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October 2002 Council People
Zeba Sathar appointed Population Council’s new country director in Pakistan
Her work on fertility transition and the relationship of women’s education and employment to fertility has made significant contributions to the field. Sathar’s professional activities include membership on many national and international boards and councils, including the governing board of the International Union for the Scientific Study of Population (IUSSP). She received her Ph.D. in medical demography from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Since then, she has worked with the World Fertility Survey in London and was the Chief of Research Demography at the Pakistan Institute of Development Economics. Population Council trustee appointed UNFPA Goodwill Ambassador
Princess Basma, the only sister of the late King Hussein of Jordan, has dedicated her career to some of the most pressing social issues of modern times— international development, gender equity, child health, and welfare. She is involved with a number of distinguished humanitarian organizations, including AWAD (the Arab Association for Women and Development) and UNIFEM (the United Nations Development Fund for Women). Princess Basma earned a doctorate from Oxford University. Her thesis, “Contextualizing development in Jordan: The arena of donors, state, and NGOs,” examined how political and economic factors have shaped Jordan’s development. She currently is chairperson of the Jordanian Hashemite Fund for Human Development, which she founded at the request of the late King Hussein. She is married to Walid Al-Kurdi and is the mother of four children. ICCR member awarded France’s Légion d’Honneur medal Bouchard earned his medical degree at the Université Pierre et Marie Curie in Paris in 1978. His medical career began in Burkina Faso where he worked as a doctor while carrying out his military service. He was a research fellow at the Population Council’s Center for Biomedical Research from 1978 to 1980. Since 1989, he has been a member of the ICCR, a network of distinguished scientists and clinical investigators who conduct clinical trials to test the safety, efficacy, and acceptability of Council-developed reproductive health products. He is currently conducting research and teaching at the Hôpital Saint-Antoine in Paris. Matthew Hardy named co-editor-in-chief of the Journal of Andrology
The Journal of Andrology publishes new findings in the field of andrology. Of special interest to the journal are studies of male infertility, prostate diseases, and male sexual dysfunction. It also features articles on male contraception, regulation of spermatogenesis and sperm maturation, and gene expression and regulation in all tissues of the male reproductive system. Hardy and Peter Schlegel, a Cornell urologist and former Population Council postdoctoral fellow, were selected as co-editors after submitting a proposal in response to the ASA’s national search. The Council’s Center for Biomedical Research was chosen as the journal’s editorial office in part because of the strong reputation of its basic and clinical research in male reproduction. Hardy’s own studies focus on androgen secretion and male reproductive health, stress and reproduction, environmental toxicants and male fertility, and male contraception. Before joining the Council in 1991, Hardy was a postdoctoral fellow at Johns Hopkins University. His research has been published in several prominent journals, including Endocrinology, Molecular Endocrinology, and Biology of Reproduction, as well as the Journal of Andrology. John Bongaarts elected to National Academy of Sciences
On staff at the Population Council since 1973, Bongaarts conducts research on a range of population issues, including the determinants of fertility, population–environment relationships, the demographic impact of the AIDS epidemic, and population policy options in the developing world. One of the most respected and influential researchers in the field of demography, Bongaarts often is quoted in the scientific press and the mass media. His work has significantly advanced the field of population studies, providing a foundation of knowledge about demographic transitions and fertility behavior worldwide. Bongaarts recently served as chairman of the Panel on Population Projections of the National Research Council of NAS. He also is a member of the Royal Dutch Academy of Sciences, a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and a member of the Johns Hopkins Society of Scholars. His other awards include the Robert J. Lapham Award and the Mindel Sheps Award, both from the Population Association of America, and a Research Career Development Award from the National Institutes of Health. Bongaarts has a master’s degree in systems analysis from the Eindhoven Institute of Technology, Netherlands, and a Ph.D. in physiology and biomedical engineering from the University of Illinois. The National Academy of Sciences is a private organization of scientists and engineers dedicated to the furtherance of science and its use for the general welfare. It was established in 1863 by a Congressional Act of Incorporation, signed by Abraham Lincoln. The Act calls on the academy as an official adviser to the federal government, upon request, in any matter of science or technology. Additional information about the institution is available on the Internet at http://national-academies.org. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sathar has a long history of working and collaborating with the Council. A former associate in the Council’s Policy Research Division, she also received a Council Bernard Berelson Fellowship in 1992–1993 that enabled her to conduct innovative research on education and rural women’s work patterns in Pakistan. In 1994, she became a program associate with the Council’s International Programs Division and deputy country representative in the Islamabad office. 
UNFPA Executive Director Thoraya Obaid hailed the appointment, saying, “Princess Basma’s dedication to the health and well-being of women and children has inspired many who work in this field and helped to improve the quality of life of women and children, not only in Jordan, but also throughout the Arab region and the world.” 
dans l’Ordre National de la Légion d’Honneur (Knight of the National Order of the Legion of Honor) in November 2001. The Légion d’Honneur, created by Napoleon Bonaparte in 1802 to recognize extraordinary service to the nation, is considered one of France’s most prestigious awards. Bouchard was recognized for his contributions to the field of reproductive endocrinology, for his many years of teaching, and for the role that he has played in the advancement of health care. 
The ASA, which fosters a multidisciplinary approach to the study of male reproduction, has more than 700 members all over the world. Their specialties include endocrinology, urology, animal science, anatomy, psychiatry, gynecology, and biochemistry. The association, based in Schaumburg, Illinois, was founded in 1975. 
The election was held on April 30th during the 139th annual meeting of the NAS. Election to membership is considered one of the highest honors that can be accorded a U.S. scientist or engineer. Bongaarts joins an elite group of 1,907 active members. 