Our Work
The Bixby Center’s transdisciplinary approach brings together expertise from public health, medicine, social sciences, and community practice in the US and abroad. Faculty affiliates and partners conduct research, inform policy, and strengthen practice across sexual and reproductive health, with a focus on equity, access, and improved outcomes.
Train & Educate
Breakthrough learning
Bixby Center expertise extends beyond conventional academics, to diverse venues where sexual and reproductive health knowledge informs broader audiences and shapes practice.
Fostering academic achievement for students:
- ZBixby Certificate
- ZJournal Club
- ZMentorship
- ZBixby Seminars
- ZCareer Advising
- ZAPEx
- ZRHIG Student Group
Building capacity for professionals, partners and community members:
- ZProfessional development
- ZConsulting and public trainings
- ZSeminars, conferences and panels
Connect & Collaborate
Fostering partnerships
We advance sexual and reproductive health by supporting and partnering with organizations and communities driving change. The Bixby Center actively participates in:
Coalition Building
We work alongside community organizations to strengthen collective efforts toward sexual and reproductive health equity.
Campus Initiatives
Bringing sexual and reproductive health conversations to UCLA through awareness events, educational programming, and interdisciplinary collaboration.
Advocacy Days
Faculty, students, and staff engage with policymakers to share research findings to provide methodological input and technical guidance on emerging and persistent sexual and reproductive health issues.
Our work prioritizes community voices and lived experiences, integrating these perspectives with rigorous research methodologies to develop practical, effective approaches to complex challenges.
Innovative Research & Practice
Better Evidence
Our evidence-based interdisciplinary work informs sexual and reproductive health.
- ZAdvancing sexual and reproductive health equity across diverse populations and life stages
- ZExamining access to and quality of sexual and reproductive healthcare, including in underserved and marginalized communities
- ZInvestigating the impacts of policy, law, and health systems on reproductive health and rights
- ZUnderstanding social, structural, and psychological determinants of sexual and reproductive health outcomes
- ZDeveloping and evaluating community-engaged and evidence-based interventions to improve sexual and reproductive health
Explore our collaborative impact
“What’s wrong with me?”: Women’s perceptions of gendered infertility stigma
This study explores how gender norms and stigma shape perceptions of infertility, highlighting how prescribed gender roles, blame, and the idea of infertility as a failure of the female body contribute to negative social and...
Highlighting Dr. Davey’s Research on Advancing HIV Prevention Through Global Collaboration
As a Bixby Center Affiliate, Dr. Joseph Davey’s work aligns with Bixby’s mission to advance reproductive health through rigorous, interdisciplinary research, training, and policy-relevant scholarship that bridges academic inquiry with real-world impact.
