Assistant Professor, UCSF | Global sexual and reproductive health researcher, @UNCpublichealth and @Cornell alum
Joined September 2015
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People with disabilities face inequitable access to reproductive health care.
They most commonly experience logistical and access-related barriers, such as difficulty finding a place where they feel comfortable that offers reproductive care services. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam…
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Congratulations to 2023 @UCSFMedicine John Watson Scholars!
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Waru Gichane retweeted
1 Dec 2022
Check out our new editorial in @HSR_HRET entitled, “Dobbs and disability: Implications of abortion restrictions for people with chronic health conditions” (my first first author publication)!
Co-written with @LindseyYatesMPH @hing_anna @alannahirz @RRHDr
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Waru Gichane retweeted
3 Nov 2022
Yesss. This. This is the convo we need 💯 @waru_gee @Dra_Wallace
Something US schools of public health @ASPPHtweets especially need to hear. Repeatedly.
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3 Nov 2022
"This focus on Western ways of thinking is an example of epistemic injustice, wherein marginalised groups are not viewed as credible producers, interpreters or recipients of knowledge"
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3 Nov 2022
I am excited to share this new publication with @Dra_Wallace
Dismantling and reimagining global health education tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
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3 Nov 2022
2. Curricula in global health degree programs are predominated by scholarship of HIC based researchers
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3. Short-term practicums conducted in low-and-income countries as part of global health training can cause immense community harm
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1 Aug 2022
I am honored to be a part of this wonderful program! Congratulations to my fellow cohort mates.
The HPTN Scholars Program is pleased to announce the next talented group. During the next 18 months, they will conduct secondary analyses of HPTN study data. Meet the Scholars at hptn.org/research/scholars/s…
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Hi 👋 We’re a research program at @UCSF that studies reproductive health, rights, and access.
There is a lot of misinformation cropping up about abortion access right now. Follow us to get the facts.
If you’re already with us, hit RT so we can spread some science 🤓
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25 Apr 2022
“I always say my purpose in being here is to manifest racial justice so that Black women and girls can live their full greatness and glory that they can achieve and have the opportunities for health equity.” ❤️
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Waru Gichane retweeted
27 Mar 2022
Academics as #BlackPanther characters, a 🧵:
1. LORD M'BAKU. Imposing presence. Confident, kinda brash, but a formidable, fearless leader who has power & wields it to protect others. A refuge for timid/less powerful colleagues. Institutional & academic bullies fear M'Bakus.
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16 Mar 2022
Today marks one year since I got the call from @DrDGrossman letting me know that I was offered a position at @ANSIRH! So much has happened since this moment last year. What a journey it’s been.
ALT A Black woman with both of her arms in their air with a joyous look of victory. She is in her dining room with a table and snake plant behind her.
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20 Jan 2022
Open to current doc, postdoc, or early career investigators! #EpiTwitter
ANSIRH’s @DrSCMRoberts is seeking a researcher from a historically excluded background to work on a NIAAA-funded legal epidemiology study on the impacts of state pregnancy-specific alcohol & drug policies. ansirh.org/diversity-supplem…
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