NEW CENTER FOR REPRODUCTIVE SCIENCE, HEALTH & EDUCATION PODCAST EPISODE: I sat down with Dr. Yalda Afshar for a conversation that bridges the worlds of clinical care and cutting-edge science. Dr. Afshar shares her journey as a physician-scientist, tracing the evolution of her research in maternal-fetal medicine and revealing how the patients she cares for inspire the questions she pursues in the lab. She recounts cases that have shaped her perspective, offers a compelling look into the rising...

I sat down with Dr. Peng, a Doctoral Researcher in UCLA’s Department of Communication, to explore her groundbreaking work with the Haselton Lab on societal attitudes toward menstruation. The conversation examines how perceptions are shaped through social media discourse, survey research, and controlled in-lab experiments.

Thank you to all of the mothers, mentors, birth workers, and researchers who have been instrumental to my growth and learning this past...