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As Students Head Back to School, Let’s Rethink What’s Success in Sex Education

By Dr. April Bell on
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Grooming Teenage Girls: The Warning Signs

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Reproductive Health has a blindspot. Here's what's missing

By Christine Dehlendorf on
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Panelists for the PCRHP panel at the Society of Family Medicine meeting

Person-Centered Contraceptive Care: A Panel Discussion on Implementation and Impact

PCRHP recently convened a panel discussion focused on implementing person-centered contraceptive care workflows in clinical practice at the Society of Family Planning Annual Meeting in Pittsburgh, PA.
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Christine Dehlendorf Elected to National Academy of Medicine

Christine Dehlendorf, MD, MS, Professor and Vice Chair for Research in the UCSF Department of Family & Community Medicine, has been elected to the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)—one of the highest honors in health and science.
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April Bell Highlighted on KCBS Radio

April Bell, Director of Girlxlab, and Assistant Professor at the UCSF Department of Family & Community Medicine, was highlighted on KCBS's coverage of the anniversary of the Dobbs’ decision. Dr. Bell discusses the importance of her work on an ongoing digital storytelling project featuring Black…
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Training the next generation of abortion providers

Dr. Christine Dehlendorf talks with KALW's Eliza Peppel about confronting declining national abortion education by embedding trainings into primary care curriculum.
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PCRHP's Rachel Logan Named a Health Justice Scholar

We are proud to announce Rachel G. Logan, PhD, MPH, CPH UCSF Family & Community Medicine's newest Health Justice Scholar.
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Meet PCRHP's Beckie Kriz

Beckie Kriz, MS, RN, program director for the Person-Centered Reproductive Health Program (PCRHP) talks about her role at PCRHP, her learnings from the UCSF Leadership Academy, and what she enjoys most about working at the UCSF Department of Family and Community Medicine.