Pere DeRoy, PhD

I am a policy analyst. I specialize in reproductive policy efficacy; women’s reproductive health; gender, race and biomedicine, global development and health. My current research explores the impact formal state-sanctioned biomedicine and traditional healthcare systems have on pregnancy-related healthcare and birth outcomes in terms of maternal mortality and morbidity.  I explore and examine stories of causation that shape healthcare policies, implementation, practices, and health attitudes and behaviors that result in health disparities, equities, and reproductive agency in North America and the English-speaking Caribbean, and the dynamic interplay between the two regions.​ As a qualitative research methodologist, my goal is to advance public planning that negotiated at regional and international levels in ways that improves quality of life, at all stages of life, and in ways that ensures policy intentions and goals are met for policy success.  Coupled with my research practice, I am a birth and postpartum doula, childbirth educator, lactation, sexual and reproductive health, and contraceptive counselor. My approach to birth work and health disparity and equity research is that of a scholar advancing knowledge production for better practice.

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With over 12 years of experience collaborating with development-oriented organizations, including community-based groups, state agencies, and international organizations, my expertise encompasses program management, community consultation, and resource mobilization in the realms of education, sexual and reproductive health and rights, women's and youth advocacy, sexual orientation and the law, and critical analysis of prevailing discourses on human trafficking.

Research is my public service for protecting human life. 

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