LEIGH GABRIELLE SENDEROWICZ

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1 LEIGH GABRIELLE SENDEROWICZ 677 HUNTINGTON AVENUE, 11 TH FLOOR BOSTON, MA (215) EDUCATION Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston MA Doctor of Science (ScD) in Global Health and Population (Expected) Population and Reproductive Health track Additional concentration in Gender and Health Broad methodological training including biostatistics, epidemiology, econometrics, demography, ethnography, and qualitative data analysis Dissertation titled Integrating women-centered approaches into family planning: Conceptions and Measurement Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore MD Master of Public Health Concentration in Women s and Reproductive Health Delta Omega (public health honor society) Wesleyan University, Middletown CT Bachelor of Arts Double major in Anthropology and Feminist, Gender & Sexuality Studies Honors in both majors Phi Beta Kappa SELECTED EMPLOYMENT 2013-Present Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston MA Co- Principle Investigator Contraceptive Autonomy Project (Burkina Faso) Research Assistant The PPIUD Project in the Department of Global Health and Population (Tanzania) The Women and Health Initiative Graduate Student Affiliate Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies Teaching Fellow/Teaching Assistant Global Reproductive Health (Harvard College) Sexual and Reproductive Health: A Global Perspective Field Experience in Maternal Health 1

2 Institut Supérieur des Sciences de la Population University of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso Assistant Researcher Portfolio included: Ouagadougou Health and Demographic Surveillance System Reproductive Health Projects 2011 Bill and Melinda Gates Institute for Population and Reproductive Health Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore MD Research Assistant Researched and co-wrote West Africa on the Move White Paper Contributed to the planning and organization of the 2011 International Conference on Family Planning in Dakar, Senegal Relevant Reproductive Health Research Consultancies 2015 Ipas, Chapel Hill NC Performed a situational assessment of comprehensive abortion care in Francophone Africa (Togo, Benin, Senegal and Burkina Faso) 2013 Camber Collective, San Francisco CA Provided technical and other research support to a program promoting access to family planning in Niger Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine Conducted a family planning provider census, investigated the legal background of contraception and contributed to the creation of a family planning website in Burkina Faso International Rescue Committee Performed a needs assessment of sexual education among resettled refugee adolescents in Baltimore. Created a culturally-adapted comprehensive sexual education curriculum for use in after-school programs. PUBLICATIONS In preparation Senderowicz L, Sanhueza P, Langer A. Legal Abortion in Mexico City: Levels, Trends and Determinants of Access. In preparation. Under review Turner K, Marlow H, Regan E, Senderowicz L, Gebreselassie H, Samandari G. A situational assessment of comprehensive abortion and contraceptive care needs and opportunities in Francophone West Africa. Under review at the African Journal of Reproductive Health Canning D, Shah IH, Pearson E, Karra M, Senderowicz L, Baernighausen T, Spiegelman D, Langer A. Institutionalizing postpartum intrauterine device (IUD) services in Sri 2

3 Lanka, Tanzania, and Nepal: study protocol for a cluster-randomized stepped-wedge trial. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 16(1):362. Senderowicz L, P. Sanhueza, A. Langer. Socioeconomic status and abortion tourism in Mexico City: implications for equity. Contraception. 93(5): pp [Abstract] 2014 Rossier C, Senderowicz L, Soura A. Do natural methods count? Underreporting of natural contraception in urban Burkina Faso. Studies in Family Planning. 2014;45(2): Soura A, Pison G, Senderowicz L, Rossier C. Religious Differences in Child Vaccination in Urban Africa, Comparison of Population Surveillance Data from Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. African Population Studies. 2013;27(2): pp CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS 2017 Senderowicz, L., E. Pearson, J. Francis, P. Muganyizi, I. Shah. Quality of contraceptive counseling and the ability to realize fertility intentions. Presented to the North American Forum on Family Planning. Atlanta, Georgia Senderowicz, L., P. Sanhueza, A. Langer. Socioeconomic status and abortion tourism in Mexico City: Implications for equity. Presented to the National Abortion Federation at their annual meeting. Austin, Texas. Senderowicz, L., P. Sanhueza, A. Langer. Socioeconomic status and abortion tourism in Mexico City: Implications for equity. Presented at the International Conference on Family Planning, Nusa Dua, Indonesia Senderowicz, L. Side-Effects and Contraceptive Uptake in Urban Burkina Faso. Presented to the North American Forum on Family Planning. Chicago, Illinois. Senderowicz, L. P. Sanhueza, A. Langer. Socioeconomic status and abortion tourism in Mexico City: Implications for equity. Presented to the 5th Research Meeting on Unwanted Pregnancy and Unsafe Abortion: Public health challenges in Latin America and the Caribbean. Mexico City, Mexico. Senderowicz, L. The Effect of Side-Effects: Barriers to Modern Contraceptive Use in Urban Burkina Faso. Presented to the Population Association of America at their annual conference. San Diego, California Senderowicz, L. Harm Reduced? Applying` Decision Analysis to Argentina s Safer Abortion Hotline. Presented to the Scientific Panel on Abortion Research of the International Union for the Scientific Study of Population. Nanyuki, Kenya. Rossier C., L. Senderowicz, A. Soura. Conflicting fertility preferences among the urban poor in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. Presented to the Population Association of America at their annual conference. Boston, Massachusetts. Rossier C., L. Senderowicz, A. Soura. Overestimating unmet need: Underreporting of traditional contraceptive methods in Demographic and Health Surveys: Results from 3

