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YAB Blog Posts

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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.

General

Guest Post: Reflections on Trainee Success Program with Diba Dindoust

Support for young researchers is a key pillar of MCI’s work in furthering the progress of male contraception. We find it so important that we have a variety of ways to get behind today’s...

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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...

A Conversation with MCI YAB Member Meghana Reddy

Our most recent MCI 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...

General

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.

Updates

YAB Undergraduate Research Grant Update

In 2021, MCI's Youth Advisory Board (YAB) was able to release an undergraduate research opportunity in an effort to engage young scholars in the field of male contraception. The opportunity was made...

Perspectives

Why the vasectomy just doesn’t cut it for all men

(Photo courtesy of Sansum Clinic)

A Conversation with MCI YAB Member Claudia Brewer

Our most recent MCI 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...

Conversations

A Conversation with MCI’s Kathryn Carpenter

We continue sharing thoughts and perspectives from MCI staff members with this conversation with our Advocacy Strategist Kathryn Carpenter. Kathryn initially joined MCI as a Fellow from the UNC...

Perspectives

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. Whenever I first mention...

Updates

MCI’s Youth Advisory Board

Intro from Male Contraceptive Initiative Executive Director Heather Vahdat : Since joining Male Contraceptive Initiative (MCI) in 2018, one of my dreams was to establish a Youth Advisory...