Author Nicole L. Novak, The Conversation

Nicole L. Novak, The Conversation

Nicole Novak is a Postdoctoral Research Scholar at the Prevention Research Center in the University of Iowa College of Public Health. From 2016-2017 she was a Research Fellow at the University of Michigan Population Studies Center. She holds a PhD in Epidemiology from the University in Michigan and a Masters of Science degrees in Medical Anthropology and Global Health Science from the University of Oxford, where she studied as a Rhodes Scholar.

Forced Sterilization Programs in California Once Harmed Thousands – Particularly Latinas

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Author Nicole L. Novak, The Conversation

Nicole L. Novak, The Conversation

Forced Sterilization Programs in California Once Harmed Thousands – Particularly Latinas