4 Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. Presented to the Population Association of America at their annual conference. Boston, Massachusetts Rossier C., L. Senderowicz, A. Soura. Do Natural Methods Count? Underreporting of Natural Contraception in Urban Burkina Faso. Presented to the Scientific Panel on Reproductive Health of the International Union for the Scientific Study of Population. Nanyuki, Kenya. Rossier C., L. Senderowicz, A. Soura. The One God Sends to Save Me: Fertility desires and contraceptive practices among Burkina Faso s urban poor. Presented to the Scientific Panel on Reproductive Health of the International Union for the Scientific Study of Population. Nanyuki, Kenya. INVITED TALKS 2018 Contraceptive Autonomy in Burkina Faso: Preliminary Results from CAS. Willows Reproductive Health Speakers Series. Department of Global Health and Population at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Boston, MA Contraceptive autonomy in Burkina Faso: A new approach to family planning measurement. Harvard Center for Population and Development Friday Luncheon Seminar Series. Cambridge, MA Gender, Reproductive Health and Global Development: Critical Perspectives. University of Pennsylvania School of Social Policy and Practice, International Social Work. Philadelphia, PA. Integrating Women-Centered Approaches into Global Family Planning Programs. Brigham and Women s Hospital, Division of Family Planning Brown Bag Series. Boston, MA. AWARDS AND HONORS 2016 Distinction in Teaching Award, Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning, Harvard University (Cambridge, MA) James N. Snitzler Scholarship, Harvard University (Cambridge, MA) Alfred Sommer Scholarship, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (Baltimore, MD) GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS 2017 Society of Family Planning Research Grant ($55,000) 2017 Pilot Project Grant, University of Heidelberg Institute of Public Health ($13,000) 2016 Quality Innovation Challenge for Family Planning, David and Lucile Packard Foundation ($100,000) 2007 Watson Fellowship, Thomas J. Watson Foundation ($28,000) 4

5 SERVICE TO THE PROFESSION, AFFILIATIONS AND CERTIFICATIONS Peer-reviewer 2018 Women and Health 2017 Social Science and Medicine 2014 International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics 2011-present International Conference on Family Planning Moderator 2016 International Conference on Family Planning Affiliations 2011-present Union for African Population Studies (member) 2012-present International Union for the Scientific Study of Population (member) 2013-present Society of Family Planning (junior fellow) 2015-present Population Association of America (member) present Harvard Studies in Women, Gender and Sexuality Tutorial Board (member) 2017-present Sister Song Women of Color Reproductive Justice Collective (member) Certifications 2011 Certified Public Health Practitioner (CPH) by the Board of Public Health Examiners 2010 Certified Domestic Violence Counselor (in PA) Selected Other Service 2016-present 2011-present Dean s Task Force on Doctoral Students, Harvard School of Public Health (member) My Body is Mine International Campaign for Safe Abortion (board member) Coalition of African Communities of Philadelphia (member and French language interpreter) Clinic Escorts of Connecticut (executive director) LANGUAGES English (Native speaker) French (Fluent) Spanish (Proficient) 5