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Research Team

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Principal Investigator

Ushma Upadhyay,

PhD MPH

Loves soft chocolate chip cookies. As a kid, she wanted to be a cookie-maker. Not a baker. A cookie-maker.

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Co-Investigator

Karen Meckstroth,

MD MPH

Taught the sex ed classes for her kids’ public middle school for 6 years

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Project Director

Jennifer Ko,

MLIS

Has backpacked solo through the Canadian Rockies and Banff

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Research Data Analyst

Leah Koenig,

MSPH

Likes to hike and dismantle capitalism in her spare time

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Qualitative Researcher

Postdoctoral Fellow

Andréa (Dre) Becker,

PhD

Has a pomeranian named Tuna and her favorite food is a Tuna Melt

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Quantitative Data Analyst

Lisa Peters,

MPH

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Black Experiences after Telehealth Abortion (BETA): A CHAT Study

 

Qualitative Researcher

Ashley Jeanlus,

MD

A true Bionic Woman - she has plates and screws in her jaw

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Student Researchers

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California University of Science and Medicine

Linda Shin

Medical Student

Stepped on a sea urchin her first time surfing in Hawaii

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    Louisiana State University

    Courtney Williams,

    MPH

    Once  jumped out of a plane at 13,000 feet

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      Johns Hopkins University

      Sylvie Wilson

      MPH Student

      Loves yoga and completed a 200-hr Teacher Training from home in 2020

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      University of California, Irvine

      Kalani Phillips,

      MPH

      Currently working on her 3rd degree program at UCI (BA, MPH, and now PhD)

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      Our Partners

      California Latinas for Reproductive Justice (CLRJ) is a statewide organization committed to honoring the experiences of Latinas/xs to uphold our dignity, our bodies, sexuality, and families. We build Latinas’/xs’ power and cultivate leadership through community education, policy advocacy, and community-informed research to achieve reproductive justice.

       

      At CLRJ we recognize that Latinas’/xs’ reproductive health and rights cannot be viewed in isolation. So we do our work using the reproductive justice framework that emphasizes the intersection with other social, economic and community-based issues that promote the social justice and human rights of Latina/x women and girls and the Latinx community as a whole.

       

      CLRJ joins the CHAT study team to ensure that Latinas/xs have access to culturally and linguistically appropriate educational materials and findings of the CHAT study, to increase community awareness of existing telehealth abortion care services. CLRJ, in collaboration with Comunidades Indígena en Liderazgo (CIELO), supports the language access component of the study, translating and communicating the CHAT study findings in a way that is accessible, as well as culturally and linguistically appropriate.

      The UC Global Health Institute (UCGHI) is a UC-wide initiative that stimulates, nurtures, and promotes global health research, education, and collaboration to advance health in California and worldwide. 

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      UCGHI’s Center of Gender and Health Justice (CGHJ) envisions a world in which equitable gender norms lead to healthy and empowered women and people — including UC students. The Center promotes research, education and community engagement both globally and locally to reduce gender and health inequities.

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      The UCGHI Student Ambassador Program with the CGHJ will have the opportunity to engage with CHAT to conduct outreach to student programs and healthcare providers to share information about the project as well as information about the telehealth model for abortion care, highlighting existing services. Student Ambassadors will primarily be working on:

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      • The development of creative materials: posters, informational graphics and/or videos

      • Building connections with potential patients at campus clinics/health centers or other primary care providers through direct communication and social media

      • Increasing awareness through education, including planning and hosting informational events, sessions, or lectures by students for students

      CHAT Student Ambassadors

      Summer 2023

      • Kelly Song (Student Leader)

      • Indira D'Souza

      • Ashley Lopez

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      Summer 2022

      • Eniola Owoyele (Student Leader)

               Community Outreach Committee

      • Arezoo Kalan

      • Eniola Owoyele

              ​ Education Committee

      • Cecelia Eldridge

      • Sara Moaddeli

               Blog Committee​

      • Kalani Phillips

      • Nayeli Benitez Santos

               Infographic Leader​

      • Emily Nguyen

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      If you are interested in making a major contribution, please contact Cia Glover at the UCSF Foundation Office.

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