Access to abortion is tied to financial ability to pay for the procedure, even for those who have health insurance. Since the Dobbs ruling, the financial barriers to access abortion care have only been exacerbated since more people have been pushed to cross state lines in order to access this health care service. Abortion seekers ...Read more >

A native Wisconsinite, Alexandra Phelps attended college and medical school at the University of Wisconsin. In between, she volunteered with Americorps at a community health center in Boston, where her experiences motivated her application to the “Training in Urban Medicine and Public Health” program in medical school. There, she practiced advocacy, building community partnerships, and ...Read more >

The internet is a key source of information on family planning, especially for those in areas with limited contraceptive access or abortion restrictions. However, it is difficult to engage in any online activity without leaving behind a digital footprint, thereby risking one’s privacy. Many people lack sufficient knowledge and skills to protect their privacy online, ...Read more >

Bria Peacock has a strong background in advocating for vulnerable communities, particularly focusing on sexual health education and support for adolescent girls and mothers. From beginning her career as a Youth Program Intern at Planned Parenthood of Metropolitan Washington in 2012 to as a first-year medical student, she founded Sisters Informing Healing Living and Empowering ...Read more >

Shreya Nagendra (she/her) is a final-year doctoral candidate pursuing a Behavioral Science and Health Education degree at Saint Louis University, St. Louis (Missouri). She has a Master’s in Public Health and a strong background in quantitative and qualitative research methods. Shreya’s passion for sexual and reproductive health research was ignited during her internship and Clinical ...Read more >

Paige Logan is a doctoral student in Sociology at the University of California, San Francisco. She completed her MPH at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and has worked on abortion and reproductive health advocacy efforts at the state, national, and international levels. She also currently serves as a Policy and Advocacy Advisor ...Read more >

Fatimah Lawal is a doctoral student in public health at Purdue University. Her research centers on understanding and eliminating barriers to high-quality reproductive health care among marginalized and minoritized populations, with a specific focus on access to contraception. Born and raised in Nigeria before pursing doctoral training in the US, Fatimah garnered global experience working ...Read more >

Elizabeth Kravitz is a second-year obstetrics and gynecology resident at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. She is pursuing a career in Family Planning with a particular interest in research that shapes policy, with a focus in understanding disparities to access and care. This project is designed to document the lived experience of activists ...Read more >

The proposed mixed-methods research project aims to evaluate the quality of person-centered contraceptive care delivery at federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) in Illinois. These centers are committed to serving a racially diverse patient population in need of affordable, high-quality care through person-centered practices. Unpublished preliminary data have indicated that almost 30% of the patient population ...Read more >

Lauren Gerchow is a PhD candidate at New York University Rory Meyers College of Nursing. She received her bachelors in nursing from the University of San Francisco and her masters in nursing informatics from the University of Colorado. Lauren is a public health nurse working with the Nurse-Family Partnership program since 2013 in Brooklyn, New ...Read more >