Dr. Campbell is a political scientist and health policy specialist
focusing on sustainability, scale and market mechanisms in developing
country projects. Previously she directed the population program of the
David and Lucile Packard Foundation. She is a Lecturer in the
School of Public Health, University of California,
Berkeley.
She received her degrees from Wellesley College and the University of Colorado.
Kate Bedford, MPH Director of Programs
Prior to joining Venture Strategies, Kate served as a graduate student instructor for the
Bixby Center for Population, Health and Sustainability at the University of California, Berkeley where she assisted in the Population and Poverty and Family Planning, Population Change and Health
courses.
While in graduate school, she worked for the San Francisco Department of Public Health's HIV Prevention Section and at Magnet, a gay men's clinic in San Francisco, assessing HIV test counseling quality and evaluating volunteer
programs.
She worked for three years at Health Promotion Services at Stanford University where she coordinated health education programs and
co-taught health promotion courses.
Her work at Venture Strategies includes researching the determinants of fertility and fertility decline and analyzing global population policies and
attitudes.
She also serves as Communications Manager for the Bixby
Center.
Kate holds a master of public health from the University of California, Berkeley School of Public Health with a concentration in health and social
behavior.
Nadia Diamond-Smith, MSc Research Analyst
Prior to joining Venture Strategies for Health and
Development, Nadia worked as a Visiting Research Fellow at the Postgraduate
Institute of Medical Education and Research in Chandigarh, India, doing a study
on maternal anemia in the low income and slum population.
While pursuing
her master's degree, Nadia focused her thesis research on malaria in pregnancy
in India. As an undergraduate, she
conducted thesis research on fertility decline in Southern India, specifically
looking at gender preference and sex selective practices.
Nadia also worked at
San Francisco General Hospital doing research on hepatitis B.
Nadia has participated in research
projects in Tanzania on contraceptive use and maternal mortality while an
intern with the Bixby Center for Population, Health and Sustainability, and in
rural Guatemala on the effects of indoor air pollution on maternal and child
health.
Nadia received a master of science degree from the London
School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and a bachelor of arts in Human Biology
from Brown University.
Karen Pak Oppenheimer, MS, MPH Program Manager
Karen is a native of Hong Kong.
Her experience ranges from proteomics research, healthcare information technology, to
HIV/AIDS prevention. She has worked in both public and private sectors including Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Oracle Corporation and UCSF Institute for Global
Health.
She was recently a contract program advisor at United Nations Population Fund, China, based in
Beijing.
Her work focused on advocating for the improvement of condom quality in China and its implication on
HIV/AIDS programs, and integrating HIV/AIDS services into the existing far-reaching family planning system.
Karen is fluent in Cantonese, Mandarin and proficient in
Spanish.
Karen holds a bachelor of science in chemical engineering from Johns Hopkins University, a master of science in biotechnology from Northwestern University and a master of public health from the University of California,
Berkeley.