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Reproductive Health Program

Not all staff members in the Reproductive Health program are listed on this page. For further information contact pubinfo@popcouncil.org.

John Townsend, Ph.D.
Program Director
Washington, DC  
jtownsend@popcouncil.org
 

Nahla Abdel-Tawab, Dr.P.H.
Associate
Cairo, Egypt

ntawab@popcouncil.org

Maryam Sheikh Abdi
Program Officer
Nairobi, Kenya

msheikh@pcnairobi.org

Mohcine Alami, M.D.
Medical Safety Expert and Head of Medical Affairs
New York, NY
malami@popcouncil.org

Arthur Allen
Quality Assurance Unit Manager
New York, NY
aallen@popcouncil.org

Ian Askew, Ph.D.
Director, Frontiers in Reproductive Health
Nairobi, Kenya

iaskew@pcnairobi.org       

Ismat Bhuiya
Senior Program Officer
Dhaka, Bangladesh

ibhuiya@pcdhaka.org  

Harriet Birungi, Ph.D.
Associate
Nairobi, Kenya
hbirungi@pcnairobi.org

Chuen-yan Cheng, Ph.D.
Senior Scientist
New York, NY
ycheng@popcouncil.org

Peter Conlon
Program Manager
New York, NY
pconlon@popcouncil.org

Nafissatou J. Diop, Ph.D.
Associate
Dakar, Senegal

ndiop@popcouncil.org

Mamadou Djiré
Operation Research Coordinator
Bamako, Mali

mdjire@popcouncilmali.org 

Humphres Evelia
Program Officer
Nairobi, Kenya
hevelia@pcnairobi.org

James R. Foreit, Dr.P.H.
Senior Associate
Washington, DC

jforeit@popcouncil.org  

Sandra Garcia
Senior Associate
Mexico City, Mexico

sgarcia@popcouncil.org.mx

Joanne Gleason
Associate
Washington, DC 
jgleason@popcouncil.org     

Fernando R. Gonzáles, M.D.   
In-Country Advisor
La Paz, Bolivia 
  
fgonzales@popcouncil.org.bo
      

Marc Goldstein, M.D.   
Senior Scientist 
New York, NY  
mgoldstein@popcouncil.org 

Sharif Mohammed Ismail Hossain 
Senior Program Officer
Dhaka, Bangladesh
   
drsharif@pcdhaka.org

Gary Hunnicutt, Ph.D.
Senior Scientist
New York, NY
ghunnicutt@popcouncil.org    

Stephanie Joyce
Writer/Editor
Washington, DC
sjoyce@popcouncil.org   

M.E. Khan, Ph.D.
Senior Associate
New Delhi, India

mekhan@popcouncil.org  

Narender Kumar, Ph.D.
Senior Scientist
New York, NY
nkumar@popcouncil.org   

Arshad Mahmood, Ph.D.
Director, Research, Monitoring, and Evaluation
Islamabad, Pakistan

amahmood@pcpak.org

Ruth B. Merkatz, Ph.D.
Director of Clinical Development
New York, NY
rmerkatz@popcouncil.org 

Anurag Mishra, Ph.D.
Program Officer
New Delhi, India

amishra@popcouncil.org  

Patricia L. Morris, Ph.D.
Senior Scientist
New York, NY
pmorris@popcouncil.org

Saiqa Mullick, M.D.   
Senior Associate
Johannesburg, South Africa
   
smullick@pcjoburg.org.za

Marium Ul Mutahara
Assistant Program Officer
Dhaka, Bangladesh
marium@pcdhaka.org  

Philomena E. Nyarko, Ph.D.
Program Officer
Accra, Ghana
pnyarko@popcouncil.org

Maxine Opperman 
Clinical Database Manager
New York, NY

mopperman@popcouncil.org

Laila Rahman
Program Officer
Dhaka, Bangladesh

laila@pcdhaka.org  

Saumya RamaRao, Ph.D.
Senior Associate
New York, NY

sramarao@popcouncil.org   

Laura Raney
Associate
Washington, DC
 
lraney@popcouncil.org

Catherine Rapelje
Core Facility Manager/Research Coordinator
New York, NY
crapelje@popcouncil.org

M. Estela Rivero-Fuentes, Ph.D.
Associate
Mexico City, Mexico

erivero@popcouncil.org.mx

A.K. Ubaidur Rob, Ph.D.
Senior Associate
Dhaka, Bangladesh 
 
urob@pcdhaka.org   

Frederick Schmidt, Ph.D.
Senior Scientist and Head of Regulatory Affairs
New York, NY
fschmidt@popcouncil.org

Mary Philip Sebastian, Ph.D. 
Program Officer
New Delhi, India

msebastian@popcouncil.org  

Régine Sitruk-Ware, M.D.
Executive Director, Research and Development
New York, NY
rsitrukware@popcouncil.org  

Irving Sivin
Senior Scientist
New York, NY
isivin@popcouncil.org

Wendy Suermann
Clinical Research Associate
New York, NY

wsuermann@popcouncil.org

El Daw Suliman, Ph.D.
Associate
Cairo, Egypt

esuliman@popcouncil.org   

Heather Sussman
Senior Clinical Research Associate
New York, NY
hsussman@popcouncil.org

Lassane Placide Tapsoba, M.D.
Associate
Accra, Ghana

ptapsoba@popcouncil.org

Barbara Tokay
Manager, Medical Writing
New York, NY

btokay@popcouncil.org

Yun-yen Tsong, Ph.D.
Senior Scientist
New York, NY
ytsong@popcouncil.org

C. Johannes van Dam, M.D.
Senior Associate
Washington, DC
 
jvandam@popcouncil.org

Marieke van Dijk, M.D.
Associate
Mexico City, Mexico

mvandijk@popcouncil.org.mx

Ricardo Vernon, Ph.D.
Senior Associate
Mexico City, Mexico

rvernon@popcouncil.org.mx

Vu Quy Nhan
Director of Research
Hanoi, Vietnam

nhanvq@popcouncil.org.vn

Kate S. Wilson
Regional Associate
Mexico City, Mexico

kwilson@popcouncil.org.mx



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18 March 2008