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Jennifer Tang, MD, MSCR | Institute for Global Health and Infectious Diseases

Jennifer Tang, MD, MSCR

Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology

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Jennifer Tang, MD, MSCR

Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Areas of Interest

Family Planning, Cervical Cancer, Maternal Health

About

Dr. Tang’s global health research focuses on addressing inequities in family planning access, cervical cancer screening and treatment, and maternal health outcomes.

Memberships

  • American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
  • Society of Family Planning

In the news

  • Katie-Mollens-Effectiveness-contraception-dissertation

    Effectiveness of Levonorgestrel Implant and Depot Medroxyprogesterone Acetate Injectable for Women living with HIV on Efavirenz

    A collaborative study that included the Institute for Global Health and Infectious Diseases, UNC Project-Malawi, and the UNC Center For AIDS Research (CFAR), compared the contraceptive effectiveness of a typical-use LNG implant and depot medroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA) injectable during efavirenz use. The study included women living with HIV (WLHIV) on efavirenz-containing antiretroviral treatment in Lilongwe, … Read more

  • FridaySaidi-Awards

    Friday Saidi Receives Scientific Achievement Awards

    Friday Saidi, MBBS, MMED, is first author of two papers published in 2021, that received Scientific Achievement Awards at UNC Malawi. The papers include: Term gravid uterus in a congenital umbilical hernia: a case report, published in the Journal of Medical Case Reports. Contributing IGHID authors include: Maganizo Chagomerana, PhD, Lameck Chinula, MD, and Jennifer Tang, MD, MSCR … Read more

  • Faces-HIV-Research

    Some of the Many Faces of HIV Research: Treatment, Prevention and Pursuing a Cure

    HIV virus eradication is a complex health challenge due to its long-lived persistence and how it hides in latently infected cells that escape the body’s immune system. Effective HIV treatments have decreased the likelihood of someone developing AIDS, while helping individuals live long and healthy lives without transmission to sexual partners. But for individuals with long-standing … Read more

  • nancie-archin-2022-research

    IGHID Investigators Discuss Projects As New Academic Year Begins

    Global health research is a collaborative process, and each researcher at the Institute for Global Health & Infectious Diseases contributes a piece to solving the puzzle of disease and morbidity. With a new academic year underway, read what some of our investigators are working on to improve the health of global populations. Their multi-disciplinary findings will be … Read more

Education

  • Undergraduate

    Rice University

  • Doctor of Medicine

    Baylor College of Medicine

  • Obstetrics and Gynecology Residency

    Brigham & Women’s Hospital/Massachusetts General Hospital (Harvard)

  • Family Planning Fellowship

    University of North Carolina Chapel Hill