Research and leadership at the AcademyHealth 2025 Annual Research Meeting

Faculty, scholars, and staff from the UW Department of Ob-Gyn brought research and provided leadership at the AcademyHealth 2025 Annual Research Meeting. AcademyHealth hosted the event in Minneapolis June 7-10, 2025. 

Podium presentations: 

Partnering with Community and Applying Evidence to Advance Reproductive Health - Tiffany Green, PhD, associate professor in the Division of Reproductive and Population Health, chaired a podium session focused on how the Dobbs decision and subsequent health care and policy decisions have affected person-centered reproductive health care.  

Contraceptive Method Switching Among Texans in Response to SB8 – Taehyun Kim, PhD, postdoctoral scholar in the UW Collaborative for Reproductive Equity (co-author) 

Lower Obstetrician and Gynecologist (OBGYN) Supply in Abortion-Ban States, Despite Minimal State-Level Changes in the 2 Years Post-Dobbs – Ellen Schenk, MPP, data analyst in the Reproductive Equity Action Lab (co-author) 

Posters:  

Health Services Utilization in Older Adults with Dual Sensory Impairment – Erin Nelson-Bakkum, AuD, Clinical Research Billing Compliance Specialist 

Evaluation of Federal Investments in Rural Residency Development As a Solution to the National Health Workforce Shortage – Ryan Spencer, MD, MS, associate professor in the Division of Gynecologic Oncology (co-author) 

Effect of Medicaid Coverage for Abortion on Economic Outcomes in Illinois – Taehyun Kim, PhD (co-author) 

Identifying Geographic Gaps in the Clinical Workforce Providing Contraception to Medicaid Beneficiaries, 2019 & 2020 - Ellen Schenk, MPP (co-author)