director, Advancing Family Planning Project
Facts and Persuasion: Advancing Family Planning

November 19, 2010

Dr. Luke Mullany, Assistant Professor, International Health
Impact of the MOM Project on maternal health services for internally displaced communities in Eastern Burma

October 29, 2010

Dr. Bashir Issak, Director, Reproductive Health, Kenya Ministry of Health 
Family planning and reproductive health in Kenya:  Challenges of the present and into the future 

Dr. Sheila Macharia, Senior Health Manager, Office of Population and Health, USAID/Kenya
Family planning and reproductive health in Kenya: USAID/Kenya support

October 22, 2010

Dr. Kaliprasad Pappu, National Coordinator, The Norway-India Partnership Initiative to Improve the Delivery of Maternal and Child Health Services
Norway-India Partnership Initiative’s focal district approach to improving the delivery of maternal, newborn and child health services