Education
PhD, University of Chicago, 1977
MA, University of Hawaii, 1972
Overview
Research interests include family planning, fertility, and related health issues in developing countries. My current research is on the effects of various family planning and health service delivery models on contraceptive, fertility, and sexual health outcomes in sub-Saharan African and other low-income countries
Honors and Awards
State of Illinois, House of Representatives, Certificate of Recognition, 1981
Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Summer Fellow, 1980
Delta Omega (Public Health) Honor Society
Robert J. Lapham Award, Population Association of America, 1999
Bernard G. Greenberg Alumni Endowment Award, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1999
Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2004
Champion of Public Health, Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, 2005
AMTRA Award, JHSPH, 2006-07
Golden Apple Award, JHSPH, 2009
Carl S. Schulz Lifetime Achievement Award, Population, Reproductive and Sexual Health Section, American Public Health Association, November 2010