Cynthia Harper

Cynthia Harper is a Professor at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) and serves as Director of the UCSF-Kaiser BIRCWH Program: Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women’s Health. She is affiliated with the Bixby Center for Global Reproductive Health at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital.

Her educational background includes:

• B.A. in Political Science from Middlebury College
• M.A. in Spanish from Middlebury College
• M.I.A. in International and Public Affairs from Columbia University
• Ph.D. in Demography and Public Policy from Princeton University
• Postdoctoral Fellowship in Population Studies at the University of Pennsylvania

Dr. Harper's research focuses on improving reproductive healthcare access and quality through studies on contraceptive services, provider practices, emergency contraception, adolescent reproductive health, long-acting reversible contraception methods, intrauterine devices, HIV/STI prevention, and family planning systems. Her work emphasizes global reproductive health disparities and evidence-based interventions to expand women's healthcare options across diverse populations.

Her major recognitions include:

• Multiple Roy M. Pitkin Awards for outstanding publications in Obstetrics & Gynecology
• Guttmacher Institute Darroch Award for Excellence in Sexual and Reproductive Health Research
• National Institutes of Health Traineeship in Demography
• Charles F. Westoff Dissertation Prize in Demography
• Ford Foundation Human Rights Fellowship

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Dr. Harper maintains active research programs through the Bixby Center for Global Reproductive Health, focusing on contraceptive access innovations and policy impacts on women's health services both domestically and internationally.