In partnership with the Society of Family Planning and the Commonwealth Fund, AcademyHealth is pleased to announce Tiffany Green, Ph.D., Reproductive Equity Action Lab Director at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, and Maria I Rodriguez, M.D., M.P.H., Professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) and Director of OHSU’s Center for Reproductive Health Equity, as the Senior Scholars in Residence for AcademyHealth who will also provide expert guidance for the Research Community on the Equity Impacts of Dobbs.
Dr. Green is an economist, population health scientist, and science communicator whose mission is to reduce and eliminate racial/ethnic inequities in reproductive health. She brings expertise in the causes and consequences of racial and ethnic inequities in reproductive health. She has used her expertise to promote evidence-based policy through legislative testimony and interviews for media outlets on reproductive equity and the racial/ethnic inequities heightened by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
Dr. Green also brings a background of community engagement in her reproductive equity and justice work. She was the inaugural Co-Chair of the Black Maternal and Child Health Alliance of Dane County, leading a group of 21 Black women leaders to help identify strategies to improve the health of Black birthing people and their families.
Dr. Rodriguez has dedicated the last 15 years of her career to research, clinical care, and advocacy to inform reproductive health policy. Her work centers on the elimination of reproductive health disparities through rigorous health systems research to inform evidence-based policy and clinical care. She brings expertise on the intersections of abortion, contraception, and maternal health, especially the impact of Medicaid restrictions on these areas.
Dr. Rodriguez completed her medical school and residency at OHSU before spending five years working for the Department of Reproductive Health and Research at the World Health Organization in Geneva, Switzerland. She is interested in generating information to help guide evidence based reproductive health policy both domestically and internationally.
Danielle DeCosta, M.P.H., Director at AcademyHealth, shares, “I am thrilled to welcome Dr. Green and Dr. Rodriguez as Senior Scholars to help raise the visibility of reproductive health-related research priorities and issues for the health services research community. Their perspectives will be invaluable to AcademyHealth in bolstering the capacity of our field to understand and address the far-reaching health equity impacts of the Dobbs decision, especially through their leadership in our new Research Community.”
Amanda Dennis, Dr.P.H., M.B.E., the Executive Director at the Society of Family Planning comments, “Drs. Green and Rodriguez are leading voices in the science of abortion and contraception. Elevating their expertise in the health services research community convened by AcademyHealth is a call for excellence in research on these topics, and recognizes the importance of this work.”
As the two Reproductive Health Senior Scholars in Residence, Dr. Green and Dr. Rodriguez will provide thought leadership on reproductive health issues within the health services research field and provide guidance to the Research Community on the Equity Impacts of Dobbs over the coming year.
If you are interested in joining the Research Community on the Equity Impacts of Dobbs, sign up by October 22.
Supported by the Commonwealth Fund, a national, private foundation based in New York City that supports independent research on health care issues and makes grants to improve health care practice and policy. The views presented here are those of the author and not necessarily those of the Commonwealth Fund, its directors, officers, or staff.