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Senior Research Associate

Mia R. Zolna

Portrait of Mia Zolna

Mia Zolna joined the Guttmacher Institute in 2005 and is currently a Senior Research Associate. Her main areas of research include unintended pregnancy, abortion, and family planning service delivery in the United States. She has managed several of the Institute’s periodic fielding efforts and is an affiliate of the Guttmacher Center for Population Research Innovation and Dissemination. Ms. Zolna has published articles in the New England Journal of Medicine, the American Journal of Public Health, and Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, among others, and is a member of the American Public Health Association and the Population Association of America. She received her AB in biopsychology from Vassar College and her MPH from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

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    October 2025 Research Article

    Call to action: Bringing sexual and reproductive health equity into how we quantify the impact of contraceptive access

    Megan L. Kavanaugh, Sheila Desai, Sonya Borrero, Anu Manchikanti Gómez, Jenny Higgins, Kelsey Holt, Nikita Malcolm, Jenny O’Donnell, Alicia VandeVusse, Jeannette Wade, Mia R. Zolna and Jennifer J. Frost Contraception
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    June 2025 Research Article

    Assessing the Impact of Dobbs on Abortion Perceptions and Attitudes in More Restrictive Versus Less Restrictive State Policy Environments: Evidence from Arizona, Wisconsin, and New Jersey

    Alice F. Cartwright, Rubina Hussain, Ashley C. Little , Mia R. Zolna and Megan L. Kavanaugh Journal of Women's Health
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    May 2025 Report

    Publicly Supported Family Planning Services in the United States: Likely Need, Availability and Use, 2020

    Jennifer J. Frost, Nakeisha Blades, Ayana Douglas-Hall, Mia R. Zolna, Audrey Maynard, Samira M. Sackietey, Tamrin Ann Tchou and Bashiru Mohammed
  4. April 2023 Research Article

    Pregnancies in the United States by Desire for Pregnancy: Estimates for 2009, 2011, 2013, and 2015

    Kathryn Kost, Mia R. Zolna and Rachel Murro Demography
  5. April 2023 Research Article

    Where Do Reproductive-Aged Women Want to Get Contraception?

    Megan L. Kavanaugh and Mia R. Zolna Journal of Women's Health
  6. September 2022 Research Article

    A Prospective Cohort Study of Changes in Access to Contraceptive Care and Use Two Years after Iowa Medicaid Coverage Restrictions at Abortion-Providing Facilities Went into Effect

    Megan L. Kavanaugh, Mia R. Zolna, Emma Pliskin and Katrina MacFarlane Population Research and Policy Review
  7. February 2022 Research Article

    Financial Instability and Delays in Access to Sexual and Reproductive Health Care Due to COVID-19

    Megan L. Kavanaugh, Zoe H. Pleasure , Emma Pliskin, Mia R. Zolna and Katrina MacFarlane Journal of Women's Health
  8. May 2020 Research Article

    Abortion Reporting in the United States: An Assessment of Three National Fertility Surveys

    Laura D. Lindberg, Kathryn Kost, Isaac Maddow-Zimet, Sheila Desai and Mia R. Zolna Demography
  9. February 2020 Policy Analysis

    Estimating the Impact of Changes in the Title X Network on Patient Capacity

    Mia R. Zolna, Sean Finn and Jennifer J. Frost
  10. October 2019 Report

    Publicly Supported Family Planning Services in the United States: Likely Need, Availability and Impact, 2016

    Jennifer J. Frost, Mia R. Zolna, Lori F. Frohwirth, Ayana Douglas-Hall, Nakeisha Blades, Jennifer Mueller, Zoe H. Pleasure and Shivani Kochhar

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