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Director of International Research

Elizabeth A. Sully

Portrait of Elizabeth Sully

Elizabeth Sully joined the Guttmacher Institute as a Senior Research Scientist in 2015 and became Director of International Research in 2025. Her research focuses on sexual and reproductive health, including abortion measurement, adolescent health, the impact and cost of sexual and reproductive health services, and the sociobehavioral dynamics of HIV transmission.

Dr. Sully earned her MA in public affairs and her PhD in public affairs and demography from the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs and the Office of Population Research, and she received her BA with Joint Honors in political science and international development studies from McGill University.

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Selected Publications

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    February 2023 Research Article

    Setting Health Targets Using Information from Probabilistic Projections: A Research Brief on an Application to Contraceptive Coverage

    Ann Biddlecom, Elizabeth A. Sully, Vladimíra Kantorová, Mark C. Wheldon, Naomi Lince-Deroche and Taylor Riley Population Research and Policy Review
  2. February 2023 Research Article

    Postabortion and Safe Abortion Care Coverage, Capacity, and Caseloads During the Global Gag Rule Policy Period in Ethiopia and Uganda

    Melissa Stillman, Simon Peter Sebina Kibira, Solomon Shiferaw, Fredrick Makumbi, Assefa Seme, Elizabeth A. Sully, Lilian Ha and Margaret Giorgio BMC Health Services Research
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    October 2022 Research Article

    Adding programs and system costs: the need for accurate estimates of the true costs of sexual and reproductive health and rights service provision

    Naomi Lince-Deroche, Elizabeth A. Sully and Howard S. Friedman Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters
  4. October 2022 Research Article

    An investigation of the impact of the Global Gag Rule on women’s sexual and reproductive health outcomes in Uganda: a difference-in-differences analysis

    Margaret Giorgio, Fredrick Makumbi, Simon Peter Sebina Kibira, Suzanne Bell, Doris W. Chiu, Lauren Firestein and Elizabeth A. Sully Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters
  5. May 2022 Research Article

    Impact of the Trump Administration's Expanded Global Gag Rule Policy on Family Planning Service Provision in Ethiopia

    Elizabeth A. Sully, Solomon Shiferaw, Assefa Seme, Suzanne Bell and Margaret Giorgio Studies in Family Planning
  6. November 2021 Research Article

    An Assessment of Third-Party Reporting of Close Ties to Measure Sensitive Behaviors: The Confidante Method to Measure Abortion Incidence in Ethiopia and Uganda

    Margaret Giorgio, Elizabeth A. Sully and Doris W. Chiu Studies in Family Planning
  7. March 2021 Report

    Adding It Up: Investing in the Sexual and Reproductive Health of Adolescents in India

    Rachel Murro, Rhea Chawla, Souvik Pyne, Shruti Venkatesh and Elizabeth A. Sully
  8. February 2021 Policy Analysis

    The Case for Ending the “Global Gag Rule” and the Helms Amendment

    Elizabeth A. Sully and Zara Ahmed
  9. December 2020 Research Article

    Estimating abortion incidence using the network scale-up method

    Elizabeth A. Sully, Margaret Giorgio and Selena Anjur-Dietrich Demographic Research
  10. August 2020 Policy Analysis

    From Bad to Worse: The COVID-19 Pandemic Risks Further Undermining Adolescents’ Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in Many Countries

    Sophia Sadinsky, Alan Jarandilla Nuñez, Sandra Nabulega, Taylor Riley, Zara Ahmed and Elizabeth A. Sully

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