INFO’s Bloggers
Deepa Ramchandran
Senior Technical Writer
Researching and writing for Populations Reports; wrote “Developing a Continuing-Client Strategy” issue and “Implants: The Next Generation.”
Robert Lande
Senior Technical Writer
Researching and writing for Populations Reports; currently working on a Population Report entitled “Communication for Better Reproductive Health.”
Catherine Richey, MPH
Senior Technical Writer
Researching and writing for Populations Reports; lead writer of the Population Reports issue, “Family Planning Choices for Women with HIV.”
Vidya Setty, MPH, MBA
Associate Editor
Researching and writing for Populations Reports; authored several Population Reports including “Family Planning Choices for Women With HIV”; “When Contraceptives Change Monthly Bleeding”; “Better Breastfeeding, Healthier Lives”; and “Birth Spacing: Three to Five Saves Lives.”
Rose Reis
Program Specialist
Coordinates INFO blogging. Currently conducting research on behavior change communication multimedia programming for a forthcoming issue of Population Reports. Conducts research for new business development at the Center for Communication Programs. Enjoys long walks around Baltimore with her blind dog, Foxy Brown.
Seth Rosenblatt, MA, MPH
Program Specialist
Provides research assistance for Population Reports, support for monitoring and evaluation planning and implementation and technical assistance for the Condoms Toolkit web site. Likes watching Beverly Hills 90210 and playing Saved by the Bell trivia in his spare time (when is that?).
Lisa Basalla, MPH
Program Specialist
Coordinates INFO blogging with Rose. Works with virtual communities of practices such as the Implementing Best Practices in Reproductive Health (IBP) Knowledge Gateway. Supports the Resources for HIV/AIDS and Sexual and Reproductive Health Integration website and community of practice. Enjoys jumping out of airplanes when she has the time and financial means.
Peggy D’Adamo, MLS, MSB
Deputy Director
Supervises support for networks and communities (INFO work with IBP, HIPNet, End Violence against Women, and the new Interagency Youth Working Group Web site). Also supervises INFO Web site and databases (One Source, POPLINE, and Photoshare) and distribution and fulfillment of requests. Loves to network in and outside of INFO and is addicted to watching HGTV.
Ruwaida Salem, MPH
Senior Technical Writer
Researches and writes for Population Reports; authored several Population Reports including “Communication for Better Health,” “When Contraceptives Change Monthly Bleeding,” “New Attention to the IUD,” and “Meeting the Urban Challenge.” Loves to make gourmet cheesecakes and is addicted to the series Lost.
Steve Goldstein
Webmaster, INFO Project
Supervises and writes web content for the INFO, Population Reports, and Global Handbook web sites. Writes press releases, reviews manuscripts, and compiles What’s New weekly column for INFO home page. Plays golf Saturday, Sunday, and Wednesday–whenever the temperature is above 40 and less than 95 degrees.
Judy Mahachek
POPLINE Librarian
Judy searches POPLINE for developing country requesters and for Center for Communication Programs staff. She also manages cataloging for POPLINE and catalogs technical reports and gray literature. Her favorite current project is collaborating with fellow POPLINE staff and users in the upcoming ninth edition of the POPLINE thesaurus. Judy belongs to two book clubs and loves to be taken for long walks by her golden retriever in their faux Victorian neighborhood.
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