About

Where Passion Meets Purpose

Find your path and make a difference in sexual and reproductive health through UCLA’s dynamic community of people passionate about ensuring equal care for everyone.

What is sexual and reproductive health (SRH)?

Sexual and reproductive health includes well-being, dignity, and autonomy in sexuality and reproduction, ensuring people have the information and care needed to lead safe, respectful sexual lives and make informed decisions about if, when, and how to have children. (World Health Organization, International Conference on Population Development)

BRAVE Study Principal Investigator Dr. Sudhinaraset, Co-Investigator and Bixby Center Director Dr. Gipson, and Bixby Fellow Tenzin Khando with members of the BRAVE research team.

Our Collective Purpose

Mission

The UCLA Bixby Center to Advance Sexual and Reproductive Health Equity is a transdisciplinary consortium of faculty, staff, students, alumni, policymakers, and community members that catalyzes change through education, training, collaboration, innovative research and practice to achieve optimal sexual and reproductive health for all.

Three Pillars of Our Work

Train & Educate

We prepare the next generation of sexual and reproductive health leaders through academics, practical training, the Bixby Certificate program, mentorship, and applied experiences. Students develop practical skills for impactful careers in research, policy, and practice.

  • ZBixby Certificate
  • ZApplied Practice Experience (APEx)
  • ZReproductive Health Interest Group (RHIG)
  • ZFellowship programs
  • ZMentorship connections

Connect & Collaborate

Change happens through partnerships. We serve as an intellectual hub linking researchers, community organizations, policymakers, and practitioners addressing sexual and reproductive health challenges.

  • ZFaculty affiliate network
  • ZCommunity partnerships
  • ZCross-disciplinary collaborations
  • ZConsulting services
  • ZTraining programs

Innovative Research & Practice

We tackle emerging sexual and reproductive health issues with cutting edge research that informs actionable solutions that lead to better policies and practices. Our work translates research into real-world improvements in health outcomes.

  • ZFaculty- and student-led research
  • ZCommunity-centered approaches
  • ZQuantitative, qualitative, and mixed-methods research
  • ZKnowledge translation and dissemination
  • ZImplementation and applied research projects

Our Team

Team
  • All
  • Bixby Leadership (3)
  • Advisory Committee (4)
Bixby Leadership

Jessica Gipson, PhD, MPH

Professor and Fred H. Bixby Chair of Population and Reproductive Health Director, UCLA Bixby Center
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Bixby Leadership

Leah Loh, MPH, MBA

Manager of Strategic Initiatives
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Bixby Leadership

Mia Giordano, MPH, MA

Project Coordinator
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Advisory Committee

Radhika Rible, MD, MSc

HS Clinical Professor, Program Director, Complex Family Planning, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine
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Advisory Committee

Jennifer Wagman, MHS, PhD

Associate Professor, Department of Community Health Sciences Associate Director, UC Global Health Institute's Center for Gender and Health Justice
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Advisory Committee

Michael L. Prelip, DPA, MPH, CHES

Professor, Department of Community Health Sciences, Professor Emeritus
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Advisory Committee

Maricela, MPH

Director of Research, California Latinas for Reproductive Justice
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Land Acknowledgement

The UCLA Bixby Center acknowledges the Gabrielino/Tongva peoples as the traditional land caretakers of Tovaangar (the Los Angeles basin and South Channel Islands). As a land grant institution, we pay our respects to the Honuukvetam (Ancestors), ‘Ahiihirom (Elders) and ‘Eyoohiinkem (our relatives/relations) past, present and emerging.

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Students, researchers, practitioners, and advocates can all contribute to advancing sexual and reproductive health equity.

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