UCSF Bixby Center for Global Reproductive Health
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Headquarters Location: San Francisco, CA
Founded: 1999
Mission: The UCSF Bixby Center for Global Reproductive Health was formed in 1999 to address the health, social, and economic consequences of sex and reproduction through research and training in contraception, family planning, and STIs. The Bixby Center strives to develop preventive solutions to the most pressing domestic and international reproductive health problems.
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national, women's reproductive health, advocacy, adolescent sexual health, sexually transmitted diseases, abortion, maternal health, contraception, health care, technical assistance, information services, resource services, medical training, research
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Leadership
Claire Brindis.
Dr. Brindis is a professor in the Department of Pediatrics, Division of Adolescent Medicine and in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences. She is a Co-Director of the Bixby Center and also the Director of the Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies. She is Executive Director of the National Adolescent Health Information Center and Associate Director of the…
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Contact Info
Address:
3333 California Street, Suite 335, Box 0744
San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
Story:
One of the issue areas UCSF Bixby Center for Global Reproductive Health focuses on is adolescent and young adult reproductive health and sexuality, read more about what the need is for this area:
The number of young people in the world between ages 15 and 24 is now over one billion and rising. Their childbearing decisions will profoundly influence both their own health and welfare and that of the societies in which they live. The U.S. has the highest rates of teen pregnancy, birth, and abortion among developed countries. Inadequate sexuality education and lack of access to family planning services contribute to about 750,000 teen pregnancies annually. The Bixby Center has carried out a broad program of research and evaluation of state and local programs to identify effective, evidence based strategies to educate teens about sexuality and pregnancy prevention and to improve access to reproductive health services.
(Read more at: http://bixbycenter.ucsf.edu/publications/files/BixbyCenter_10YearReport_2009.pdf)
Expert Reviews of UCSF Bixby Center for Global Reproductive Health
Evidence of Impact Summary:
The UCSF Bixby Center for Global Reproductive Health was heralded for the efforts to increase access to contraceptive services and to expand the spectrum of practitioners. Their backing by UCSF and their cultivation of new leadership are cited as key drivers of this success.See expert comments.
Organization Strengths Summary:
A variety of dimensions received praise, but the quality of their leadership and staff were cited most often.See expert comments.
Areas for Improvement Summary:
Experts seemed to focus their improvements around ways in which the organization could do even more good. More collaboration, more staff, and leaner operations were proposed as methods of expanding programming.See expert comments.
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The medical and research staff including Drey, Darney, Speidel, and Brindis just to name a few at UCSF are recognized as the technical leaders of the reproductive health field. Just to name two, their work has changed the way many providers think about this method and their evaluations of California's Family PACT program have been central to the continued State support for this program despite California's catastrophic financial state. | ||
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They have taken on a number of relevant, important and difficult research questions and projects, stuff that a lot of other groups are afraid of/intimidated by (a panel study of abortion patients and women who are denied abortions) or that are not on our radar screen (the real need and demand for second-tri abortion services). Some of their work seeks not just to describe something, for example the provision of early medical abortion services, but actually attempts to provide training and outreach around these issues. | ||
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They offer cutting edge research in politically challenging areas. This organization does not shy away from anything; they have outstanding researchers with incredible vision. | ||
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They are effectively developing a credible and widely accepted evidence base around cutting edge issues and programs/strategies relating to abortion care, aiding the transfer of experiences had by activists, providers and communities "on the ground" to larger scale resources and initiatives. | ||
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They provide extraordinary research that fuels our most creative policy advocacy. An excellent example is the project underway in California to train advanced practice clinicians to perform early aspiration abortions. This will prove the safety of authorizing these professionals to early offer abortion services and allow for statutory change. | ||
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They perform strong research on abortion access and incorporation of new practitioners into abortion care. | ||
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They are taking on research on reproductive health that no one else will touch, bringing new knowledge and data into the field that didn't previously exist. | ||
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It's important to define reproductive health broadly and uncover/discuss the areas that typically haven't been thought of as reproductive health/justice areas and illuminate them: the intersection of reproductive and environmental health is a key area. Providers, legislators, advocates and families need to be educated and work for overhaul of Toxic Chemicals legislation, prevent exposure. It's a quickly emerging hot topic that affects each and every US citizen. | ||
