Siân L. Curtis

Siân L. Curtis is a Professor at the University of North Carolina, specializing in Maternal and Child Health within the School of Public Health. Her career spans decades of leadership in global health, including serving as Director of the MEASURE Evaluation Project from 2002 to 2012, overseeing 150+ monitoring and evaluation activities across 30+ countries.

• Key roles: Senior Evaluation Specialist (MEASURE Evaluation), former Senior Analyst (DHS Project)
• Research themes: contraceptive use dynamics, fertility preferences, maternal health equity, survey methodology, and measurement innovation

Research Focus: Curtis pioneered contraceptive calendar data analysis using DHS surveys, revealing complexities in fertility intentions post-contraceptive discontinuation. Recent work examines maternal health disparities in Bangladesh, comparing urban/rural service equity (2016 BMMS) and validating self-reported obstetric complications. Methodological contributions include spatial linking of facility/population surveys and verbal autopsy reliability for maternal mortality estimation.

Publications: Over 74 citations include groundbreaking studies on contraceptive discontinuation, maternal health metrics, and survey design challenges. Her 2023 Demography paper introduces novel statistical models for unintended pregnancy analysis.

Global Impact: Projects span Zambia (gender equity in food security), Ukraine (TB/HIV integration), and multiple countries via the Data for Impact (D4I) initiative. Current work explores complexity-aware evaluation frameworks for contraceptive access portfolios.