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Past Lectures
Febraury 27, 2024
What They Don't Tell You: Effects of Radiation Therapy on Women's Sexual and Reproductive Health
What They Don't Tell You: Effects of Radiation Therapy on Women's Sexual and Reproductive Health
By: Kineret Sherman
November 29, 2023
Film Screening: Plan C
Film Screening: Plan C
By: Tracy Droz Tragos
Co-Sponsored with RHIG
October 26, 2023
Access to Contraception Post-Dobbs: Current Research and Policies
Access to Contraception Post-Dobbs: Current Research and Policies
Speakers:
Julia Strasser, Director, Jacobs Institute of Women's Health
George Washington University
May 27, 2022
Protecting, Strengthening, & Expanding Abortion Care in California
Protecting, Strengthening, & Expanding Abortion Care in California
Speakers:
Julie Elginer, Moderator
Assistant Professor, UCLA FSPH
Lisa Matsubara, General Counsel & Vice President of Policy, Planned Parenthood Affiliates of California
Onyemma Obiekea, Policy Analyst
Black Women for Wellness/Action Project
Jessica Pinckney, Executive Director
Access Reproductive Justice
Shannon K. Olivieri Hovis, Director
NARAL Pro-Choice California
Nakia Woods, Project Director
May 19, 2022
A View of Abortion Access at Ground Zero: Mississippi, Texas, and a Post-Roe U.S.
Kari White, Associate Professor of Social Work and Sociology, The University of Texas at Austin
Zoom Recording:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1MBzPgh0t4pD_BdOZg25Vu5j6k4Qhzpkn/view?usp=sharing
May 3, 2022
LGBTQ+ and Repro Justice in Los Angeles County: Then and Now
LGBTQ+ and Repro Justice in Los Angeles County: Then and Now
Stina Rosenquist, LA Homeless Services Authority
Xochitl Lopez-Ayala, ACCESS Reproductive Justice
Zoom Recording: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1lT2lqcFI9PpmQCq5OsEly41jBGLETOct/view?usp=sharing
February 24, 2022
Caring for Lesbian, Bisexual, & Queer Women's Health
Co-sponsored: Reproductive Health Interest Group and Coalition for Queer Public Health
February 17, 2022
The Future of Sex Ed Has Arrived: How Far Has California Come?
Sharla E. Smith
Comprehensive Sexual Health Ed Consultant
California Department of Education
Comprehensive Sexual Health Ed Consultant
California Department of Education
January 13, 2022
Expanding Male Engagement in Reproductive and Gender Equity
Brian T. Nguyen
Assistant Professor of Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology
Assistant Professor of Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology
November 10, 2020
Gender Power Dynamics in Sexual and Reproductive Health in the Global South
Judith F. Helzner
May 28, 2020
Self-Care in Global Reproductive Health: What's on the Horizon?
Danielle Harris
WCG Cares
WCG Cares
May 6, 2020
Findings of the Student-Assessed Sex Education (SASS) Project
Paula Tavrow
UCLA Bixby Center on Population and Reproductive Health
UCLA Bixby Center on Population and Reproductive Health
February 20, 2020
How Did They Do It? The Inside Story of SB-24 (Panel)
Medication Abortion on UC &USC Campuses
February 20, 2020
How Did They Do It? The Inside Story of SB-24: Medication Abortion on UC &USC Campuses
Ushma Upadhyay
University of California, San Francisco
January 23, 2020
"Think Syphilis"—Innovation Strategies for Targeting LA Women
Melissa Papp-Green
LA County Department of Public Health
December 3, 2019
The Inexplicable Persistence of EFM—Is the Law to Blame?
Julie D. Cantor
UCLA School of Law
May 19, 2019
Empowerment with Sex Workers for HIV Prevention in India
Dallas Swendeman
UCLA Global Health Institute
April 16, 2019
Understanding HPV Vaccine Hesitancy from A Cultural and Social Perspective: Romania Case Study
Adriana Baban
Babes-Bolyai University, Dept. of Psychology
February 4, 2019
Gender Discrimination in Sexual & Reproductive Health Rights—
The Role of the Judiciary in Southern Africa
Justice Oagile Key Dingake
Justice of Supreme and National Courts of Papua New Guinea
January 9, 2019
Telehealth: The Next Frontier in Abortion Care
Ushma Upadhyay
Bixby Center for Global Reproductive Health, UCSF
May 29, 2018
Dismantling Systemic Barriers to Sexual and Reproductive Health Equity for Foster Youth
Lesli LeGras
National Center for Youth Law
April 12, 2019
Forced Care During Pregnancy: Why Time's Up On That Too
Julie D. Cantor
UCLA School of Law
January 25, 2018
From Horror to Humor: Abortion on American Television
Gretchen Sisson
UCSF Bixby Center for Global Reproductive Health
November 29, 2017
Homeless and Vulnerable Youth in Los Angeles: Sexual & Reproductive Health Challenges
Carrie Mounier
Children's Hospital Los Angeles
November 29, 2017
Homeless and Vulnerable Youth in Los Angeles: Sexual & Reproductive Health Challenges
Inez Parra
My Friend's Place
May 30, 2017
Sex Ed, Gender Equity, Public Health and Social Justice
Magaly Marques
Promundo
April 12, 2017
Reproductive Justice and Safe Haven Laws
Laury Oaks
UCSB
February 21, 2017
Reproductive Health of Young Women in Los Angeles County Probation Camps
Hailey Jures
Violence Intervention Program
November 29, 2016
California Health Youth Act: How is LAUSD gearing up?
