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Elizabeth Janiak, ScD

Assistant Professor, Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Biology, Harvard Medical School
Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Research Investigator, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Women's Health, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Director of Social Science Research, Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts

Elizabeth Janiak is an interdisciplinary public health researcher and Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical School and the Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health. Her research explores how government and institutional policies create inequities in access to and quality of sexual and reproductive health (SRH) care, including contraceptive, abortion, and obstetric services. Current projects include several studies of mifepristone use for abortion and early pregnancy loss, social factors shaping postpartum contraceptive use, and barriers to SRH care for multiply marginalized young people. Dr. Janiak completed her undergraduate and graduate training at Harvard. Her research is funded by the National Institutes of Health, the Society of Family Planning, and multiple institutional and foundation grants. Dr. Janiak's work has been cited by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine, and covered in dozens of media outlets including The Boston Globe, Salon, and National Public Radio.