Lianne Gonsalves

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Lianne Marie Gonsalves is an American scientist and technical officer for the Department of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Research at the World Health Organization in Geneva. [1] [2] Her research explores the area of adolescent sexual and reproductive health. [3]

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Background

Gonsalves grew up in Cary, North Carolina. As an undergraduate at North Carolina State University, Gonsalves pursued a course in biological sciences with the possible ambition of becoming a doctor. While at university, an undergraduate research trip to Guatemala encouraged her to pursue studies in public health. [4] She graduated from NC State in 2010, later moving to Venezuela for a Fulbright Scholarship. [4] [5] In 2013, Gonsalves graduated from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health with a Masters of Science in Public Health. [1] At Johns Hopkins, she researched family planning practices in Ethiopia on a Boren Scholarship. [4] She later earned her doctorate in epidemiology at the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute. For her doctoral dissertation, she researched the role of pharmacies as contraceptive outlets for young people in Kenya. [6]

World Health Organization

Gonsalves joined the World Health Organization (WHO) in 2013. At WHO, she leads public engagement on the topics of sexual education, health and well-being, [7] [8] as well as research initiatives on the topics of contraception, [9] intersex surgery [10] and sexual education. [11] [12]

Her projects have included the World Health Organization Sexual Health Survey, a comprehensive project on global sexual health, [13] [14] and she has led reports linking sexual and reproductive health to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), specifically the Sustainable Development Goal 3.7 of "Universal access to sexual and reproductive care, family planning and education." [15]

Gonsalves also manages the WHO's ARMADILLO digital sexual health information project in Kenya and Peru which has pioneered a free text message service offering young people access to accurate and understandable information on sexual and reproductive health. [16]

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References

  1. 1 2 Alumni Profiles: Where Are They Now? Lianne Marie Gonsalves, MSPH '13 . 2020. Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
  2. ↑ WHO-FWC-18.30-eng.pdf World Health Organization Lianne Gonsalves.
  3. ↑ "Lianne Gonsalves". Open Researcher and Contributor ID. Retrieved January 7, 2025.
  4. 1 2 3 "At the WHO, Alum Aims to Remove Barriers Across the Globe". Park Scholarships. March 22, 2017. Retrieved January 7, 2025.
  5. ↑ Feucht, Eva (July 10, 2010). "Lianne Gonsalves '10 Awarded Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship to Venezuela". Park Scholarships. Retrieved January 7, 2025.
  6. ↑ Gonsalves, Lianne (2020). Understanding the role of pharmacies as contraceptive outlets for young people (ages 18-24) in Coastal Kenya (Thesis thesis). University of Basel.
  7. ↑ "World Sexual Health Day". www.who.int. Retrieved January 7, 2025.
  8. ↑ Randazzo, Sophia; Day, Suzanne; Kritzer, Isabella; Zou, Huachun; Conyers, Hayley; Sakuma, Yoshiko; Wu, Dan; Kpokiri, Eneyi E.; Gonsalves, Lianne; Tucker, Joseph D. (November 2024). "Sexual health in an aging world: a global call to action for more resilient services for older and disabled adults". Sexual Health. 21 (6): SH24137. doi:10.1071/SH24137. ISSN   1449-8987. PMID   39531374.
  9. ↑ Gonsalves, Lianne; Kamuyango, Asantesana; Chandra-Mouli, Venkatraman (December 31, 2023). "Pharmacies: An important source of contraception for some adolescents, but not a panacea for all". Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters. 31 (1). doi:10.1080/26410397.2023.2221883. PMC   10332186 . PMID   37417799.
  10. ↑ Muschialli, Luke; Allen, Connor Luke; Boy-Mena, Evelyn; Malik, Aiysha; Pallitto, Christina; Nihlén, Åsa; Gonsalves, Lianne (August 28, 2024). "Perspectives on conducting "sex-normalising" intersex surgeries conducted in infancy: A systematic review". PLOS Global Public Health. 4 (8): e0003568. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0003568 . ISSN   2767-3375. PMC   11356455 . PMID   39197054.
  11. ↑ Gonsalves, Lianne; Hunter, Erin C.; Brizuela, Vanessa; Tucker, Joseph D.; Srinivas, Megan L.; Gitau, Evelyn; Mercer, Catherine H.; Bajos, Nathalie; Collins, Debbie (December 19, 2021). "Cognitive testing of a survey instrument to assess sexual practices, behaviours, and health outcomes: a multi-country study protocol". Reproductive Health. 18 (1): 249. doi: 10.1186/s12978-021-01301-w . ISSN   1742-4755. PMC   8684588 . PMID   34923998.
  12. ↑ Perez-Lu, Jose E.; Guerrero, Fiorella; Cárcamo, César P.; Alburqueque, Mónica; Chiappe, Marina; Hindin, Michelle J.; Habib, Ndema; Say, Lale; Gonsalves, Lianne; Bayer, Angela M. (February 10, 2022). "The ARMADILLO text message intervention to improve the sexual and reproductive health knowledge of adolescents in Peru: Results of a randomized controlled trial". PLOS ONE. 17 (2): e0262986. Bibcode:2022PLoSO..1762986P. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0262986 . ISSN   1932-6203. PMC   8830715 . PMID   35143513.
  13. ↑ "World Health Organization Sexual Health Survey". Brighton and Middlesex Medical School. Retrieved January 7, 2025.
  14. ↑ Kpokiri, Eneyi E.; Wu, Dan; Srinivas, Megan L.; Anderson, Juliana; Say, Lale; Kontula, Osmo; Ahmad, Noor A.; Morroni, Chelsea; Izugbara, Chimaraoke; de Visser, Richard; Oduro, Georgina Y.; Gitau, Evelyn; Welbourn, Alice; Andrasik, Michele; Norman, Wendy V. (February 2022). "Development of an international sexual and reproductive health survey instrument: results from a pilot WHO/HRP consultative Delphi process". Sexually Transmitted Infections. 98 (1): 38–43. doi:10.1136/sextrans-2020-054822. ISSN   1472-3263. PMC   8785043 . PMID   33846277.
  15. ↑ Epstein, Steven (March 23, 2022). The Quest for Sexual Health: How an Elusive Ideal Has Transformed Science, Politics, and Everyday Life. University of Chicago Press. pp. 109–110. ISBN   978-0-226-81822-1.
  16. ↑ "Digitizing sexual health information in Kenya and Peru". www.who.int. Retrieved January 11, 2025.
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