Leigh Senderowicz

Dr. Leigh Senderowicz (she/her) is an Assistant Professor at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, jointly appointed in the Department of Gender & Women's Studies and the Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology. A public health researcher and feminist social demographer, her work focuses on global sexual and reproductive health, interrogating intersections of race, gender, and coloniality through mixed-methods approaches.

Her research on contraceptive autonomy investigates how measurement innovations can advance person-centered care and reproductive freedom. She explores systemic barriers to contraceptive removal, medical misogyny, and gendered coercion in healthcare settings across Tanzania, Kenya, Mexico City, and Burkina Faso. Recent publications analyze LARC-first interventions, postpartum IUD programs, and structural determinants of contraceptive access.

As Principal Investigator, she leads the Contraceptive Autonomy Project and the Measuring Contraceptive Access initiative. She teaches GWS539 and has contributed foundational work on reproductive rights frameworks during pandemics and in underserved populations.