Contraception and Reproductive Medicine

Dr. Alicia Christy, Editor-in-Chief

Dr. Alicia Christy is a veteran and former Chairman of Obstetrics & Gynecology at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. After leaving the military, Dr. Christy joined the staff at the National Institutes of Health. While at NIH she was involved in leiomyoma, health disparity and contraceptive research. In 2016, Dr. Christy joined the Veterans Health Administration as Deputy Director, Reproductive Health. She supports the portfolio addressing Veterans reproductive health priorities across the life course.  She holds the rank of professor at the Uniformed Services University,and the rank of adjunct professor at Howard University School of Medicine. She is board certified in Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility.

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.

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.