This new report calls for urgent reforms to California’s pesticide regulatory system, including stronger oversight of chemical mixtures and new legislative action to address cumulative health and environmental risks.
Quincy Peters’ family friend was shot and killed by police in 2008. Fifteen years later, she began working at the UCLA BioCritical Studies Lab – where researchers analyze the autopsies of people who have died in jails or during encounters with law enforcement officers.
Join us next March 5th for Jonah Walters’ talk on the history and impact of pepper spray and aerosol policing. This event explores how these weapons shape protest, public safety, and state power.
The UCLA Center for the Study of Women|Barbra Streisand Center announced the AY25–26 Faculty Writing Retreat Grant awardees to support self-organized writing retreats designed to foster sustained research, collaboration, and intellectual community among UCLA faculty.
Next March 17-18 we will be hosting the symposium between ISG and the CNRS “Rethinking Boundaries to Confront 21st-Century Challenges: Interdisciplinarity and Collaborations in the Anthropocene” in Royce Hall 314.
The landscape of reproductive health in the United States has long been contested and remains ever-changing. Since the 2022 Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision overturned Roe v. Wade, clinicians across the United States have been faced with difficult decisions that require a reconciliation of clinical obligation and legal restriction. Our project focuses specifically on investigating this issue from the perspective of healthcare providers in states that have some of the most restrictive reproductive health landscapes in the country. With a specific emphasis on Georgia, we strive to understand how clinicians at teaching institutions, such as Emory, evaluate and care for pregnancy-related emergencies amidst restrictive policies. Our work incorporates a variety of interviews to provide a holistic understanding of the stakeholders involved, from the policy makers to those in academia, medical students, impacted communities, and finally, clinicians who have worked in Obstetrics and Gynecology and witnessed changing practices over the last decade. Project by Avantika Aggarwal, Hanna Boughanem and Saanvi Rai.