# Carla Obermeyer

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{{short description|American medical anthropologist and epidemiologist}}
'''Carla Makhlouf Obermeyer''' is a [medical anthropologist](/source/Medical_anthropology) and [epidemiologist](/source/Epidemiology) specializing in the study of fertility and HIV. A former associate professor of Population and International Health at [Harvard University](/source/Harvard_University), Obermeyer was director of the Center for Research on Population and Health at the [American University of Beirut](/source/American_University_of_Beirut) as of 2013.<ref>[http://www.humanrights.harvard.edu/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=83:faculty-by-school-public-health&catid=11:faculty&Itemid=70 "Human rights at Harvard"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140214190928/http://www.humanrights.harvard.edu/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=83:faculty-by-school-public-health&catid=11:faculty&Itemid=70 |date=2014-02-14 }}, Harvard School of Public Health Faculty, accessed 17 September 2013.<br/>
[https://web.archive.org/web/20141220071224/http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/137/2012/09/ID-Epi-Event-Notes-2013-04-12.pdf "Events & Notes, April 12, 2013"], Harvard School of Public Health, p. 2.</ref> She has also worked for the [World Health Organization](/source/World_Health_Organization)'s Department of HIV/AIDS.<ref>Carla Obermeyer, et al, [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3093267/ "Facilitating HIV Disclosure Across Diverse Settings: A Review"], ''Am J Public Health'', 2011 June; 101(6): 1011–1023.</ref>

Obermeyer is the editor of ''Family, Gender and Population in the Middle East'' (1995) and ''Cultural Perspectives on Reproductive Health'' (2001). She has called for more rigorous studies into the health effects of [female genital mutilation](/source/female_genital_mutilation).<ref>John Tierney, [http://tierneylab.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/12/05/circumcision-or-mutilation-and-other-questions-about-a-rite-in-africa "'Circumcision' or 'Mutilation'? And Other Questions About a Rite in Africa"], ''The New York Times'', 5 December 2007.</ref>

==Education==
*1988, D.Sc. [Harvard School of Public Health](/source/Harvard_School_of_Public_Health), Population, Maternal / Child Health, Behavioral Sciences
*1983, M.Sc. Epidemiology, [American University of Beirut](/source/American_University_of_Beirut)
*1976, M.A. Anthropology, American University of Beirut
*1973 B.A. Sociology (with distinction), American University of Beirut<ref name="AUB">{{cite web|title=CV|url=https://imera.univ-amu.fr/en/system/files/cv_carla_makhlouf_obermeyer.pdf|website=American University of Beirut|accessdate=13 February 2018}}</ref>

==References==
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==Further reading==
*Obermeyer, Carla. [https://web.archive.org/web/20150113204947/https://csde.washington.edu/fogarty/casestudies/shellduncanmaterials/day%202/Obermeyer,%20C.%20(1999)%20Female%20genital%20surgeries.pdf "Female Genital Surgeries: The Known, the Unknown and the Unknowable"], ''Medical Anthropology Quarterly'', 31(1), 1999, pp.&nbsp;79–106. {{PMID|10322603}}
*Obermeyer, Carla. [https://www.jstor.org/stable/3655391 "The Health Consequences of Female Circumcision: Science, Advocacy, and Standards of Evidence"], ''Medical Anthropology Quarterly'', 17(3), September 2002, pp.&nbsp;394–412. {{PMID|12974204}}
*Obermeyer, Carla. [https://www.jstor.org/stable/4005474 "The Consequences of Female Circumcision for Health and Sexuality: An Update on the Evidence"], ''Medical Anthropology Quarterly'', 7(5), September–October 2005, pp.&nbsp;443–461. {{PMID|16864215}}
*Jacobson, Jodi L.; Ibrahim, Barbara; and Obermeyer, Carla Makhlouf. [https://www.proquest.com/docview/307810039 "The Muslim Woman: Fighting For Faith and Family Planning"], ''The Washington Post'', 4 September 1994.

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