Sandra Valongueiro Alves (Ph.D. in Demography, University of Texas at Austin) is a medical doctor from the State University of Pernambuco (UPE). Dr. Valongueiro Alves also has a M.A. in demography from the Federal University of Minas Gerais – UFMG. She has been a researcher at the Graduate Program in Public Health at the Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE), Recife, since 2006. Dr. Valongueiro Alves has worked in public health, focusing on maternal mortality and abortion, gender-based violence, reproductive health, and information on mortality. Currently, Dr. Valongueiro Alves is involved with MERG (Microcephaly Epidemic Research Group). She is also a member of the Maternal Mortality Committee of Pernambuco.
Raquel Zanatta Coutinho (Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) is an associate professor in the Demography Department at Cedeplar/UFMG. Dr. Coutinho holds a Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a Master’s degree in Demography from the Center for Regional Development and Planning at the Federal University of Minas Gerais (Cedeplar/UFMG), where she was also a Postdoctoral Fellow (Capes). Her research areas include sexual and reproductive health, with a focus on maternal health, as well as the contextual and inequality factors that mediate the relationship between reproductive intentions and outcomes. Currently, she is leading the Extension Project “Sentidos do Nascer” (UFMG/FACE).
Raphael Nishimura (Ph.D. in Survey Methodology, University of Michigan) is the Director of Sampling Operations of the Survey Research Operations (SRO) within the Survey Research Center (SRC) at the University of Michigan Institute for Social Research (ISR). He has been working with sampling and survey statistics for over ten years. His main research interest includes sampling methods, survey nonresponse and adaptive/responsive designs. He is also the director of the Sampling Program for Survey Statisticians of the SRC Summer Institute for Survey Research Techniques.
Alexandre Gori Maia (PhD in Economics, UNICAMP) is a Full Professor at the Economics Institute of the Universidade Estadual de Campinas (Brazil). He works with applied econometrics and development economics, focusing on demographic economics, well-being and poverty, health and inequality, and the impacts of social and environmental change in Brazil. Notably, he contributes as a co-investigator for the DZC project. His recent research endeavors encompass a diverse spectrum, including the interconnections between demography, health, and the economy in collaboration with the University of Texas – Austin and Columbia University. Additionally, he has been actively engaged in evaluating climate resilience strategies for family farming alongside the Adapt Group and the University of California – San Diego. Furthermore, his work delves into the impacts of land-use changes and agroforestry, with ongoing partnerships with Virginia Tech and the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation. He is co-PI of the DZC 2 project.
Sneha Kumar is an Assistant Professor of Human Development and Social Policy at Northwestern University. She is a social demographer who studies the determinants and consequences of global family change. Her research focuses on understanding how/why family dynamics are changing across the Global South, and what these changes mean for the health and wellbeing of aging individuals and young adults. Prior to coming to Northwestern, Sneha was a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Texas at Austin with the DZC project. She holds a PhD in Development Sociology with a concentration in Population and Development from Cornell University. She is co-PI of the DZC 2 project.