Elizabeth Leahy Madsen, Research Associate

Elizabeth Leahy Madsen is a research associate at Population Action International, where she has worked since April 2004. Her areas of focus include the relationship between population dynamics and broader development issues, and global and country-level policy and funding trends in reproductive health supplies. She is the primary author of the 2007 PAI publication The Shape of Things to Come: Why Age Structure Matters to a Safer, More Equitable World. Elizabeth has delivered presentations on her work to the American Public Health Association, Fifth African Population Conference, Inter-American Defense College, International Studies Association and the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, among others. She holds a MA in international affairs from George Washington University and a BA in international relations from Knox College.