Ruth Merkatz
Ruth Merkatz is the senior clinical advisor for the Population Council’s Reproductive Health program. Merkatz was previously the director of clinical development, overseeing [...]
Lisa Haddad
Lisa Haddad is medical director of the Center for Biomedical Research at the Population Council. She leads the clinical development efforts to advance [...]
Annabel Erulkar
Annabel Erulkar is a social scientist with over 20 years’ experience in sub-Saharan Africa. Her work focuses on research and programs related to [...]
Scaling Up and Financing Improved Delivery and Monitoring of Quality of Care
The quality of care (QoC) framework, developed more than two decades ago, is a cornerstone approach to measuring quality in family planning programming, [...]
Sahel Women’s Empowerment and Demographic Dividend (SWEDD)
In the Sahel region of West Africa, extensive poverty and inequality hinder social and economic stability and development. Recurring conflicts, epidemics, natural disasters, [...]
Nestorone®/Testosterone Transdermal Gel for Male Contraception
There is a growing interest and willingness among men in becoming more involved in family planning, and studies suggest that women would welcome [...]
Rachel Friedman
Rachel Friedman serves as the senior managing editor of the Council’s two scholarly journals: Population and Development Review (PDR) and Studies in Family Planning (SFP). PDR is [...]
Md. Irfan Hossain
Md. Irfan Hossain is a senior program officer in the Population Council’s Bangladesh office, where he provides technical assistance to projects on research [...]
John Bongaarts
John Bongaarts is a distinguished scholar at the Population Council. He joined the Council in 1973, following a postdoctoral fellowship in population dynamics [...]
Judith Bruce
Judith Bruce joined the Council in 1977. She is a senior associate and policy analyst based in the Council’s New York office. Through [...]
Fellowship Programs: Growing Generations of Scientists and Researchers
Population Council fellows have gone on to hold influential positions in government and nongovernmental organizations, research institutions, and universities, shaping health and development [...]
Population and Development Review Appoints New Editorial Committee Members
Ridhi Kashyap is Professor of social demography at the University of Oxford and professorial fellow at Nuffield College. At Oxford, she also leads the [...]