Leadership

CORE Leadership provides oversight and strategic planning of CORE’s research, communications, engagement, and training activities. Leadership includes the Director, Associate Director, Hub Advisors, Outreach Lead (who leads the Engagement Hub), and experts from the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Click on names or photos for more information.

Jenny Higgins, PhD, MPH

Position title: Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Phone: Director and Research Hub Co-Advisor

Amy Williamson, MPP

Position title: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Phone: Associate Director

Christine Durrance, PhD

Position title: Associate Professor of Public Affairs

Phone: Research Hub Co-Advisor

Jenna Nobles, PhD

Position title: Professor of Sociology; Director, Center for Demography and Ecology

Phone: Training Hub Advisor

Michael Wagner, PhD

Position title: Professor of Journalism and Mass Communication; Director, Center for Communication and Civic Renewal

Phone: Translation Hub Advisor

Kelly Marie Ward, PhD

Position title: Assistant Professor of Gender and Women's Studies and Sociology

Phone: Engagement Hub Advisor

Zakiyyah Sorensen, RN, BSN

Position title: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Phone: Outreach Manager

Eliza Bennett, MD

Position title: Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Phone: Clinical Advisor

Lily Johnson

Position title: Senior Director of Development, UW Foundation, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Phone: Development Advisor