Past Fellows
Ieman Mona El-Mowafi was a 2016-2020 CRHC Research Fellow based in Amman, Jordan. She completed her MSc in Interdisciplinary Health Sciences at the University of Ottawa. She worked on multiple projects focused on women’s reproductive health, including a project to improve Syrian women’s access to emergency contraception in both the Za’atari refugee camp and urban communities in Jordan.
Kassandre Messier was a 2019-2020 CRHC Research Fellow based in Ottawa, Canada. She completed her MSc in Interdisciplinary Health Sciences at the University of Ottawa. She worked on a number of international projects focused on abortion care in humanitarian settings.
Srishti Hukku was a 2018-2020 CRHC Research Fellow based in Ottawa, Canada and was completing her PhD in Population Health at the University of Ottawa. Her research interests include the role of disruptive technologies in reproductive health, reproductive autonomy, reproductive issues in minority communities, infertility and assisted human reproduction. Ms. Hukku worked on projects related to menstrual regulation and very early medication abortion.
Luisa Marval was a 2018-2020 CRHC Research Fellow. She completed her MSc in Interdisciplinary Health Sciences at the University of Ottawa. She supported a variety of sexual and reproductive health projects, including the Canada Abortion Provider Hospital Study and a project on the efficacy and safety of medication abortion drugs at 28 to 35 days gestation. In addition, Ms. Marval partnered with a Venezuelan feminist advocacy organization to conduct research on women’s experiences with an abortion telemedicine service.
Anna Rodriguez was a 2019 CRHC Legal Fellow based in the US and was a student at Berkeley Law. She worked on the 2016 Democratic campaign as a grassroots organizer in Iowa and as a Communications Fellow at Conway Strategic in Washington, DC. She conducted research to advance reproductive justice for marginalized people, especially in rural and Latinx communities.
Astrid Reyes was a 2019 CRHC Legal Fellow based in the US and was a student at the NYU School of Law, with a focus on the intersection of reproductive justice and international human rights law. She worked on reproductive and women’s rights issues in the context of Latin American and the US, challenging abortion restrictions, the criminalization of pregnancy-related behaviors, obstetric violence, and forced sterilization of ethnic and racial minorities.
Samantha Lint was a 2018-2019 CRHC Legal Fellow based in Cambridge, MA and was a student at Harvard Law School, with experience in international development, international criminal law, and reproductive health and rights. She conducted legal research on the criminalization of abortion and federal and state regulations of health care providers and pharmaceutical products.
Kate MacFarlane was a 2016-2017 CRHC Research Fellow based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. She completed her MSc in Interdisciplinary Health Sciences at the University of Ottawa. She conducted a reproductive health needs assessment with the Rohingya refugee population residing Malaysia’s capital.
Ellen Tousaw was a 2016-2017 CRHC Research Fellow based in Thailand. After completing her Honours Bachelor of Health Sciences in French Immersion at the University of Ottawa, Ms. Tousaw was part of the inaugural team of the Ottawa Birth and Wellness Centre which provides pregnancy, birth, and postpartum options for women in the Ottawa area. She completed a study on women’s experiences accessing essential reproductive health care on the Thailand-Myanmar border.
Grace Sheehy was based in Yangon, Myanmar as a 2015-2016 CRHC Research Fellow funded by an OceanPath fellowship through the Coady Institute. She completed her MSc in Interdisciplinary Health Sciences at the University of Ottawa. She developed an initiative that aimed to expand opportunities for young and unmarried women to learn about sexual and reproductive health.
Dr. Yadanar was a 2015-2016 CRHC Research Fellow based in Yangon, Myanmar and Melbourne, Australia. She contributed to a reproductive health needs assessment in peri-urban Yangon and previously worked as the Young Women's Coordinator at the YWCA, where she helped develop safe spaces to equip adolescent girls with SRHR skills and knowledge.
Grady Arnott was a 2014-2015 CRHC Research Fellow based in Thailand. She completed her MSc in Interdisciplinary Health Sciences at the University of Ottawa. She worked to expand access to essential reproductive health care for Burmese migrants and refugees living along the Thailand-Myanmar border.
Jillian Gedeon was a 2014-2015 Research Fellow based in Thailand. She completed her MSc in Interdisciplinary Health Sciences at the University of Ottawa, Canada in 2014. She worked on a number of projects related to reproductive health research and education.