Overview
Silpa Srinivasulu, whose pronouns are she/her/hers, is an Adjunct Professor in the Heilbrunn Department of Population and Family Health at the Mailman School of Public Health. She teaches the Qualitative Data Analysis and Research Methods classes in the Advanced MPH Online Program. Silpa is the Director of Programs and Evaluation at the Reproductive Health Access Project where she oversees programs to train, support, and mobilize primary care clinicians to ensure equitable access to sexual and reproductive healthcare, including abortion. Her qualitative and mixed-methods research and evaluation work focuses on the implementation of reproductive health services in primary care settings. Silpa is currently pursuing her PhD in the Department of Community Health and Health Policy at the City University of New York Graduate School of Public Health & Health Policy.
Credentials & Experience
Education & Training
- BS, 2013 The George Washington University
- MPH, 2018 Columbia University
Research
Research Interests
- Abortion Policy
- Health Services Research
- Mixed methods
- Qualitative Methods
- Reproductive Health
Selected Publications
Tressan A, Nyandak D, Srinivasulu S, Fiastro AE, MacNaughton H, Godfrey EM. Telemedicine Abortion in Primary Care: An Exploration of Patient Experiences. Ann Fam Med. 2024;22(1):19-25. doi:10.1370/afm.3058. https://www.annfammed.org/content/22/1/19
Srinivasulu S, Nyandak D, Fiastro AE, MacNaughton H, Tressan A, Godfrey EM. Telehealth Medication Abortion in Primary Care: A Comparison to Usual in-Clinic Care. J Am Board Fam Med. 2024;37(2):295-302. doi:10.3122/jabfm.2023.230178R1. https://www.jabfm.org/content/37/2/295
McMahon HV, Riker L, Broughton-Jones H, Trotta L, Srinivasulu S. Organizing Primary Care Clinicians to Expand Reproductive Health Access: A Qualitative Program Evaluation. Fam Med. 2024;56(4):250-258. doi:10.22454/FamMed.2024.589091. https://journals.stfm.org/familymedicine/2024/april/srinivasulu-2023-0227/
Manze MG, Srinivasulu S, Jones HE. Patient perspectives of using reproductive autonomy to measure quality of care: a qualitative study. BMC Womens Health. 2023;23(1):647. Published 2023 Dec 5. doi:10.1186/s12905-023-02804-3. https://bmcwomenshealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12905-023-02804-3
Srinivasulu S, Yavari R, Brubaker L, Riker L, Prine L, Rubin SE. US clinicians' perspectives on how mifepristone regulations affect access to medication abortion and early pregnancy loss care in primary care. Contraception. 2021;104(1):92-97. doi:10.1016/j.contraception.2021.04.017. https://www.contraceptionjournal.org/article/S0010-7824(21)00133-5/fulltext
deFiebre G, Srinivasulu S, Maldonado L, Romero D, Prine L, Rubin SE. Barriers and Enablers to Family Physicians' Provision of Early Pregnancy Loss Management in the United States. Womens Health Issues. 2021;31(1):57-64. doi:10.1016/j.whi.2020.07.003. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.whi.2020.07.003.
Srinivasulu S, Riker L, Maldonado L, Breitbart V. Evaluation of the Miscarriage Care Initiative: A Program to Integrate Comprehensive Early Pregnancy Loss Management in Primary Care Settings. Fam Med. 2020;52(10):707-715. doi:10.22454/FamMed.2020.130959. https://journals.stfm.org/familymedicine/2020/november-december/srinivasulu-2019-0443/
Srinivasulu S, Shah SD, Schechter CB, Prine L, Rubin SE. Effectiveness of clinical decision support to enhance delivery of family planning services in primary care settings. Contraception. 2020;101(3):199-204. doi:10.1016/j.contraception.2019.11.002. https://www.contraceptionjournal.org/article/S0010-7824(19)30468-8/abstract
Srinivasulu S, Maldonado L, Prine L, Rubin SE. Intention to provide abortion upon completing family medicine residency and subsequent abortion provision: a 5-year follow-up survey. Contraception. 2019;100(3):188-192. doi:10.1016/j.contraception.2019.05.011. https://www.contraceptionjournal.org/article/S0010-7824(19)30174-X/abstract.