Carla Makhlouf Obermeyer is a medical anthropologist and epidemiologist specializing in the study of fertility and HIV. A former associate professor of Population and International Health at Harvard University, Obermeyer was director of the Center for Research on Population and Health at the American University of Beirut as of 2013."Human rights at Harvard" , Harvard School of Public Health Faculty, accessed 17 September 2013. "Events & Notes, April 12, 2013", Harvard School of Public Health, p. 2. She has also worked for the World Health Organization's Department of HIV/AIDS.Carla Obermeyer, et al, "Facilitating HIV Disclosure Across Diverse Settings: A Review", Am J Public Health, 2011 June; 101(6): 1011–1023.
Obermeyer is the editor of Family, Gender and Population in the Middle East (1995) and Cultural Perspectives on Reproductive Health (2001). She has called for more rigorous studies into the health effects of female genital mutilation.John Tierney, "'Circumcision' or 'Mutilation'? And Other Questions About a Rite in Africa", The New York Times, 5 December 2007.
Education 1988, D.Sc. Harvard School of Public Health, Population, Maternal / Child Health, Behavioral Sciences 1983, M.Sc. Epidemiology, American University of Beirut 1976, M.A. Anthropology, American University of Beirut 1973 B.A. Sociology (with distinction), American University of Beirut
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Further reading Obermeyer, Carla. "Female Genital Surgeries: The Known, the Unknown and the Unknowable", Medical Anthropology Quarterly, 31(1), 1999, pp. 79–106. Obermeyer, Carla. "The Health Consequences of Female Circumcision: Science, Advocacy, and Standards of Evidence", Medical Anthropology Quarterly, 17(3), September 2002, pp. 394–412. Obermeyer, Carla. "The Consequences of Female Circumcision for Health and Sexuality: An Update on the Evidence", Medical Anthropology Quarterly, 7(5), September–October 2005, pp. 443–461. Jacobson, Jodi L.; Ibrahim, Barbara; and Obermeyer, Carla Makhlouf. "The Muslim Woman: Fighting For Faith and Family Planning", The Washington Post, 4 September 1994.