Jeffrey T. Jensen, M.D., M.P.H. is the Leon Speroff Professor and Vice Chair for Research in the Department of Ob/Gyn, Professor of Public Health and Preventive Medicine at OHSU and a Core Scientist at the Oregon National Primate Research Center (ONPRC). Dr. Jensen received a B.S. in Biology from Stanford University, an MD from Emory University and his M.P.H. from the University of Washington. He completed an internship at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center and a residency in obstetrics and gynecology at OHSU. Following residency training, he served four years in the United States Navy, and joined the faculty at OHSU in 1992.

Dr. Jensen’s career has been devoted to the improvement of human health and society through the promotion of safe, effective methods of contraception so that every baby is wanted and planned. As a clinician-scientist with more than 20 years of experience, his efforts encompass clinical care, clinical research and translational research.

He is the Director of the Women’s Health Research Unit at OHSU, and PI of the NICHD-funded Contraception Clinical Trials Network (CCTN). At ONPRC, he is Director of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation-funded Oregon Permanent Contraception Research Center (OPERM). His lab investigates novel contraceptive strategies using the nonhuman primate model. Current projects include the identification of oocyte-specific contraceptive agents, and nonsurgical methods of permanent contraception. He collaborates with CONRAD, FHI360, and the Population Council. He has served as a consultant or on advisory boards for several pharmaceutical companies, including Abbvie, Agile Pharmaceuticals, Bayer Healthcare, CooperSurgical, Evofem, Merck, HRA Pharma, MicroChips, ContraMed, and Wyeth. He is a well-regarded international speaker on contraception and serves as a Deputy Editor for the journal Contraception.