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Anastasia Gage
Professor
Tulane University

agage@tulane.edu
Country of residence:
United States

Nationality: United States , Sierra Leone
Gender: F

Member since: 1992
Membership No: 20355
Membership Type: regular

IUSSP President
2014 - 2017
IUSSP Vice President
2010 - 2013
Council liaison for:
Reproductive Health III
Demography of Refugee and Forced Migration
Population and Development in Small Island Developing States
Field of Study: Demography

Specialization: Children and Youth, Gender Roles-Differentials, Reproductive Health (Family Planning)

Regional focus: Sub-Saharan Africa

Education: Doctorate (Ph.D, MD) , 1990 , University of Pennsylvania , Demography

Working languages: English

Other association membership in population or related fields: Population Association of America (PAA), Union for African Population Studies (UAPS)
Professional web page:
http://http://www.sph.tulane.edu/publichealth/chs/faculty_gage_a.cfm
Curriculum Vitae:
PDF icon Gage Academic CV June 2017.pdf
Professional Summary:

Anastasia J. Gage is a Professor in the Department of Global Community Health and Behavioral Sciences, Tulane University. She holds a Ph.D. in demography.  Her research focuses on child marriage, gender-based violence, maternal and reproductive health, and adolescent health. She teaches Monitoring and Evaluation of HIV/AIDS Programs, Monitoring and Evaluation of Maternal and Child Health Programs in Developing Countries, and Adolescent Health Policies and Programs.  Dr. Gage has extensive experience on the monitoring and evaluation (M&E) of population and health programs in Democratic Republic of Congo, Ghana, Ethiopia, Haiti, Jamaica, Niger, Uganda and Zambia and on institutional capacity building for the offer of M&E courses at selected universities in sub-Saharan Africa.  Dr. Gage has served as Tulane Principal Investigator for sub-agreements on a number of USAID-funded projects including MEASURE Evaluation, APHIA II Evaluation (Kenya), the Population and Reproductive Health (PRH) Associate Award, and the Kenya Associate Award. 
Publications:

Craig L. S., A. J. Gage, and A. M. Thomas. Prevalence and predictors of hypertension in Namibia: a national-level cross-sectional study. PLoS ONE, 13(9): e0204344. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0204344.

Gage, Anastasia J. and Nicholas Thomas. In press.  “Women’s work, gender roles, and intimate partner violence in Nigeria.”  Archives of Sexual Behavior, 46(7):1923-1938. doi: 10.1007/s10508-017-1023-4.

Gage, Anastasia J. and Delayo L. Zomahoun. 2017. “Influence of the service delivery environment on family planning outcomes in Nigeria." African Population Studies, 13(1) (Suppl.):3421-3439. 

Meekers, Dominique and Anastasia J. Gage. 2017. "Marriage patterns and the Demographic Dividend."  Pp. 251-265 in Hans Groth and John F. May (eds.), Africa’s Population: In Search of a Demographic Dividend. Dordrecht: Springer International Publishing.

Ekstrom, Jocalyn  Clark, Peter Byass, Alan  Lopez, Don  De Savigny, Cheryl  A. Moyer,  Harry  Campbell, Anastasia J. Gage, Philippe  Bocquier, Carla AbouZahr, and Osman  Sankoh. 2016. “INDEPTH Network: contributing to the data revolution.” The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology, 4(2):97. 

 
Honorary or professional positions and awards:
2018-2020 United Nations High-level Advisory Board on Economic and Social Affairs, New York, USA
2018-2020 Invited Member, Scientific Advisory Council, Institut National d’Etudes Démographiques (French Institute for Demographic Studies), Paris, France
Research grants:
Co-Principal Investigator and Project Director, MOMENTUM: New Gender-Transformative Integrated Model for First-time Parents in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Grant Agreement Investment ID: OPP1159547 with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation from March 20, 2017 through February 28, 2020: $4,800,000.00.
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