Joni Brown, PhD is a President’s Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Family Science at the University of Maryland School of Public Health. She earned her MA and PhD in Health Psychology from the University of California, Los Angeles, and a BA in Psychology from St. John’s University. Joni’s primary research program investigates psychosocial and ...Read more >

Brittany Brathwaite is a reproductive justice activist, cultural organizer, and critical sociomedical scientist with a deep-seated commitment to supporting the leadership, organizing, and healing of Black women, girls, and nonbinary folks. She is the co-founder of Kimbritive, the unapologetic digital health platform revolutionizing sexual and reproductive health for Black women by Black women. Currently, she ...Read more >

Emily Boniface is a PhD student in Health Systems and Policy at the OHSU-PSU School of Public Health in Portland, Oregon. She received an MPH in Biostatistics and continues to work as a biostatistician in the Obstetrics and Gynecology department at Oregon Health & Science University, where she collaborates on a wide range of projects ...Read more >

Cynthia Beavin (she/they) is a Sociology PhD student at the University of Cincinnati. She previously worked for over four years at the Guttmacher Institute, contributing to projects related to abortion and unintended pregnancy incidence globally, barriers to sexual and reproductive health care in Iowa and Arizona, and trends in adolescent sexual behavior. With interests in ...Read more >

Stephanie Arteaga is a doctoral student in sociology at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). She completed her MPH degree in Maternal, Child, and Adolescent Health at the University of California, Berkeley in 2016. Since 2013, Ms. Arteaga has worked on research focusing on reproductive and maternal health equity. Currently, she is a Project ...Read more >

I am an Assistant Professor of Human Development and Family Science (HDFS) at Virginia Tech. I earned my PhD in HDFS at Penn State, conducting research on sexual relationships and health in adolescence and emerging adulthood. My training emphasized how human development is shaped by relationships, communities, and social structures. I have also completed postdoctoral ...Read more >

Dr. Josephine Urbina is an Obstetrician-Gynecologist, Complex Family Planning specialist and healthy equity advocate dedicated to improving the sexual and reproductive health outcomes of historically marginalized communities. Rooted in her identity as a native Spanish-speaker and daughter of Mexican immigrants, her Latinidad fuels a deep commitment to advocacy through research and education. Dr. Urbina uses ...Read more >

Samantha Truong, MD (she/her/ella) is an Assistant Professor at Boston University Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine and an academic generalist in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Boston Medical Center (BMC), who is devoted to compassionate and equitable care for marginalized populations, particularly forcibly displaced migrant communities. She completed her medical training at ...Read more >

I am a public health scholar with interdisciplinary training in behavioral science, epidemiology, and maternal and reproductive health, I earned my PhD in Behavioral Science and Health Education from Saint Louis University in May 2023. My academic and professional journey has addressed health disparities and reproductive injustice, particularly among historically excluded populations in both the ...Read more >

Dr. Gracia Sierra is an interdisciplinary researcher trained as an economist, sociologist, and demographer who investigates socioeconomic and racial/ethnic disparities in population health outcomes. As a Data Scientist and Researcher at Resound Research for Reproductive Health, she applies experimental and quasi-experimental methods to survey and administrative data to study access to sexual and reproductive healthcare ...Read more >