Emory RISE

📣 New job alert! 📣

RISE affiliate faculty Dr. Anna Newton-Levinson is hiring a Public Health Program Associate to serve as a project manager for a research portfolio related to sexual and reproductive health, including a five-year research project on pregnancy loss management post-Dobbs. This is a full-time position with benefits housed in the Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics at Emory School of Medicine.

Learn more and apply here: https://bit.ly/4dD4epX

Today, July 20th, marks one year since a federal appeals court allowed House Bill 481 (HB 481), a Georgia law banning abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy, to go into effect. HB 481 and a surge of hyper-restrictive or total abortion bans went into effect across the U.S. Southeast after the SCOTUS’ decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization overturned Roe v. Wade in late June 2022. As the Southeast's leading reproductive health research center, RISE has worked with our network of stakeholders to produce high-quality research on the effects of abortion bans.

Study findings like our March 2023 JAMA Network Open study found that 9-in-10 abortions in Georgia are likely banned under HB 481, affecting Black individuals, young people, and those from lower socioeconomic backgrounds even more. In addition to our research, we participated in community and legislative events hosted by our community partners for the public, policymakers, advocates, students, and others to explore the ban's consequences for Georgians.

As we strive for reproductive health and equity for people in the U.S. Southeast, RISE will remain dedicated to fostering our collaborative network of partnerships, conducting rigorous research, and ensuring public access to our work. For details on these efforts, please read below.

Our first EnFaith study paper is out! It explores a range of abortion attitudes and pastoral care practices among Protestant religious leaders in rural Georgia, highlighting common ground in pastoral care practices across an abortion attitudes spectrum and identifying key opportunities for pastoral care resources and trainings to dispel misinformation about abortion and reduce stigma. Congrats to Jessica L. Dozier, who led this work, and to the rest of the EnFaith project team and advisory committee!

Abortion attitudes, religious and moral beliefs, and pastoral care among Protestant religious leaders in Georgia Objective The purpose of this study is to explore Protestant religious leaders’ attitudes towards abortion and their strategies for pastoral care in Georgia, USA. Religious leaders may play an important role in providing sexual and reproductive health pastoral care given a long history of supporti...

RISE investigator Whitney Rice is among the inaugural cohort of recipients of the Society of Family Planning's Changemaker award - congrats Whitney!

The aim of the Changemakers in Family Planning grant award is to provide dedicated support for scholars of color to develop their research skills and leadership in the field of family planning research. Please join us in congratulating and celebrating this outstanding group of scholars.

to RISE's first-ever "In the Spotlight" this past April - thanks so much to Rollins PhD student Ghenet Besera and Heidi Miller and Muzhda Oriakhil from Embrace Refugee Birth Support for teaching us about refugee in Georgia.

Stay tuned - we'll have another "In the Spotlight" this fall!

If Roe v. Wade is overturned, abortion access in the Southeast could dramatically decrease - especially for low-income people. Explore more using this interactive map, based on research from our colleagues at Texas Policy Evaluation Project and ANSIRH:

Where Roe v. Wade Has the Biggest Effect In a post-Roe world, abortions would fall significantly, and access would become highly uneven.

We love the opportunity to work with fantastic students on our research teams! We're constantly impressed by their work, and they are critical in helping us move our research forward.

Meet Dr. Carrie Cwiak— Director of RISE's Translation Core and Principal Investigator for the Gestational Age Policies study. She is also a Professor in the Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics at Emory University School of Medicine. Learn more about her:

Carrie Cwiak, MD, MPH | Emory University | Atlanta GA Carrie is an Associate Professor in the Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics at Emory University School of Medicine. She currently serves as the Division Director for Family Planning and Director of the Family Planning Fellowship Program. She has a secondary appointment as Associate Professor in....

Meet Shelby Rentmeester—Project Coordinator for several projects related to maternal and child health. Her work includes the Young Women's Stress Study, which examines the influence of stress, mental health, and other factors on . Learn more about Shelby: http://bit.ly/2NLd7Yf