| Dr.
Jane Bertrand
October 8, 2001
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Johns Hopkins University Center for Communication
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Jane T. Bertrand,
PhD in Sociology (University of Chicago), is
professor and chair of the Department of
International Health and Development, Tulane
School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine
(SPHTM). The Department is the largest in the
SPHTM, with over 200 masters and doctoral
students, as well as numerous sponsored research
projects in developing countries worldwide.
Dr. Bertrand's
areas of expertise include international family
planning, applied research (evaluation,
operations research), and
information-education-communication. Dr. Bertrand
has played a key role in attracting sponsored
research funds to the Department, which currently
is the prime or subcontractor on five
USAID-funded projects involving family planning,
HIV/AIDS, and other reproductive health issues.
She has worked primarily in Guatemala, Zaire, and
Morocco, with short-term consultancies in over 15
other countries. Although family planning has
remained a prime focus throughout her career, Dr.
Bertrand has also worked in HIV/AIDS (in Zaire in
the 1980's and Central America in the 1990's).
She teaches two highly subscribed courses: INHL
702, "Communications Research in Family
Planning and Health," and INHL 692,
"Health and Development: An Applied
Perspective" (held in Guatemala). Her
scholarly activity is reflected in ten
monographs/manuals and over fifty peer-reviewed
journal articles. Dr. Bertrand is fluent in
French and Spanish, which enhances her
effectiveness in working with decision-makers and
program personnel in developing countries.
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