WGHI's Current and Future
Research Projects

	Dr. Nancy Padian with part of the Zimbabwe team, Prisca Nyakumtombwa and Gertrude Khumalo-Sakutukwa.

In to order to redress the gender imbalance that leads to negative health outcomes, it is necessary to expand and research innovative programming directed at addressing the health status of women and girls. WGHI is conducting ground-breaking research in the following areas:

• Adolescent Reproductive Health

headed by Alexandra Minnis, PhD, MPH

• Female Controlled Methods for HIV Prevention

headed by Ariane van der Straten, PhD, MPH

• Policy and Evaluation

headed by Carol Medlin, PhD

• Safe Motherhood

headed by Suellen Miller, PhD, CNM

• Sexually Transmitted Infections

headed by Craig Cohen, MD, MPH

• Innovative HIV Care

headed by Craig Cohen, MD, MPH and Jody Lawrence, MD