Tim Kordic
Los Angeles Unified School District
November 29, 2016
California Healthy Youth Act: Moving Implementation Forward—
What Still Needs to be Done
Melissa Papp-Green
LA County Department of Public Health
November 29, 2016
California Health Youth Act: How did we get this great law?
Kelly Soto
ACLU of Southern California
April 12, 2016
Sexuality Education Initiative: A Multi-Component High School Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program
Nicole Ressa
Planned Parenthood Los Angeles
February 16, 2016
Creating Futures Without Domestic Violence: Policy Change, Men and Clinicians
Debbie Lee
Futures Without Violence
January 26, 2016
Firearms and Violent Death in the United States
Deborah Azrael
Harvard Injury Control Research Center
October 12, 2015
Adolescent Reproductive Health in Uganda: Strategies and Challenge
Geoffrey Anguyo
September 30, 2015
Health and Advocacy of LGBTI People in South Africa
Caroline Maposhere
May 7, 2015
Fetal Origins of Adult Obesity
Michael Ross
April 16, 2015
The Health & Well-being of Adolescents with Lesbian Mothers: Findings from the U.S. National Longitudinal Lesbian Family Study
Nanette Gartell
Visiting Distinguished Scholar at the Williams Institute UCLA School of Law
March 9, 2015
Addressing Reproductive Health as a Human Right
Cynthia Maung
January 29, 2015
Consequences for Women of Receiving or Being Denied a Wanted Abortion
Diana Greene Foster
December 2, 2014
Sexual and Reproductive Health in a Post-Obamacare World
Alejandro Huerta
November 12, 2014
Introduction of the female condom in Southern Africa
Caroline Maposhere
May 8, 2014
Our Girls Matter: Menstrual Hygiene Management in Nigeria, Education and Male Participation
Deborah Dauda, MPH '12
April 29, 2013
Violence & Reproductive Health: A Panel Discussion
Melodie Kruspodin, Saima Husain
Just Detention International, Peace Over Violence, Souther Asian Network
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View or download presentation
February 25, 2014
Making Our Voices Heard on Reproductive Justice
Sandra Fluke
Lawyer and Women's Rights Activist
February 6, 2014
Sex Trafficking of Domestic Minors
Anne-Michelle Ellis
December 4, 2013
The Economics of Sex Work: A Developing Country Perspective
Manisha Shah
October 22, 2013
Gender Transformation, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence and HIV in South Africa
Emily Nagisa Keehn
April 15, 2013
Investing Where it Counts: Building Social, Health and Economic Assets for Vulnerable Adolescent Girls in Africa
Eunice Muthengi
February 13, 2013
Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer: A Discussion on Cancer Genetics and a Fellow Bruin's Action Plan
Claudia Gilmore, Patricia Ganz
November 26, 2012
Safe, Legal, and Rare? An update on abortion around the world
Caitlin Gerdts
October 11, 2012
Media Strategies to Impact Health and Social Change in West Africa
Alexandre Rideau
RAES
February 7, 2012
Sexual Violence: Current Issues Among Adolescents & Juveniles in Detention
Linda MacFarland, Sari Lorge
Just Detention International, Peace Over Violence
May 19, 2011
Fistula and Conflict: Reproductive Health in East Democratic Republic of Congo
Nerys Benfield
April 12, 2011
The Health of Women Prisoners: Global Challenges and Solutions
Nancy Stoller
December 2, 2010
Zooming In and Out: Explorations of HIV Risk, Responsibility, Intimacy and Love
Heidi Van Rooyen
May 19, 2010
Adolescent Reproductive Health and Social Media and Senegal
Alex Rideau
RAES
April 28, 2010
Overview of the Process of Developing a National Population Policy: Lessons from Rwanda
Michelle J. Hindin
Johns Hopkins University
January 25, 2010
In Trying to Find Common Ground, Do We Hurt Abortion Rights?
