Deborah Weiss
Program Manager
Deborah Weiss brings more than a decade of managerial and programmatic experience in HIV and AIDS, family planning, and reproductive health, globally and in the United States. As HIV and AIDS program manager, she ensures efficient operations, partner management and collaboration, and timely, high-quality outputs for a global portfolio of research and program activities.
Among her responsibilities are managing the Population Council’s USAID-funded Supporting Evaluation and Research to Combat HIV (SEARCH) indefinite quantity contract, which supports nearly 20 activities in 12 countries in collaboration with 20 subcontractors. Her programmatic expertise includes HIV prevention, treatment, and care and support; emergency contraception; adolescent family planning services; and family planning/reproductive health education and advocacy. Weiss also is a seasoned fundraiser and manages successful proposal development for large US government awards, foreign governments, and private foundations.
Weiss previously worked at the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health; the Bixby Center for Global Reproductive Health, University of California, San Francisco; and Planned Parenthood Federation of America. She holds a master's of public health degree from the University of Michigan and a bachelor of arts degree in women’s and gender studies from Columbia University.
Deborah Weiss
Program Manager
HIVCore: Strengthening HIV and AIDS Treatment, Care, and Support, and Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission Service-delivery Programs (more)
To address critical service-delivery issues in global HIV and AIDS PMTCT and treatment, care, and support programs, HIVCore will evaluate programs, promote use of research results in program decisionmaking, and build local capacity to improve programs' efficiency, effectiveness, and quality of care.
(10/2011 - 9/2016)
Topics: HIV and children; HIV care, support, and treatment; HIV prevention; PMTCT and pediatric HIV
Countries: Global
Community Mobilization for Preventive Action (COMPACT) (more)
Council researchers are developing and determining the feasibility of "community compacts" as an innovative approach to prevent HIV in Zambian communities.
(7/2010 - 7/2013)
Topics: Behavior change; HIV prevention; Male circumcision; Sexual and gender-based violence; Social isolation/support
Countries: Zambia
Enabling Access to High-quality PMTCT Services by Community and Facility Strengthening in Zimbabwe (more)
Through intensive facility and community-level interventions, the Council and its partners seek to increase prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV in the Mashonaland Central Province, Zimbabwe.
(9/2010 - 2/2013)
Topics: HIV and children; HIV prevention; PMTCT and pediatric HIV
Countries: Zimbabwe
Creating a National Directory of Service Providers for Vulnerable Children (more)
The Council supported the development of a national directory of service providers for vulnerable children in South Africa.
(7/2008 - 6/2011)
Topics: Orphans and vulnerable children
Countries: South Africa
HIV/AIDS Evaluation, Assessment, and Formative Research (more)
The Council and partners are conducting several research, evaluation, and technical assistance activities on USAID-funded HIV/AIDS programs in Uganda.
(10/2008 - 1/2010)
Topics: HIV care, support, and treatment; Orphans and vulnerable children; People living with HIV
Countries: Uganda
Deborah Weiss
Program Manager
Examining dimensions of vulnerability among children in Uganda (abstract) (HTML)Kalibala,Sam; Schenk,Katie D.; Weiss,Deborah C.; Elson,Lynne
Psychology, Health & Medicine 17(3): 295-310
Publication date: 2012
Meaningful involvement of people living with HIV/AIDS in Uganda through linkages between network groups and health facilities: An evaluation study (abstract) (HTML)
Kim,Young-Mi; Kalibala,Sam; Neema,Stella; Lukwago,John; Weiss,Deborah C.
Psychology, Health & Medicine 17(2): 213-222
Publication date: 2012
Horizons: Looking back, moving forward (PDF)
Rutenberg,Naomi; Weiss,Deborah C.
Public Health Reports 125(2): 269-271
Publication date: 2010
Population policies, programmes and the environment (abstract) (HTML)
Speidel,J.Joseph; Weiss,Deborah C.; Ethelston,Sally A; Gilbert,Sarah M.
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B, Biological Sciences 364(1532): 3049-3065
Publication date: 2009
Over-the-counter access to emergency contraception for teens (abstract) (HTML)
Harper,Cynthia C.; Weiss,Deborah C.; Speidel,J.Joseph; Raine-Bennett,Tina
Contraception 77(4): 230-233
Publication date: 2008
Family planning and reproductive health: The link to environmental preservation (abstract) (PDF) (HTML)
Speidel,J.Joseph; Weiss,Deborah C.; Ethelston,Sally A; Gilbert,Sarah M.
Population and Environment 28(4-5): 247-258
Publication date: 2007
Does emergency contraception promote teen sex? (abstract)
Raine,Tina; Weiss,Deborah C.
Contemporary OB/GYN 50(9): 60-68
Publication date: 2005
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