Reproductive and Population Health
Green to collaborate with Foundation for Black Women’s Wellness on WPP grant
Tiffany Green, PhD, associate professor in the Division of Reproductive and Population Health and the Department of Population Health Sciences, will collaborate with the Foundation for Black Women’s Wellness on a Community Impact Grant from the Wisconsin Partnership Program!The project, Accelerating Birth Equity in Wisconsin Through a Community-based Doula Workforce, seeks t...
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Green receives 2026 UW–Madison Distinguished Teaching Award
Huge congratulations to Tiffany Green, PhD, associate professor in the Division of REproductive and Population Health, who was selected to receive a 2026 UW–Madison Distinguished Teaching Award! Green earned the Chancellor’s Inclusive Excellence Teaching Award; she will be honored at a ceremony on April 15, 2026. The Chancellor’s Inclusive Excellence Teaching Award celebrate...
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REAL Lab resource shared with clinicians nationwide by Power to Decide
Members of the Reproductive Equity Action Lab (REAL), which is led by Tiffany Green, PhD, associate professor in the Division of Reproductive and Population Health, developed a resource to provide more background about trans and gender diverse health care which has been disseminated to clinicians around the country through Power to Decide! “Trans & Gender Diverse Health 101:...
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Wendland receives 2025 SMPH GWIMS/BIRCWH Women’s Health Research Mentorship Award
Congratulations to Claire Wendland, MD, PhD, professor in the Division of Reproductive and Population Health and the University of Wisconsin–Madison Department of Anthropology, who was selected to receive the 2025 UW School of Medicine and Public Health Group on Women in Medicine and Science (GWIMS)/Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women’s Health (BIRWCH) Women...
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Department of Ob-Gyn brings research to 2025 Society of Family Planning annual meeting
The Society of Family Planning hosted their annual meeting in Pittsburgh October 25-27, 2025. Faculty and researchers in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology brought their research to the event. Just a few of their exciting accomplishments: PRESENTATIONS: Brakes and accelerators to abortion access post-Dobbs: Where can we best intervene? – Jenny Higgins, PhD, MPH, dir...
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Wendland, Higgins to mentor ICTR community-engaged research project
Claire Wendland, MD, PhD, professor in the Division of Reproductive and Population Health and the UW-Madison Department of Anthropology, and Jenny Higgins, PhD, MPH, director of the Division of Reproductive and Population Health, will mentor Brittanni Wright, PhD, MDiv, MPH, to develop an UW Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (ICTR) community-engaged research ...
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Department of Ob-Gyn hosts successful 2025 Gloria Sarto Reproductive Health Equity Symposium
The UW Department of Ob-Gyn hosted the 2025 Gloria Sarto Reproductive Health Equity Symposium on October 23, 2025. The Gloria Sarto Reproductive Health Equity Symposium (formerly the Women's Health and Health Equity Research Lecture & Symposium) is an annual meeting that connects healthcare professionals, researchers, and community advocates dedicated to advancing reproducti...
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Green, Anderson-Carter receive Wisconsin Partnership Program grant
Congratulations to Tiffany Green, PhD, associate professor in the Division of Reproductive and Population Health, and India Anderson-Carter, MD, assistant professor in the Division of Academic Specialists in Ob-Gyn! Green and Anderson-Carter received a grant from the Wisconsin Partnership Program’s Collaborative Health Sciences Program for the project “Examining inequities i...
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Green co-authors op-ed in Ms Magazine
Tiffany Green, PhD, associate professor in the Division of Reproductive and Population Health, co-authored an opinion article published in Ms. Magazine in response to violence against Minnesota legislators in June 2025. In “The Minnesota Shooting Wasn’t Random—It Was a Predictable Resurgence of Violence”, Green and co-author Jamie Morgan draw connections between the shooting...
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Senderowicz talks about US birth rate with CS Monitor
Leigh Senderowicz, ScD, MPH, assistant professor in the Division of Reproductive and Population Health and UW-Madison Department of Gender & Women’s Studies, recently spoke with the Christian Science Monitor for a recent story about the birth rate in the United States and the potential impacts of trying to increase it. In “Trump sees budget bill promoting a baby boom. Others...
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Women’s Healthcast: Reproductive Autonomy in 2025, featuring Leigh Senderowicz and Amy Williamson
Reproductive autonomy is defined as an individual’s ability to make decisions about their reproductive health and access reproductive health services without interference or coercion. In 2025, there are a lot of social and policy factors at play that impact people’s reproductive autonomy both in the U.S. and worldwide. On this episode of the Women’s Healthcast, Leigh Sender...
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Green, Sobecki celebrated at SMPH Faculty Investiture Ceremony
The UW School of Medicine and Public Health hosted the 2025 SMPH Faculty Investiture Celebration on June 18. Two faculty in the Department of Ob-Gyn with recent appointments to endowed professorships and fellowships were celebrated during the ceremony.Tiffany Green, PhD, associate professor in the Division of Reproductive and Population Health, became the Gloria E. Sarto MD,...
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Cutler, Higgins talk about post-Dobbs research in Cap Times
Abigail Cutler, MD, MPH, assistant professor in the Division of Academic Specialists in Ob-Gyn, was the lead author on a study published in JAMA Open Network about the impact of the Dobbs decision on the ability of ob-gyns in Wisconsin to provide adequate health care to patients with pregnancy risks or complications. Cutler and co-author Jenny Higgins, PhD, MPH, professor an...
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Research and leadership at the AcademyHealth 2025 Annual Research Meeting
Faculty, scholars, and staff from the UW Department of Ob-Gyn brought research and provided leadership at the AcademyHealth 2025 Annual Research Meeting. AcademyHealth hosted the event in Minneapolis June 7-10, 2025. Podium presentations: Partnering with Community and Applying Evidence to Advance Reproductive Health - Tiffany Green, PhD, associate professor in the Division o...
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Presentations at Department Research Day 2025
On May 15, 2025, the UW Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology hosted Department Research Day, an annual presentation of graduating fellows’ thesis projects, research from members of the Department of Ob-Gyn, and posters showcasing a variety of ob-gyn and reproductive health research.Margareta Pisarska, MD, director of the Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertil...
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Wendland publishes study about maternal mortality misinformation in Global Public Health
Claire Wendland, MD, PhD, professor in the Division of Reproductive and Population Health, co-authored a new study published in Global Public Health. Co-authors include Lynn Morgan.In “Debunking misinformation about abortion-related maternal mortality in Africa,” Wendland and co-authors noted how misinformation in Africa about abortion that justifies its restriction and cri...
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