MCI's Youth Advisory Board diligently creates compelling content to educate and engage with audiences young and old.
On this page, we share a collection of our youth leaders' blog posts addressing personal perspectives on reproductive autonomy for all.
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Reflections on Trainee Success Program with Diba Dindoust
Recent Trainee Success Recipient and Youth Advisory Board member Diba Dindoust, visited the lab of MCI grantees, Dr. Lonny Levin and Dr. Jochen Buck, and shares her thoughts about the experience in this blog post. |
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MCI & Emerging Leaders in Contraceptive Technology Innovation
MCI Youth Advisory Board member Meghana Reddy was accepted into the Emerging Leaders in Contraceptive Technology Innovation mentoring program, and shares her thoughts about the experience in this blog post. |
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A Conversation with MCI YAB Member Meghana Reddy
Our Youth Advisory Board member Meghana Reddy sat down with us to discuss her motivation in joining the board and her interest in male contraception. This blog post shares highlights from that conversation. |
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Is there anybody out there?
MCI's Youth Advisory Board member Molly Ring shares frustrations with existing contraceptive methods and her motivation for joining the board in this blog post. |
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YAB Undergraduate Research Grant Update
MCI’s YAB hosts an annual grant for undergraduate students. The first year of this program was made possible by our friends at Parsemus Foundation with matching support from MCI. Meet the grantees and learn about their projects! |
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Why the vasectomy just doesn’t cut it for all men
When we hear “male birth control,” the vasectomy may be the first thing that springs to mind for many of us. Despite this, there’s a lot of confusion out there surrounding this procedure: Is it permanent, or reversible? Does it fulfill all of men’s contraceptive needs? To get to the bottom of these questions, YAB Member Claudia Brewer did some research and spoke with Dr. Alex Koper, a urologist at Sansum Clinic with 40 years of experience performing and counseling for vasectomies. This blog post shares that discussion. |
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A Conversation with MCI YAB Member Claudia Brewer
Youth Advisory Board member Claudia Brewer sat down with us to discuss her motivation in joining the board and her interest in male contraception. This blog post shares highlights from that conversation. |
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A Conversation with MCI’s Kathryn Carpenter
MCI Advocacy Strategist and YAB Liaison Kathryn Carpenter initially joined MCI as a Fellow from the UNC Gillings School of Public Health and now champions many of our advocacy efforts including the creation and management of MCI’s Youth Advisory Board. In this post, she shares her motivations for working at Male Contraceptive Initiative as well as her thoughts about male contraception. |
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Empathy and Education: A Response to a Common Refrain
MCI Youth Advisory Board member Connie Dean sat down with her male partner, Riley, to talk though male contraception, unequal contraceptive burden, and what to do about it. This blog post shares highlights from that conversation. |
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MCI’s Youth Advisory Board
MCI's Youth Advisory Board uses a variety of strategies to reach more youth, and these strategies themselves are based on the input from the youth advisory board members, together with guidance from MCI. This blog post shares details about the YAB's origin and intentions. |
