Jane T. Bertrand

Neal A. and Mary Vanselow Endowed Chair

Department of Health Policy and Management
School of Public Health & Tropical Medicine
Stone Center Departments
The Stone Center
People Classification
Faculty
Tulane Affiliation
Associated Faculty

Biography

Jane T. Bertrand, PhD, MBA, is a professor, jointly appointed in the Departments of Health Policy & Management and International Health & Sustainable Development. She also holds the Neal A. and Mary Vanselow endowed chair. Her work has involved program evaluation and behavior change communication in the areas of international family planning and HIV prevention. Dr. Bertrand has been on the Tulane faculty since 1979, except for the period from 2002-09 when she directed the Center for Communication Programs (CCP), at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Her published research focuses on Sub-Saharan and Latin America. In recent years she has worked primarily on the implementation and evaluation of family planning programs to increase contraceptive use in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. At Tulane she teaches one graduate level course: International Family Planning: Policies and Programs. Also, she serves as faculty adviser for Global Scholars. She is fluent in French and Spanish.

Courses

International Family Planning: Policies and Programs, Fundamentals of Program Evaluation

Additional Info

Number of Dissertations or Theses Supervised in the Past 5 Years: 5

Research

Family Planning and Reproductive Health, Developing Countries

Degrees

  • M.B.A., Tulane University, Business and Management, 2001
  • Ph.D., University of Chicago, Sociology, 1976
  • M.A., University of Chicago, Social Science Communication, 1973
  • B.A., Brown University, French, 1971

Academic Experience

Academic Experience
  • Professor, Tulane University, 2009-
  • Professor, Johns Hopkins University, 2001-2009
  • Professor, Tulane University, 1992-2001
  • Associate Professor, Tulane University, 1984-1992
  • Assistant Professor, Tulane University, 1979-1984

Distinctions

  • Synergy Faculty Research Award, Outstanding Achievement and Commitment to Excellence, Top Competitive Research funding, Tulane, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine. 2020 & 2022.
  • Honored Member, Population Association of America, 2017
  • Marjorie C. Horn Operations Research Award from Office of Population & Reproductive Health, 2007
  • “Champion of Public Health” Award, Tulane, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, 2001.
  • Tulane President’s Office Employee Scholarship for the Executive MBA Program, 2000-2001
  • Dean’s teaching incentive awards, Tulane University, 1994, 1995
  • Elected to Delta Omega, national honorary public health society, 1981.

Languages

  • Spanish
  • French

Overseas Experience

  • Guatemala
  • El Salvador
  • Mexico
  • Honduras
  • Nicaragua
  • Haiti
  • Cuba
  • Colombia
  • Peru
  • Ecuador
  • Morocco
  • Democratic Republic of the Congo

Selected Publications

  • 2024. Fifty Years of Family Planning in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: The Dogged Pursuit of Progress. London. Routledge. Forthcoming.
  • 2024. “Family Planning Programs.” With Tsui, A. Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Global Public Health. Forthcoming.
  • 2023. “Trends in contraceptive method mix among adolescents and youth aged 15–24 in low- and middle-income countries.” with Ross, J. A., & Sauter, S. R. Frontiers in Global Women’s Health, 3.
  • 2022. “Declining yet persistent use of traditional contraceptive methods in low- and middle-income countries.” with Ross, J., & Glover, A. L. Journal of Biosocial Science, 54(5), 742–759.
  • 2021. “The scale-up and integration of contraceptive service delivery into nursing school training in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.” with Ntabona, Binanga, A., Bapitani, M. D. J., Bobo, B., Mukengeshayi, B., Akilimali, P., Kalong, G., Mujani, Z.
  • 2021. “Factors influencing client recall of contraceptive counseling at community-based distribution events in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo.” with Rosenberg, Akilimali, P. Z., & Hernandez, J. H. BMC Health Services Research, 21(1), 1–784.
  • 2021. “The gap in contraceptive knowledge and use between the military and non-military populations of Kinshasa, DRC, 2016–2019.” with Akilimali, Nzuka, H. E., LaNasa, K. H., Wumba, A. M., Kayembe, P., & Wisniewski, J. PloS One, 16(7), e0254915–e025491
  • 2020. “Contraceptive method mix: Updates and implications.” with Ross, J., Sullivan, T. M., Hardee, K., & Shelton, J. D. Global Health Science and Practice, 8(4), 666–679.
  • 2015. “Family Planning in Latin America and the Caribbean: The Achievement of 50 Years.” With Santiso-Galvez, R., & Ward, V.M., MEASURE Evaluation, Chapel Hill, NC.