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Maternal Health Rights for Farmworker Women: Teaching and Research for Action
February 1, 2024
In the heart of Santa Barbara County, amidst the agricultural landscape, pregnant farmworkers face a myriad of perinatal health risks.
The Power of Research to Create Dialogue About AAPI Women’s Experiences with Sexual Violence
May 2, 2023
What was reported as the first large cluster of the COVID-19 virus initially in Wuhan, China quickly devolved into a sharp increase in racist and violent attacks against people of Asian descent online and in-person, often the elderly. This rise in the visibility of hate crimes highlighted the often unreported anti-Asian sentiments already present in American society.
Get to know CGHJ’s New Associate Director, Sean Arayasirikul!
May 2, 2023
We caught up with the Center for Gender & Health Justice’s new Associate Director, Sean Arayasirikul, PhD to learn more about their inspiration working in public health, the ways in which their genderqueer Thai American identity has influenced their journey, advice to future public health scholars, and their path to UCGHI.
Center Name Change: Announcing the Center for Gender and Health Justice
May 31, 2022
After careful consideration and reviewing community feedback, the UCGHI Women's Health, Gender and Empowerment Center of Expertise is changing their name to the Center for Gender and Health Justice.
UCSF CHAT Study Aims to Break Barriers of Access in Abortion Telehealth Services
May 31, 2022
The California Home Abortion by Telehealth (CHAT) team at UCSF, led by Ushma Upadhyay, PhD, MPH, recently wrapped up a successful first year of research.
Six UC graduates receive fellowships for projects in women’s health, gender justice, and empowerment
May 11, 2022
The UCGHI Women’s Health, Gender, and Empowerment Center of Expertise (WHGE COE) is funding $2,500 fellowships to six graduate students to provide seed funding for research projects of their own design.
The Women’s Health Gender & Empowerment Center of Expertise’s Internship Opportunities
January 5, 2022
CHAT Study 2021 Illustration Contest
December 8, 2021
The Women's Health Gender and Empowerment (WHGE) Center of Expertise’s newest signature project is the California Home Abortion by Telehealth (CHAT) Study. This contest is part of an ongoing collaboration between the CHAT Study, the WHGE COE, and the UCGHI Student Ambassadors Program to raise awareness about the telehealth model for abortion care.
Dr. Ushma Upadhyay’s Journey to Becoming Co-Director of the Women's Health, Gender and Empowerment Center of Expertise
October 29, 2021
As a junior faculty member, Dr. Upadhyay was awarded a UCGHI fellowship through the COE--which funded her work--to measure reproductive autonomy. As her research has expanded, so has her involvement with the WHGE COE.
Women's Health, Gender and Empowerment Center of Expertise Student Ambassadors
April 8, 2021
The WHGE COE is engaging UC students in a leadership opportunity to learn about and support programs related to women’s health, gender, and empowerment.