Chelsea Polis

Dr. Chelsea Polis is a reproductive health epidemiologist in New York City who works towards improving global sexual and reproductive health, including on issues related to contraception, HIV, abortion, and infertility.

Most recently, she served as a Senior Scientist for Epidemiology at the Center for Biomedical Research within the Population Council. Prior to that, she served as a Principal Research Scientist at the Guttmacher Institute, and as a Senior Epidemiological Advisor to the Office of Population and Reproductive Health at USAID. She holds an Associate appointment in the Department of Epidemiology at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Dr. Polis received her doctorate in reproductive health from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and her undergraduate degree in medical anthropology from Brown University.

In 2023, she was awarded one of two John Maddox Prizes by Sense about Science and Nature for her courage in challenging false marketing claims made by a medical device manufacturer.