Malcolm Potts, M.B., B.Chir., Ph.D., FRCOG
Bixby Professor of Population and Family Planning
PHONE: (510) 642-6915
FAX: (510) 643-8236
LOCATION: 207-G University Hall
E-MAIL: potts@berkeley.edu
WEBSITE: Bixby Center for Population, Health and Sustainability
Courses
- PH 180: The evolution of human sexuality
- PH 181: Population and Poverty (co-taught Prata and Campbell)
Research Interests
- Mobilization of resources for international family planning
- Reducing nonevidence-based barriers preventing access to contraception and safe abortion
- Reducing maternal deaths, especially through the use of misoprostol to control postpartum hemorrhage
- Evolution of human sexual behavior
- Biological origins of human warfare
- AIDS prevention strategies, resources and role of male circumcision
Publications
Potts M, Short R. The impact of population growth on tomorrow's world. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B. 364:2969-3124
Potts M and Hayden T (2008). Sex and War: How Biology Explains Warfare and Terrorism and Offers a Path to a Safer World. Dallas; Benbella Books.
Potts M, Halperin D, Kirby D, Swidler A, Marseille E, Klausner JD, Hearst N, Wamai RG, Kahn JG, Walsh J (2008). Reassessing HIV prevention. Science. 320: 749-750.
Potts M and Hayden T (2008). Sex and War: How Biology Explains Warfare and Terrorism and Offers a Path to a Safer World. Dallas; Benbella Books.
Potts M, Halperin D, Kirby D, Swidler A, Marseille E, Klausner JD, Hearst N, Wamai RG, Kahn JG, Walsh J (2008). Reassessing HIV prevention. Science. 320: 749-750.
Potts M, Prata N, Walsh J, Grossman A (2006). Parachute approach to evidence-based medicine. British Medical Journal 333:701-703.
Potts M. Why can't a man be more like a woman? Obsterics and Gynecology. 106:1065-70.
Campbell MM, Sahin-Hodoglugil NN, Potts M (2006). Barriers to Fertility Regulation: A Review of the Literature. Studies in Family Planning, 37: 87-98.
Prata N, Mbaruku G, Campbell M, Potts M,Vahidnia F (2005) Controlling postpartum hemorrhage after hoem births in Tanzania. International Journal of Gynecology and Obsterics 90:51-55.
Shelton, J., Halperin D, Nantolya V., Potts M. Gayle H, Holmes K (2004). Partner reduction in crucial for balanced 'ABC' approach to HIV protection. British Medical Journal 320: 891-893.
Potts DM and Short RV (1999). Ever Since Adam and Eve: The evolution of human sexuality. Cambridge University Press.
Potts DM and Potts WTW (1995). Queen Victoria's Gene: Hemophilia and the Royal Family. Somerset UK; Alan Sutton.
Other Interests
- Head, Global Health Specialty Area, School of Public Health
- Foundation board member, Population Services International, Washington , DC
- Board Member Venure Strategies for Health and Development, California
Profile updated: December 10, 2008