Laura Lindberg, PhD
Concentration Director, Sexual and Reproductive Health, Rights and Justice & Professor
Urban-Global Public Health
School of Public Health
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Dr. Laura Lindberg is a professor at the Rutgers School of Public Health, where she directs the program in sexual and reproductive health. She previously was a Research Scientist at the Guttmacher Institute for nearly twenty years. As a social demographer, Dr. Lindberg focuses on measuring the trends, determinants, and consequences of sexual and reproductive health in the U.S. Her research interests are centered on availability and access to reproductive health services, including a focus on policy and workforce influences. Currently, she serves as a technical research advisor to support improved data collection around contraceptive service availability and utilization for the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID) and the New Jersey Pregnancy Risk Monitoring System (PRAMS) and on the Research Advisory Board for Power to Decide. She is the recipient of the New Jersey Health Foundation 2025 Excellence in Research Award as well as the Carl S. Shultz Lifetime Achievement Award from the Sexual and Reproductive Health section of the American Public Health Association.
“As a researcher with a long commitment to sexual and reproductive health, I include midwifery in the scope of my research because it makes visible how reproductive autonomy is shaped not only by if and when to have a baby, but by how care is delivered and decisions are supported. Expanding the midwifery workforce expands options across the reproductive life course, from contraception and abortion care to pregnancy, birth, and postpartum support.”
Awards
Faculty Receives 2025 Society of Family Planning Mentor Award
Laura Lindberg, a professor in the Department of Urban-Global Public Health at the Rutgers School of Public Health, has received the 2025 Mentor Award from the Society of Family Planning….Read More
