Ilene Sharon Speizer

Research Professor
Maternal and Child Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

ilene_speizer@unc.edu

Field of Study: Demographie, Santé publique / Epidemiologie
 
Specialization: Enfance et jeunesse, Fécondité, Differenties des rôles par genre, VIH/SIDA et MSTs, Reproductive Health (Family Planning), Urbanization
 
Regional focus: Etats Unis et Canada, Afrique sub-saharienne, Asie du Sud
 
Education: Doctorat (Ph.D, MD), Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Démographie, 1994
 
Working languages: Anglais
Français
 
Other association membership in population or related fields: Population Association of America (PAA)
 
Professional Summary:

Ilene Speizer undertakes research on family planning, HIV prevention, adolescent sexual and reproductive health, and unintended pregnancy prevention. Her work seeks to identify which programs are more or less successful to help inform how governments or program planners should use their finite resources. She has led research and evaluation projects in sub-Saharan Africa, India, Haiti, and the U.S.