Dr. Alicia Christy, Editor-in-Chief

Dr. Alicia Christy received her undergraduate degree from Princeton University and her M.D. degree from Northwestern University. She completed a fellowship in Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility at the National Institutes of Health, and received a master’s degree in Health Science and Clinical Research from Duke University. She served as Chair of the Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, and as a Reproductive Endocrinologist in the Contraception Discovery and Development Branch at the National Institutes of Health.  Currently, she is Deputy Director Reproductive Health Veterans Adminstration.

She has authored more than 75 manuscripts and 12 book chapters. She is the editor of Contraception: Unmet Needs, Current Options and New Technologies which was published in 2015. She holds the rank of Professor at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and she is an adjunct Professor at Howard University.

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Dr. Donna Shoupe, Editor-in-Chief

Dr. Donna Shoupe is a graduate of Massachusetts institute of Technology and the Ohio State School of Medicine. Her interest in contraceptive technology began while studying biology at MIT and it continued to grow throughout medical school and during her residency at Los Angeles County-University of Southern California Medical Center in Los Angeles.She was appointed as an Assistant Professor following her REI fellowship and was advanced to Professor in 2004. She has published 80 peer-review papers and has edited 7 books including 4 on contraception.

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