Diana Greene Foster (born 1971) is an American demographer and professor of obstetrics, gynaecology and reproductive sciences at the University of California, San Francisco. She uses quantitative models to understand how reproductive health policies impact women's lives and to evaluate the effectiveness of family planning policies.
Diana Greene Foster | |
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| Born | 1971 (age 52–53) |
| Alma mater | Princeton University University of California, Berkeley |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | University of California, San Francisco |
| Thesis | Contraceptive use for birth spacing in sub-Saharan Africa (1998) |
Early life and education
editFoster was an undergraduate student at University of California, Berkeley.[1] After graduating from Berkeley with a BS in 1992, she moved to Princeton University for graduate studies, where she investigated contraceptive use in sub-Saharan Africa, receiving her MA and PhD from Princeton.[2][3]
Research and career
editFoster is a demographer who uses quantitative models to understand the impact of family planning policies.[4] She led the Turnaway Study, a longitudinal investigation that evaluated the health of women who seek abortion. The Turnaway Study involved 1,000 women, some of whom were denied an abortion because they were beyond the gestational limit of their local clinic. She found that women who received abortions experienced less chronic pain and better health outcomes than those who were denied abortion.[5] She used credit studies to demonstrate that women who had been denied an abortion suffered financially for years.[5] She investigated the impact of California Family PACT (Planning, Access, Care, and Treatment), and showed that the long term provision of contraception reduced the amount of unintended pregnancy.[6][7]
After the Supreme Court of the United States decided to overturn Roe v. Wade, Foster started investigating how people navigated the complex array of family planning provision in the United States.[5][8][9]
Awards and honors
edit- 2021 Harriet B. Presser Award[10]
- 2022 Nature's 10[11]
- 2023 MacArthur Fellows Program[5]
Selected publications
edit- M Antonia Biggs; Ushma D Upadhyay; Charles E McCulloch; Diana G Foster (14 December 2016). "Women's Mental Health and Well-being 5 Years After Receiving or Being Denied an Abortion: A Prospective, Longitudinal Cohort Study". JAMA Psychiatry. 74 (2): 169–178. doi:10.1001/JAMAPSYCHIATRY.2016.3478. ISSN 2168-622X. PMID 27973641. Wikidata Q39101301. (erratum)
- Diana Greene Foster; M Antonia Biggs; Lauren Ralph; Caitlin Gerdts; Sarah Roberts; M Maria Glymour (18 January 2018). "Socioeconomic Outcomes of Women Who Receive and Women Who Are Denied Wanted Abortions in the United States". American Journal of Public Health. 108 (3): 407–413. doi:10.2105/AJPH.2017.304247. ISSN 1541-0048. PMID 29345993. Wikidata Q89897696.
- M Antonia Biggs; Heather Gould; Diana Greene Foster (5 July 2013). "Understanding why women seek abortions in the US". BMC Women's Health. 13: 29. doi:10.1186/1472-6874-13-29. ISSN 1472-6874. PMC 3729671. PMID 23829590. Wikidata Q34800194.
References
edit- ^ "Diana Foster | UCSF Profiles". profiles.ucsf.edu. Retrieved 2023-10-12.
- ^ Foster, Diana Greene (1998). "Contraceptive use for birth spacing in sub-Saharan Africa".
- ^ "Demography Brown Bag – Diana Greene Foster "Health and Economic Consequences of the End of Roe: Lessons from the Turnaway Study": In person tal..." events.berkeley.edu. Retrieved 2023-10-12.
- ^ "Diana Greene Foster | OB/GYN | U of U School of Medicine". medicine.utah.edu. 2022-03-08. Retrieved 2023-10-12.
- ^ a b c d "Diana Greene Foster". www.macfound.org. Retrieved 2023-10-12.
- ^ "Diana Greene Foster, PhD". ANSIRH. Retrieved 2023-10-12.
- ^ Greene Foster, Diana (2021-11-16). "Yes, science can weigh in on abortion law". Nature. 599 (7885): 349. Bibcode:2021Natur.599..349G. doi:10.1038/d41586-021-03434-1. PMID 34785804. S2CID 244280010.
- ^ "Research Seminar: Diana Greene Foster, Ph.D." College of Health. 2020-09-28. Retrieved 2023-10-12.
- ^ Foster, Diana Greene; Klaisle, Cynthia M.; Blum, Maya; Bradsberry, Mary E.; Brindis, Claire D.; Stewart, Felicia H. (August 2004). "Expanded State-Funded Family Planning Services: Estimating Pregnancies Averted by the Family PACT Program in California, 1997–1998". American Journal of Public Health. 94 (8): 1341–1346. doi:10.2105/AJPH.94.8.1341. ISSN 0090-0036. PMC 1448453. PMID 15284041.
- ^ "Annual Awards - Population Association of America". www.populationassociation.org. Retrieved 2023-10-12.
- ^ "Nature's 10". www.nature.com. Retrieved 2023-10-12.