Dr. Tiffany Green is Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Population Health Sciences and Obstetrics and Gynecology and the Gloria E. Sarto, MD, PhD, Chair in Women’s Health and Health Equity Research at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where she directs the Reproductive Equity Action Lab (REAL). She earned her Ph.D. in economics from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a B.A. in economics from Florida A&M University. She is a nationally recognized economist, population health scientist, and science communicator whose mission is to reduce and eliminate racial/ethnic inequities in reproductive health. Her primary research agenda is motivated by a persistent unsolved puzzle: how and why Black people experience the worst reproductive health access and outcomes of any racial/ethnic group—and what innovative solutions might ameliorate these persistent inequities.
She serves as Co-Principal Investigator of the Reproductive Health Experiences and Access Survey, a national survey of 48,000 individuals examining access to abortion, contraception, and other forms of reproductive healthcare in the post-Dobbs era. Dr. Green also investigates the impacts of Birth Cost Recovery, a state policy allowing Wisconsin counties to recoup Medicaid birthing costs from unwed non-birthing parents/fathers on family wellbeing. Dr. Green is committed to training the next generation of physicians to understand and practice medicine through the lenses of reproductive equity and justice. She developed “Race in American Obstetrics and Gynecology”, one of the first US medical education courses to address the role of race in the development of American obstetrics and gynecology as well as “Abortion in Wisconsin and Beyond: Exploring Medical, Public Health, and Social Science Perspectives”.
Dr. Green is dedicated to making complex issues accessible to policymakers, the lay public, and the next generation of clinicians and researchers. She has used her expertise to promote evidence-based policy through legislative testimony and has provided interviews for numerous local and national media outlets on reproductive equity and the racial/ethnic inequities heightened by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. She also serves on the Wisconsin Maternal Mortality Review Team and as co-chair of the Wisconsin Maternal Health Innovation Task Force. Dr. Green’s deepest wish is that her work can help bring about reproductive autonomy and freedom so that every human can reach their highest potential.
Dr. Tiffany Green serves as the 2024-2025 Reproductive Senior Scholar in Residence to provide expert guidance to the Research Community on the Equity Impacts of Dobbs.