Angel Foster, DPhil, MD, AM

Dr. Angel M. Foster is a Professor in the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Ottawa an the 2024-2029 Research Chair in Medication Abortion Studies. A 1996 Rhodes Scholar, she holds a doctorate from the University of Oxford, an MD from Harvard Medical School, and both master’s and bachelor’s degrees from Stanford University. Dr. Foster is a global abortion researcher and leads projects in 22 countries. She has authored more than 150 articles, co-edited three books, and serves as the Editor-in-Chief of Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health. She received the Guttmacher Institute’s 2017 Darroch Award for Excellence in Sexual and Reproductive Health Research and was inducted into the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences in 2023.

A resident of Massachusetts for more than 25 years, in 2014 Dr. Foster co-founded Cambridge Reproductive Health Consultants (CRHC), a non-profit organization dedicated to improving reproductive health and fostering reproductive justice worldwide. CRHC has long been involved in expanding access to safe, high quality abortion care in legally restricted and low resource settings through developing, implementing, and evaluating innovative strategies for service delivery. Drawing from these global lessons, in 2023 Dr. Foster co-founded The Massachusetts Medication Abortion Access Project (The MAP), the first Shield Law practice in the United States.