Tracy A. Weitz
January 5, 2010
Science, Abstinence, and Nonsense: Ideological Threats to Public Health
John S. Santelli
May 21, 2008
Worker Health and Safety in the Adult Film Industry
Peter R. Kerndt
May 8, 2008
Abortion vs. Post-Abortion Care in Africa: Challenges and Opportunities
Solomon Orero
March 5, 2008
Being Delivered of Giving Birth? Alternative Global Child Practices
Anne Verwall
January 29, 2008
Misconceptions About AIDS in Africa: Ours and Theirs
Susan Cotts Watkins
June 7, 2007
The New Partial Birth Abortion Law and Abortion Rights in the United States: Where do we stand?
Regina Clemente
Planned Parenthood
June 4, 2007
Microbicides: A new Hope for HIV/STIs. Global and Local Perspectives
Pamina Gorbach
March 31, 2007
Why Have Human Rights Organizations Take On Reproductive Health?
LaShawn R. Jefferson
Amnesty International USA, Human Rights Watch
March 13, 2007
Trapped in the Shadows: Sex Trafficking and Women's Health
January 24, 2007
Access to Second Trimester Abortion: A Public Health Perspective
Tracy Weitz
March 6, 2007
Challenges of Reproductive Health in Complex Emergencies
Stephen Tomlin
November 14, 2006
Impact of Web-Based Intervention on Reproductive Health Services in Rural China
Virginia Li
October 27, 2006
Legal Issues Regarding Safety of Performers in the Adult Film Industry
Maria de Cesare
AFI Think Tank
October 27, 2006
STD Risks to Performers in the Adult Film Industry
Katherine M. Stone
September 26, 2006
Entertainment Broadcasting and Reproductive Health in Developing Countries: The Power of Role Models
May 25, 2006
Sexual and Reproductive Health Issues for Undeserved Women
Lourdes Rivera
May 10, 2006
What Happens When Women's Preventive Care is Undervalues? Lessons from Romania
April 28, 2006
Reproductive Health Issues in Asia and the Pacific: Old Challenges, New Strategies
April 10, 2006
Psychosocial Stress and Persistent Racial Disparities in Adverse Birth Outcomes
Tyan Parker Dominguez
April 10, 2006
Reproductive Health Disparities: A Lifespan Approach
Kimberly D. Gregory
Cedars Sinai Medical Center, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA School of Public Health
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Cedars Sinai Medical Center, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA School of Public Health
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April 10, 2006
Conceptual Framework: Health Disparities in African-American Women
Antronette (Toni) Yancey
UCLA School of Public Health and Center to Eliminate Health Disparities
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UCLA School of Public Health and Center to Eliminate Health Disparities
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February 8, 2006
An Update on HIV in Mexico
Dr. Jorge Savedra
Mexico HIV/AIDS Program
February 7, 2006
Women's Health, Emergency Contraception and the FDA
November 18, 2005
Improving Women's Reproductive Health Through Expanding Access to Key Health Technologies
October 18, 2005
The Women's Commission for Refugee women and Children: Making Reproductive Health a Priority for Refugee and Displaced Women
May 23, 3005
Safe Sex for Sex Workers Part 2: Public Health Issues in the Adult Film Industry
March 8, 2005
Reproductive Health in HIV Infected Women
February 10, 2005
Safe Sex for Sex Workers
Sharon Mitchell
Adult Industry Health Care Foundation (AIM-Med)
Adult Industry Health Care Foundation (AIM-Med)
November 23, 2004
Preventing Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV/AIDS in Africa: Opportunities and Challenges
October 19, 2004
Planned Parenthood: Advancing the Reproductive Rights Agenda
Mary-Jane Waglé
Planned Parenthood
Planned Parenthood
May 13, 2004
The Abortion Pill, the Morning After Pill and Microbicides: the Politics of New Reproductive Technologies
Francine Coeytaux
Pacific Institute for Women's Health
Pacific Institute for Women's Health
March 10, 2004
Harnessing the Power of Entertainment to Improve Reproductive Health Globally
November 13, 2003
The Impact of President Bush's Policies on Women's Reproductive Health: The Case of UNFPA
Jane Roberts, Sarah P. Burns
UCLA Institute for the Environment, UNFPA
UCLA Institute for the Environment, UNFPA
November 6, 2003
Reproductive Health of Refugees: Progress and Challenges
May 28, 2003
Barriers to Reproductive Health in Post-Communist Romania
May 13, 2003
Sex Work in Russia: Qualitative Studies of its Ecology, Social Organization, and Impact on STD Epidemiology
Dr. Sevgi Aral
CDC
CDC
May 9, 2003
Organizing for Sexual and Reproductive Rights: The Latin American Consortium for Emergency Contraception
March 12, 2003
Post-Abortion Care in Sub-Saharan Africa: New Developments
February 12, 2003
Achieving Reproductive Rights in Brazil
Magaly Marquez
Pacific Institute for Women's Health
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Magaly Marquez
Pacific Institute for Women's Health
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December 6, 2002
HIV/AIDS and Women in Nepal
Pradeepta Upadhyay
South Asian Network
South Asian Network