Gender, Data & Equity: Expert Conversations Webinar, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health

Johns Hopkins SPH Gender Equality Unit director Dr. Michelle R. Kaufman will host a fireside chat with a guest, Dr. Anita Raj, about the new state of funding for gender programming and research.

This webinar will be held on Thursday, February 20 from 12:00-1:00 p.m. 

Dr. Anita Raj is the executive director of Newcomb Institute and the Nancy Reeves Dreux Endowed Chair in the School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine at Tulane University. A public health scientist and psychologist by training, her multidisciplinary research applies advanced social science and data science methodologies to understanding and eliminating gender inequities. Before coming to Tulane, Raj was the founding director of the Center on Gender Equity and Health at the University of California San Diego, where she was also a professor in the School of Medicine and School of Social Sciences. Her research focuses on a range of gender equity and public health issues, including sexual and reproductive health, maternal and adolescent health, child marriage, women’s economic empowerment, and gender-based violence. She has served as an advisor to UN Women, UNICEF, and the World Health Organization. A native of Jackson, Mississippi, Raj attended Newcomb College as a 16-year-old student before earning a bachelor’s degree in biology from Mississippi College. She earned her master’s and PhD in psychology from the University of Georgia.

To register for this webinar, visit the page linked here.