Gary Stewart Scholarship for Research in Public Health Recipient

Margot Brown, BA
UC Berkeley/UCSF Joint Medical Program
Nominator: Colette Auerswald, MD, MS

Margot Brown is a third-year student in the UC Berkeley/UCSF Joint Medical Program, a combined M.S and M.D. degree program. For the past nine years, she has worked extensively on both the clinical and public health level to address the direct medical needs of underserved populations, support adolescents in their family planning decisions, and advocate for women’s reproductive freedom.

Ms. Brown is currently conducting qualitative research to identify the counseling needs of nulliparous adolescent IUC users from a predominately minority population. The results of this study may be used to inform clinical counseling regarding use of this contraceptive method.

Ms. Brown is particularly drawn to adolescent medicine because of the unique developmental changes that occur during this period of life and the impact that these changes can have on sexual-decision making. As a future adolescent medicine physician, she plans on combining clinical medicine with public health activism to support young women in their reproductive choices.

Alan F. Guttmacher Lectureship Honoree

David Archer, MD
Dr. Archer is Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, and Director of the Clinical Research Center, the Obstetrics and Gynecology Residency Program, and the Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility Fellowship Program at Eastern Virginia Medical School.

Dr. Archer received a MD from the University of Louisville School of Medicine in 1960. He completed his residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Louisville General Hospital in 1966. He was a National Institute of Health (NIH) postdoctoral fellow in Reproductive Endocrinology at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine under the direction of Luigi Mastroianni, MD (1966-1968). He was a special NIH postdoctoral fellow under the direction of Professor Egon Diczfalusy in the Hormonlaboratoriet of the Karolinska Hospital in Stockholm, Sweden (1968 -1970).

He is on the Editorial Board of Menopause, Contraception,and Contraceptive Technology. He has been on the Editorial Board of Fertility and Sterility and was an Associate Editor for Human Reproduction. Dr. Archer was the Editor of Menopausal Medicine, a quarterly newsletter published by the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM), from 1995 until 2007 He is an ad hoc reviewer for Fertility and Sterility, Human Reproduction, the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Biology of Reproduction, Contraception, Maturitas, Climacteric, JCEM, Steroids, and the Journal of Women’s Health.

Dr. Archer has served on the Boards of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, and the North American Menopause Society (NAMS). He is currently a Board member and Treasurer elect of the International Menopause Society. He is also a member of the Board of the Anne and Egon Diczfalusy Foundation. Dr. Archer has been President of the Society of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility (SREI), and the North American Menopause Society.

He has published in the fields of menopause, contraception, and reproductive endocrinology. His current research interest is mechanisms involved in endometrial bleeding.

Preserving Core Values in Science Award Winner

Jodi Jacobson
Editor-in-Chief of RH Reality Check

Jodi L. Jacobson is a long-time leader in the health and development community and an advocate with extensive experience in public health, gender equity, human rights, environment and demographic issues. She is currently Editor-in-Chief of RH Reality Check, the leading online publication on sexual and reproductive health and rights, and winner of several journalism and media awards.

Previously, Ms. Jacobson was the Director of Advocacy at American Jewish World Service, where she is established a new department, leading the organization’s efforts to mobilize the American Jewish community toward ending the genocide in Darfur, fighting global AIDS, ensuring access to quality basic education worldwide, addressing the global food crisis, and promoting global debt relief and effective anti-poverty policies, among other issues.

Before joining AJWS, Jodi served as founder and Executive Director for 13 years of the Center for Health and Gender Equity (CHANGE) (est. 1994), an organization that monitors and seeks to promote accountability of US international policy to women’s reproductive and sexual health and rights. During Ms. Jacobson’s tenure, CHANGE grew into an internationally known advocacy organization on public health and human rights, produced cutting-edge research on international policies and programs, and became a leading source of information and advocacy for international and domestic movements, academics, program managers and the media. Under Ms. Jacobson’s leadership, CHANGE developed an outreach list of researchers, advocates, and policymakers throughout the world, and a media contact list of over 2,000 reporters representing every region of the world. As ED at CHANGE, Ms. Jacobson was an invited speaker at 3 consecutive global HIV/AIDS conferences and at numerous regional conferences, and was an advisor on US global AIDS and reproductive health policies to parliamentarians and government officials in the United Kingdom, Denmark, the Netherlands and Sweden.

Ms. Jacobson is frequently sought out by the media for comment on issues related to public health. She has been quoted extensively the Lancet, BMJ and The Economist and national daily news media including The New York Times, The Washington Post and the Wall Street Journal. She has written numerous articles and papers, and is the co-author of 10 books, including 8 volumes of State of the World, and others such as Women's Empowerment and Demographic Processes: Moving Beyond Cairo (Edited by Harriet Presser and Gita Sen, 2000, Oxford University Press).

Irvin M. Cushner Lectureship Honoree

Cecile Richards
President
Planned Parenthood Federation of America and Planned Parenthood Action Fund

Cecile Richards is a nationally respected leader in the field of women’s health and reproductive rights. As president of Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA) and the Planned Parenthood Action Fund, Ms. Richards leads a national organization that works for a healthier and safer world for women and teens.

Ms. Richards is a frequent speaker and commentator on issues related to women’s rights, reproductive health, and sex education, and is a regular contributor to the Huffington Post.

Ms. Richards has been recognized as a national leader by the National Council of Jewish Women, U.S. Action, and the Puffin/Nation Prize for Creative Citizenship. In 2010, she received an honorary doctorate from Brown University. In 2011, she was named to TIME magazine’s annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world. She currently serves on the board of the Ford Foundation.