Tiffany Green

In addition to directing the Reproductive Equity Action Lab, Dr. Tiffany Green is Associate Professor of Population Health Sciences and Obstetrics and Gynecology and the Gloria E. Sarto, MD, PhD, Chair in Women’s Health and Health Equity Research at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She earned her Ph.D. in economics from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a B.A. in economics from Florida A&M University. She is a nationally recognized economist, population health scientist, and science communicator whose mission is to reduce and eliminate racial/ethnic inequities in reproductive health. Her primary research agenda is motivated by a persistent unsolved puzzle: how and why Black people experience the worst reproductive health access and outcomes of any racial/ethnic group—and what innovative solutions might ameliorate these persistent inequities.

She serves as Co-Principal Investigator of the Reproductive Health Experiences and Access Survey, a large national survey designed to assess access to abortion, contraception, and other forms of reproductive healthcare in the post-Dobbs era. Dr. Green also investigates the impacts of Birth Cost Recovery, a state policy allowing Wisconsin counties to recoup Medicaid birthing costs from unwed fathers on family wellbeing.

Dr. Green is dedicated to making complex issues accessible to policymakers, the public, and the next generation of clinicians and researchers. She has used her expertise to promote evidence-based policy through legislative testimony and has provided interviews for numerous local and national media outlets on reproductive equity and the racial/ethnic inequities heightened by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Dr. Green also developed “Race in American Obstetrics and Gynecology”, one of the first US medical education courses to address the role of race in the development of American obstetrics and gynecology.

What is your favorite hobby or pastime?
Reading fantasy romance novels

What’s your favorite outdoor activity?
Kayaking