Center for Health Disparities Research (CHDR)

« All Events

  • This event has passed.

Health Disparities Research Working Group | December 11, 2025

December 11 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm CST

 

Event flyer in red, grey, white, and black featuring the speaker's image and event details. Please click image for accessible pdf.
Click image to view or download flyer.

The Health Disparities Research Working Group is delighted to welcome Leigh Senderowicz, ScD, MPH as our final presenter for 2025. Join us on Thursday, December 11 for a discussion of her current work:

How to Take Population Control Out of Family Planning Measurement

About the Talk: This talk will explore the ways that the ideology of population control permeates the design and quantitative evaluation of contemporary family planning projects, 30 years after the International Conference on Population and Development called for an end to population control.  The talk will draw from the Contraceptive Autonomy Study, a project designed to explore various dimensions of autonomy and coercion in family planning, and to develop new theories about why and how adverse experiences with contraceptive coercion manifest.

Dr. Senderowicz is a feminist demographer focusing on global sexual and reproductive health and rights. Leigh is an Assistant Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, with a joint appointment in the Department of Gender & Women’s Studies and the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. She completed her doctorate in global health at Harvard University and earned her masters in public health from Johns Hopkins prior to that. Leigh’s research focuses on reproductive autonomy, exploring the ways that new approaches to measurement and evaluation can promote person-centered care and reproductive wellbeing.

In-person attendance is strongly encouraged and appreciated.
Zoom is available for those unable to join us in HSLC 1229.

 

 

What is the Health Disparities Research Working Group (HDRWG)?

Presenters will share their work, wherever they are in the research process—from developing initial research ideas to final research products—and get valuable feedback from the working group.
What do presenting researchers get out if it?
The diversity of perspectives within the working group will help presenters strengthen their ongoing research. Also, communicating your own research to others is really challenging! As a presenter, this meeting is a great venue to practice presenting your research in a supportive environment.
What does an attendee get out of it?
Attendees get a great chance to stay up to date on the latest health disparities research developments on campus. It’s also a great chance to get more involved, foster connections with colleagues, explore different research topics that you may be interested in, and better understand how all of our efforts at fit together to address health disparities.
We think these meetings have something to offer to everyone, regardless of your research experience!

Details

Organizer

Venue

  • HSLC 1229