Ilene S. Speizer
Ph.D., Research Associate Professor, Maternal and Child Health Dr. Speizer's Curriculum Vitae CPC Office: 205 CPC North CPC Phone Number: (919) 966-7411 Email: ilene_speizer@unc.edu
Ilene S. Speizer is a Research Associate Professor in the Department of Maternal and Child Health. Her primary research interests focus on adolescent reproductive health issues in developing countries and the U.S. She is also interested in the meaning and measurement of unintended pregnancy and its relationship to the determination of family planning program success. Dr. Speizer is the co-principal investigator and Technical Deputy Director on the Measurement, Learning, and Evaluation project to evaluate urban family programs in two South Asian and three sub-Saharan African countries. She has also worked extensively on the MEASURE Evaluation project where she led research and evaluation studies on youth HIV pregnancy risk in Haiti, contraceptive continuation in Honduras, and violence risk and prevention among youth in sub-Saharan Africa.
Current CPC Grants and Contracts: • MEASURE Phase III Monitoring and Assessment for Results • Partner Violence Norms and HIV Risk-Taking Among Youth in Sub-Saharan Africa • Measurement, Learning and Evaluation for the Urban Reproductive Health Initiative • Monitoring and Evaluation to Assess and Use Results (MEASURE Phase II)
Information updated on 02/05/2009