Carla Obermeyer
Medical anthropologist and epidemiologist specializing in the study of fertility and HIV
About Carla Obermeyer
Carla Obermeyer was an anthropologist and epidemiologist.
Carla Makhlouf Obermeyer is a medical anthropologist and epidemiologist specializing in the study of fertility and HIV. A former associate professor of Population and International Health at Harvard University, Obermeyer was director of the Center for Research on Population and Health at the American University of Beirut as of 2013. She has also worked for the World Health Organization's Department of HIV/AIDS.
Obermeyer is the editor of Family, Gender and Population in the Middle East (1995) and Cultural Perspectives on Reproductive Health (2001). She has called for more rigorous studies into the health effects of female genital mutilation.
Education 1988, D.Sc. Harvard School of Public Health, Population, Maternal / Child Health, Behavioral Sciences 1983, M.Sc. Epidemiology, American University of Beirut 1976, M.A. Anthropology, American University of Beirut 1973 B.A. Sociology (with distinction), American University of Beirut
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