About
Dr. Dalia Brahmi is a practicing physician who has been working in family medicine, reproductive health, and public health education for the last 20 years. She has clinical, research and teaching experience managing interdisciplinary teams, designing and implementing reproductive health trainings, and partnering with Ministries of Health, the private sector and international organizations to improve the quality of sexual and reproductive health interventions.
Dr. Brahmi is Sr. Medical Director at VaxCare, a health technology company improving access and efficiency of vaccines. As the clinical lead of VaxCare's new contraceptive initiative (www.vaxcare.com/LARC) whose goal is to increase access to contraceptive implants, IUDs and injectable contraception, she is recruiting practices who would like to offer long-acting reversible contraception (LARC) to their patients but cannot afford the up-front costs. She trains medical students and residents specializing in Family Medicine and Obstetrics and Gynecology at Planned Parenthood South Atlantic in North Carolina in family planning. As a Regional Clinical Leader with the Reproductive Health Access Project (www.network.reproductiveaccess.org) she supports a network of primary care physicians to advocate for comprehensive and equitable access to reproductive health care. Dr. Brahmi currently mentors students at University of North Carolina Gillings School of Global Public Health in Chapel Hill as well as Indiana University Fairbanks School of Public Health in Indianapolis, where she has taught a course on Literature Review and Appraisal.
Dr. Brahmi worked as a medical officer at the World Health Organization (WHO) in the Department of Reproductive Health and Research where she conducted systematic reviews, strategic assessments and piloted community heath tools that contributed to evidence-based clinical guidelines used by Ministries of Health including WHO’s Safe abortion: technical and policy guidance for health systems and Medical Eligibility Criteria for Contraception and Selected Practice Recommendations for Contraception. Dr. Brahmi served as Associate Medical Director of Ipas, an international nongovernmental organization working to reduce maternal mortality through increased access to safe abortion and contraception, where she directed the Clinical Affairs and Quality of Care teams responsible for developing Ipas clinical guidelines and monitoring the quality of clinical trainings globally.
Dr. Brahmi has published in peer-reviewed journals including British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Contraception, Family Medicine, Global Health: Science and Practice and International Journal of Gynaecology and Obstetrics and has served as an invited expert on technical working groups for the World Health Organization and U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Education
- Faculty Development Fellowship, Family and Social Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, 2008
- Fellowship, Family Planning, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 2007
- MPH, Population and Family Health, Columbia University, 2007
- MD, Medicine, Indiana University, 2002
- BA, Chemistry and Near Eastern Languages and Culture, Indiana University, 1996
