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Ashley M. Fox, MA, PhD, will present, "Zika, abortion attitudes and policy change: Accounting for the persistence of abortion restrictions in Latin America."
Dr. Fox is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Public Administration and Policy at University at Albany, SUNY. She earned her BA and MA in Political Science from the University of Connecticut and a PhD in Sociomedical Sciences from Columbia University. She was a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Global Health and Population at Harvard between 2009-2010 and at Yale University in the Division of Health Policy and Administration between 2010-2011.
Her research focuses on the politics of health policy and the effects of policies on health outcomes, including not only policies targeted at health, but also broader social policies that have indirect effects on health. Her research has examined global HIV/AIDS politics, policy and epidemiology including better specifying the role of what is often described as "political commitment" in explaining differences in countries' policy responses to the disease. Her theoretical interests concern the role of public opinion, party ideology and descriptive representation in public policymaking. She has served as a consultant for the World Bank, UNICEF and PATH.
Naveen Sunder, PhD, will present, "Health Insurance and Child Mortality: Evidence from India."
Elysia Larson, PhD, will present, "Targeting mental health among pregnant women living with depression and HIV: results from a cluster randomized controlled trial in urban Tanzania."
Kelly Blanchard, MS, will present, "Over-the-counter birth control in the U.S. and self-managed abortion around the world: Research to advance sexual and reproductive health autonomy, choices and health worldwide."
Slawa Rokicki, Ph.D., will present, "Know-do gaps in maternity care in Uganda."
Dr. Sarah Huber-Krum, MPA, MSW, PhD, will present, "Does family planning counselling reduce unmet need for contraception among postpartum women in Nepal?"
Nina Brooks, MPP, will present, "Reducing the Cost of Abortion: An Evaluation of Israeli Abortion Subsidies."
Ana Langer, MD, will present, "INTERPRACTICE-21ST: Promoting the incorporation of research-based tools into clinical practice in low and middle-income countries."