Blair G. Darney, PhD, MPH, is a reproductive health services researcher and the Vice President for Domestic Research at the Guttmacher Institute. She holds appointments at the Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) School of Medicine, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Division of Complex Family Planning (CFP), and at Mexico’s National Institute of Public Health (INSP). She is an internationally recognized expert in abortion, contraception, adolescent fertility, health policy, and health systems and service delivery across the United States and Mexico. Dr. Darney employs quantitative methods, leverages a variety of data sources, and has a track record of mutually beneficial binational collaboration. Her work has been supported by NIH, AHRQ, OPA, WHO, the Society of Family Planning (SFP), the Mexican government, the MacArthur Foundation, state government, and Merck/Organon and has resulted in over 150 peer-reviewed publications to date. Her work has been cited in clinical guidance, legal cases, and used by federal, state, and grassroots level advocates. Dr. Darney holds a PhD in Health Services Research from the University of Washington School of Public Health in Seattle, Washington, and an MPH in Global Health from Yale University. She served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Senegal and was a Fulbright Garcia-Robles US scholar in Mexico. Dr. Darney has served on the Boards of the SFP, and CISIDAT, a Mexican NGO devoted to supporting in-country health research, and on clinical guidance committees at ACOG. She currently serves as the Editor-in-Chief of Contraception, an International Reproductive Health journal, the official journal of SFP.
Vice President for Domestic Research