The UCLA Bixby Center to Advance Sexual and Reproductive Health Equity awards certificates to graduating Master's students at the Fielding School of Public Health who develop expertise via coursework and fieldwork focused on population, sexual, and reproductive health.
(Link to learn more included as button: https://www.bixby.ucla.edu/for-students/bixby-certificate)
What is the purpose of the Certificate?
The Certificate shows that the student has completed coursework and fieldwork recommended by the Bixby Center and has developed competency in: population and reproductive health policies and programs, socioeconomic and behavioral factors, program design and evaluation, health education, ethics, and advocacy. The Certificate demonstrates to future employers that the student has achieved a specialization in population and reproductive health.
Who is eligible for the Certificate?
Any graduating FSPH Masters student from any department is eligible.
What are the requirements?
Students must:
Fulfill at least 8 out of 10 Competencies (through courses, fieldwork, independent study or student group participation)
Complete at least 5 courses from the course Matrix (one may be petitioned)
Complete a 10-week field placement in population and reproductive health
Complete the required departmental project (e.g., CHS 211A/B) on a PRH topic
Participate in a relevant student group (Reproductive Health Interest Group (RHIG) and/or Sex and Cookies)
To apply, students must submit:
A completed Matrix (See page 2 for an example of a completed Matrix)
A completed Bixby Certificate application form, (pdf file)
A UCLA URSA transcript (unofficial is fine)
All application materials must be submitted by April 26th to
Dr. Jessica Gipson (jgipson@ucla.edu) (no later than 10:00 PM)
Course Matrix
The Bixby Population and Reproductive Health Certificate Matrix is available here.
Bixby Certificate Alumni Survey – Final Report
By Paula Tavrow, Angubeen Khan, and Alex Hanel
By Paula Tavrow, Angubeen Khan, and Alex Hanel
This report summarizes findings from the Bixby Certificate Alumni Survey, an online survey that The Bixby Center on Population and Reproductive Health administered to all alumni of the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health (FSPH) who had completed the Bixby Population and Reproductive Health Certificate since its inception in 2005.
2023
Claire Amabile
Evelyn Escobar Gramajo
Anna E. Fiastro
Yadira Bribiesca Leon
Katherine A. Lewis
Ashley Lopez
Katie Mazer
Victoria Rondan
2022
Setareh (Seti) Akhavan
Erica Browning
Amber Marie Guerra
Katherine Morales
Katharine Peters.
Imani Wilson-Shabazz
Monica Zepeda Zúñiga
2021
Nayelie Yuliana Benitez Santos
Bri-Ann Mary Hernandez
Lacey Howcroft-Chapple
Jacqueline Markt Maloney
Emily Murray
Kirsten Nadine Paulus
Andrea Renteria
2020
Emily M. Abrahams
Cameron Brandt
Sara Beth Harrell
Ally Power
Sydney Marie Spencer
2019
Ledaly A. Blandino
Lou Paulette S. Din
Kendall Dunlop-Korsness
Alexandra Hanel
Samantha Hwang
Melanie M. Potter
Marina Stephanie Quintanilla
Noemi Rivera-Olmedo
Kyle Patrick Ryan
Carey Walovich
Marissa Watkins
2018
Amy E. Alterman-Paradiso
Cristina Hunter O'Leary
Makaela Marie Newsome
2017
Natalie D. Dickson
Caitlin O'Connor
2016
Ruth Hsu
Sally Saleh
Emerald G. Snow
2015
Melissa Medich
Melissa Papp-Green
2014
Joanna Ekstrom
Claudia Gilmore Gutierrez
Adriana Romero-Espinoza
2013
Erica Ciaraldi
Hannah Coleman
Emily Wasson
Shun-Ching Zen
2012
Annie Fehrenbacher
Gildy Lopez
Mayon Yen
2011
Karin Hilton
Dayo Spencer-Walters
Rebecca Sussman
Lindsey Thompson
Whitney Welshimer
2010
Adam Carl Cohen
Melodee Corne
Cassondra Marshall
Vanessa Novoa
Aimée M. Williams
2009
Starr Banks
Laura Camberos
Caroline Elson
Priti Gautam
Bogdana Kovshilovskaya
Rose Liu
Philip Massey
Alani Price
Kyoko Shimamoto
Bonnie Smith
2008
Elissa Bradley
Alba Chacón
Cody Haight
Michelle Horejs
Cara O'Connor
Kara McMullen
2007
Sharie Cheng
Anya Gutman
Mashariki K. Kudumu
2006
Nathalia A. Allevato
Robin Lowney Lankton
Cara Mae Wooledge
Jaimie Morse
Jennifer Taylor
2005
Lidia Marie Carlton
Emily Chung
Ingrid Dries-Daffner
Megan Grimm
Andrea Hoberman
Leah Maddock
Rotrease Regan-Yates
Marie Elizabeth Sharp
Kristen M. Shellenberg
Sara Siebert