Angel M. Foster: University of Ottowa, Canada
Dr Foster, MD, DPhil, is a Professor in the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Ottawa. She is a global abortion researcher and leads projects in 22 countries. She has authored more than 100 articles and co-edited three books. Dr Foster serves as the Chair of the Board of Directors of the National Abortion Federation, Canada and Co-Chair of the Safe Abortion Care Sub-Working Group of the Inter-Agency Working Group on Reproductive Health in Crises.
Bela R. Ganatra: World Health Organization, Switzerland
Dr Ganatra, MD, PhD, holds degrees in medicine, public health and behavioural sciences, and reproductive health. She has several decades of research and policy experience in various areas of SRHR, the last 14 of which have been with WHO where she is currently the head of the Prevention of Unsafe Abortion Unit at the World Health Organization, in the Department of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Research, including the UNDP-UNFPA-UNICEF-WHO-World Bank Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction.
Antonella F. Lavelanet: World Health Organization, Switzerland
Dr Lavelanet, DO, JD, MPH, is a medical officer in the Prevention of Unsafe Abortion Unit at the World Health Organization, in the Department of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Research, including the UNDP-UNFPA-UNICEF-WHO-World Bank Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction. She has expertise in sexual and reproductive health and rights, as a physician, lawyer and policy specialist, moreover, provides technical support to countries related to the implementation of rights-based approaches to the achievement of sexual and reproductive health, including related to clinical care, and abortion-related law and policy development. Dr Lavelanet acted as the lead coordinator for the law and policy domain and human rights for the abortion care guideline and she supports clinical and policy implementation research within the unit.
Tracy A. Weitz: American University, USA
Dr Weitz, PhD, MPA, is a Professor of Sociology and Director for the Center on Health, Risk, and Society at American University in Washington, DC, where she is also a Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress (CAP). Her prior leadership roles include U.S. Programs Director, Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation (STBF); Associate Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, University of California, San Francisco (UCSF); and co-founder and director of UCSF Advancing New Standards in Reproductive Health (ANSIRH). Dr Weitz is a member of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) Standing Committee on Reproductive Health, Equity, and Society.
