Last updated on: 8/6/2013 | Author: ProCon.org

Wendy Chavkin, MD Biography

Title:
Professor of Population and Family Health at Columbia University
Position:
None Found to the question "Is the ACLU Good for America?"
Reasoning:

No position found as of Mar. 2005

Theoretical Expertise Ranking:
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Individuals with PhDs and JDs or equivalent advanced degrees in fields relevant to the ACLU. Also top-level government officials (such as foreign leaders, US presidents, Founding Fathers, Supreme Court Justices, members of legislative bodies, cabinet members, military leaders, etc.) with positions relevant to the ACLU.
Involvement and Affiliations:
  • Editor-in-Chief, Journal of the American Medical Women’s Association
  • Professor of Population and Family Health, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health
  • Developing the Perinatal Addiction Research and Policy Unit with the Chemical Dependency Institute at Beth Israel Medical Center
  • Director, Bureau of Maternity Services and Family Planning, New York City Department of Health, 1984-1988
  • Rockefeller Fellowship to study the public health, medical, ethical, and social ramifications of maternal substance abuse
Education:
  • MPH (Masters in Public Health), Reproductive Epidemiology
  • Board Certified in Public Health and Preventative Medicine
  • Clinical training in Obstetrics and Gynecology
Other:
  • None found
Quoted in:
  1. Should "Partial-Birth" (Third Trimester) Abortion Be Banned?