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They really do create the next generation of abortion providers and also improve teaching of contraception in residency. | ||
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They provide careful research and broad initiatives that provides the data that allows us to make good arguments around women's need for abortion. For example, their summit on second trimester abortion catalyzed new projects and created a new focus on the vulnerable women who desperately need this service. | ||
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The leaders such as Phil Darney, Claire Brindis, Joe Speidel, Nancy Padian, and others have grown UCSF's Bixby Center and OBGYN dept into a leading center for research, practice, and policy. | ||
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The leadership and the staff are strong. Tracy Weitz is a great critical thinker and has a lot of innovative ideas and suggestions. Her staff members are also smart and very enthusiastic. It is my perception that Tracy seeks to mentor her less-senior staff, which I think is often overlooked by directors. | ||
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Their Director, Dr. Tracy Weitz, is one of the most dynamic and visionary researchers in the field. Their staff is incredible and the organization is increasingly recognized as being the go-to organization for translational research. They have an excellent relationship with advocacy organizations. | ||
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Tracy Weitz is a strong, thoughtful, and increasingly visible leader in the field; the program brings with it the intellectual and material resources and credibility of a large university. | ||
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They have visionary leadership; they are based in a University, so they have a stable foundation. | ||
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I have been impressed and inspired by their work. They have applied, policy, and practice-oriented research that can be used directly by advocates (professional and nonprofessional) but also do work that is in direct dialogue with public health and social science. Their work is theory based and rigorous, but accessible. | ||
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The Bixby Center does excellent research and is willing to take on risky projects. | ||
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With the prestige of the University of California backing its work, this organization has an extremely talented and dedicated staff. Its staff has a remarkable grasp of the intersection between research and advocacy. | ||
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Their vision, staff, and practical focus on service delivery improvement are strengths. | ||
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A strength of the organization is that it is well-respected throughout the field of abortion services and reproductive health/rights and that many other organizations or services are willing to partner with them on research projects. | ||
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They are well respected in the field. | ||
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Their academic leadership, terrific staff, and ability to help organize large community of relevant organizations are strengths. | ||
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It thinks "outside the box" in tackling many challenges in the reproductive health field. It is well-managed and has a talented group of advisers and staff. It has a connection to a well-respected university in the reproductive health field is a plus. | ||
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All research institutions including UCSF can do a better job of packaging their research for policy and popular audiences whether that is through more effective slide presentations with the help of a designer or short readable digests of current research that are targeted at more popular news media outlets. | ||
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The training models these programs support are very specific. It would be great to develop alternate training models that could be supported by these organizations. | ||
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Tracy has received some attention as a policy wonk talking head (e.g., appearances on Rachel Maddow), but I think they would be an even better organization if they work on their outreach and dissemination efforts. | ||
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They could have greater fluency operating in the non-university/academic setting and, to be a real national leader, establishing stronger connections at the state level, outside of California. | ||
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This nonprofit is a University, so it has different kinds of challenges than your average nonprofit organization. Personnel and human resource management needs to be improved within the nonprofit since it operates so separately from the university but must follow its rules. They need to figure out how to manage themselves in a way that meets the needs of the staff, not the university culture. | ||
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With expanded staff, it could accomplish even more than it does. | ||
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They could increase the visibility of their work. They could focus on incorporating abortion care in to primary care core competencies across disciplines. | ||
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They need to liaison more with like-minded organizations to help get the word out more. | ||
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University costs and overhead limit the impact of their grants. | ||
Leadership
Claire Brindis
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