CURRICULUM VITAE Anita Raj, PhD November 17, 2023 Research Interests: epidemiologic and qualitative assessment of gendered, social, and cultural vulnerabilities compromising reproductive, maternal, neonatal, child, and adolescent health across national settings; assessment of the etiology and public health impact of gender inequities including early and child marriage, intimate partner violence and sexual assault, and son preference; development and evaluation of social and behavioral interventions for socially vulnerable populations (e.g., minorities, people contending with substance abuse/misuse, youth); application of social and behavioral theories for measurement and evaluation research in cross-national settings; gender data and data to policy impact; gender parity in academia and in leadership in public health and medicine; gender equity and quality of care.
ACADEMIC TRAINING 1991 BS 1995 MS 1996 PhD
Mississippi College, Clinton, MS; Biology University of Georgia, Athens, GA; Psychology University of Georgia, Athens, GA; Psychology
POST-DOCTORAL TRAINING 1996-1997 1997-1998
Association of Teachers of Preventive Medicine STI/HIV Fellowship, University of Alabama, Birmingham and US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Birmingham, AL and Atlanta GA Senior Researcher, Boston University School of Public Health; Boston, MA
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS 2023-present 2023-present 2017-present 2017-present 2012-present 2011-present 2011-present 2011-2014 2010-2011 2010-2011 2009-2010 2005-2010 2000-2005 1999-2000 1995-1996
Executive Director, Newcomb Institute, Tulane University Nancy Reeves Dreux Endowed and Professor, Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine Professor, Education Studies, Division of Social Sciences, University of California, San Diego Tata Chancellor Endowed Chair of Society and Health Founding Director, Center on Gender Equity and Health, University of California, San Diego, CA Professor of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, CA Adjunct Professor, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA Senior Fellow, Center on Global Justice, University of California, San Diego, CA Professor, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA Professor, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA Associate Professor, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA Associate Professor, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA Assistant Professor, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA Assistant Research Professor, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA Athens Area Technical Institute, Athens, GA
DEPARTMENTAL AND UNIVERSITY COMMITTEES (Past 5 years) 2023-present 2023-present 2022-present
2022 2021-2022 2020 2019- present 2019 2017- present 2017-2018 2017-present 2017 2017-2020
Tulane University, President’s Advisory Council Tulane University, Newcomb Institute Executive Committee (Chair) Divisional Representatives to the Systemwide (University of California) Assembly of the Academic Senate for a two-year term, effective September 1, 2022 through August 31, 2024 (elected) Director of Mentorship, Division of Infectious Diseases and Global Public Health Eighth College, Academic Planning Committee Member Thurgood Marshall College, Undergraduate Public Service Minor: Health Track, Director Department of Medical Research Committee Dean Of Social Sciences Review Committee Member Tata Institute of Active Genetics, Committee Member Center for Academic Research & Training in Anthropology Operational Research Unit Review, Committee Chair Education Studies Department Doctoral Committee Member Center for Global Mental Health Committee, rotating member Committee on Global Affairs Faculty, committee member