Prior to her arrival at UIC, Dr. Haider worked at BIDMC, Harvard Medical School where she was the Director of the Division of Family Planning and the Ryan residency program in Family Planning from 2007 to 2011. She was recently chosen as a BIRCWH Scholar. The Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women’s Health (BIRCWH) Program was designed to provide mentorship and training to scholars in women’s health. As a BIRCWH scholar, Dr. Haider will focus on the reproductive health disparities that affect adolescent women in the U.S. Her goal is to create effective strategies to prevent adolescent unintended pregnancy by focusing on the complex interplay between the health care system, primary care providers and adolescent women’s perspectives and behaviors.