Susan Wood, PhD

Susan Wood, PhD

Keynote Speaker for the 2010 Abortion
Provider Award Ceremony

Dr. Susan Wood is associate professor of public health at George Washington University where she directs the Jacobs Institute of Women’s Health. After serving as a Director of Women’s Health at the FDA, she resigned in 2005 on principle over the agency’s delay in approving emergency contraception for over-the-counter use. Her academic, governmental, and advocacy work focuses on the use of scientific knowledge in public policy.