Kari White is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Health Care Organization and Policy at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. She received her Ph.D. in Sociology with a specialization in Demography from the University of Texas at Austin, an MPH from Tulane University and MA in Latin American Studies from the University of Arizona. Her research focuses on the impact of health service delivery models and policies on access to and use of reproductive health services. She is has a career development (K01) award from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development on factors influencing vasectomy use. She is also the Principal Investigator on a Packard Foundation-funded study examining post-abortion contraception in Mississippi, and is a Co-Investigator on the Texas Policy Evaluation Project.