Role of the Steering Committee
The role of the CBAS steering committee is to provide guidance and oversight of CBAS activities. Specific responsibilities include:
- reviewing key materials produced for CBAS,
- providing input on CBAS plans and initiatives,
- and promoting CBAS to colleagues and other organizations.
Current Steering Committee
Designed to be representative of clinical and social science work being done on cervical barriers and related products globally, the current steering committee includes the following individuals:
- Mags Beksinska
MatCH Research Unit (MRU), Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of the Witwatersrand - Marianne Callahan
CONRAD - Tsungai Chipato
UZ-UCSF Collaborative Research Programme in Women’s Health - Patricia Coffey
Program for Appropriate Technology in Health (PATH) - Bidia Deperthes
United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) - Maggie Kilbourne-Brook
Program for Appropriate Technology in Health (PATH) - Helen Rees
Wits Reproductive Health and HIV Institute - Jill Schwartz
CONRAD - Ariane van der Straten
Women’s Global Health Imperative, RTI
Advisory Staff
- Kelly Blanchard
Ibis Reproductive Health
Executive Director
- Laura Fix
Ibis Reproductive Health