2015 HR2FP Conference Speakers
Paul Hunt, MA, MJUR
Former UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health and Professor of Law, Human Rights Centre at the University of Essex, England (pre-recorded)
Marleen Temmerman, MD, MPH, PhD
Director, Department of Reproductive Health and Research including UNDP-UNFPA-UNICEF-WHO-World Bank Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction, World Health Organization
Sofia Gruskin, JD, MAIA
Professor of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine; Professor of Law and Preventive Medicine, Gould School of Law; Director, Program on Global Health and Human Rights, Institute for Global Health
University of Southern California
Nancy Northup, JD
President and CEO, Center for Reproductive Rights
Rebecca Gomperts, MD, MPP, PhD
Dutch physician, Founder and Director of Women on Waves, Dr. Gomperts and Women on Waves is featured in the new film, “Vessel” which was just released.
Aletha Akers, MD, MPH, FACOG
Medical Director, Adolescent and Gynecology Consultative Services, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Sara Ainsworth, JD
Director of Legal Advocacy, National Advocates for Pregnant Women
Janet Cady, ARNP
Medical Director, Neighborcare Health
Janet Chung, JD
Legal & Legislative Counsel, Legal Voice
Susan Cohen, BA, MPH
Vice President for Public Policy, Guttmacher Institute; Editor in Chief, Guttmacher Policy Review
Philip Darney, MD, MSc
Distinguished Professor of OBGYN at UCSF; Director, Bixby Center for Global Reproductive Health, Director, Fellowship in Family Planning, UCSF
Donald Downing, BS Pharm
Clinical Professor, University of Washington School of Pharmacy, Institute for Innovative Pharmacy Practice
Alison Edelman, MD
Professor, Department of OBGYN, Oregon Health and Sciences University
Joanna Erdman, JD
Assistant Professor at Law, Dalhousie University, Mac Bain Chair Health Law and Policy
Gabriela Flores Rodríguez
Executive Director, GOJoven Honduras
Dan Grossman, MD
Vice President for Research, Ibis Reproductive Health
Monica Harrington
Catholic Watch, Washington Women for Choice, Board Member Center for Reproductive Rights
Karen Hays, DNP, CNM, ARNP
Certified Nurse-Midwife, Bastyr University
Douglas Huber, MD, MSc
Co-Chair, Family Planning/Reproductive Health Working Group for Christian Connections for International Health (CCIH)
Andrea Jackson MD, MAS
Assistant Professor, Department of OBGYN, UCSF
Stewart Jay, JD
Professor of Law, Pendleton Miller Chair of Law – University of Washington School of Law
Joan Kaufman, MA, M.S., Sc.D.
Director, Columbia Global Centers, East Asia, Beijing, China
Amanda Keifer, MPH
International Policy Analyst, Advocates for Youth
Monica Kerrigan, M.P.H.
Senior Advisor, Family Planning 2020 (FP2020)
Rajat Khosla, JD
Advisor on Human Rights to the WHO Department of Reproductive Health and Research
Lisa Lindley, DrPH, MPH, CHES
Associate Professor of Global and Community Health, George Mason University
Purnima Mane, MA, MPhil, PhD
President and CEO, Pathfinder International
Monica McLemore, PhD, MPH, RN
Assistant Professor, School of Nursing, University of California San Francisco
Regina Tames Noriega
Director, Grupo de Informacion en Reproduccion Elegida (GIRE), Mexico
Courtney Normand, MA
Washington Public Affairs Manager, Planned Parenthood Votes Northwest and Hawaii (PPVNH)
Willie Parker, MD
Roberta Riley, JD Emeritus Attorney
Communications Director, Northwest Health Law Advocates
Leah Rutman, JD
Policy Counsel, ACLU
Lisa Stone, JD
Executive Director, Legal Voice
Sara Tifft, MBA
Associate Director, Reproductive Health Global Program, PATH
Jenni Unger, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor, Department of OBGYN, University of Washington, Adjunct Assistant Professor, UW Department of Global Health
Ying Zhang, MD
NRSA Fellow, University of Washington, Department of Family Medicine