Area: Biomedicine
Developing and testing innovative products to allow people to enhance
their health and have safe, planned pregnancies
Issues:
Product Development
Reproductive Biology and Immunology
Area: Gender and Family Dynamics
Exploring how social, economic, and cultural
factors such as education and gender roles affect individual well-being
Issues:
Family Dynamics
Men and Male Roles
Power in Relationships
Violence Against Women
Women's Livelihoods
Area: HIV and AIDS
Identifying sustainable and cost-effective responses to the AIDS
pandemic in the hardest-hit regions of the world
Issues:
Basic Science of Infection
Consequences for Individuals, Families, and Society
Microbicides
Orphans and Vulnerable Children
Policy Development
Prevention
Stigma and Discrimination
Treatment, Care, and Support
Youth
Area: Infants and Children
Investigating
ways of improving the lives and health of infants and children
Issues:
Health and Well-being
Schooling
Area: Quality of Care
Improving quality of care in family planning and reproductive
health programs
Issues:
Expanding Contraceptive Choice
General Quality of Care
Area: Reproductive Health
Investigating reproductive health and behavior from biomedical, public
health, and social science perspectives
Issues:
Contraception
Family Planning and Reproductive Health Programs
Female Genital Cutting
Men and Reproductive Health
Postabortion Care
Reducing Unsafe Abortion
RTIs and STIs
Safe Motherhood/Postpartum Care
Youth
Area: Social Science
Marshaling social science expertise toward a better understanding
of population issues
Issues:
Aging
Fertility and Reproductive Behavior
Large-scale Experimental Health Programs
Policy Development
Population and Environment
Urban Poverty and
Health
Area:
Strengthening Local Resources
Strengthening professional resources in developing countries and
creating or adapting research tools and methodologies
Issues:
Fellowships
Research Tools
Technical Assistance/Institution Building
Area: Transitions to Adulthood
Understanding adolescents' lives and testing interventions to increase
opportunities and reduce risks
Issues:
Current Approaches to Youth Programs
Livelihoods
Married Adolescents/First-time Parents
Safe Spaces
Schooling
Very Young Adolescents
