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Coverage of Mullan Institute COVID-19 Initiatives

Julia Strasser, director of the Jacobs Institute of Women’s Health and Assistant Research Professor at Fitzhugh Mullan Institute for Health Workforce Equity was featured at this piece from GW hatchet reflecting on her new study released earlier this month. "The research found the number of physicians working on abortion and contraceptive services declined from 2019 to 2021 while the number of clinicians, like nurse practitioners and physician assistants, took an “encouraging” rise" said Strasser. real full piece here. 

COVID-19 labor shortages in healthcare already shifted access to contraception and abortion services years before the Roe v. Wade decision. Read Revcycle Intelligence reflection on new study "Changes in the Clinical Workforce Providing Contraception and Abortion Care in the US, 2019-2021" , Led by Julia Strasser director of the Jacobs Institute of Women’s Health and Assistant Research Professor at Fitzhugh Mullan Institute for Health Workforce Equity. Full reflection here.

“The abortion and contraceptive workforce has been consistently losing practitioners for a while, which leaves people with less access to these important services.” said Julia Strasser, director of the Jacobs Institute of Women’s Health and Assistant Research Professor at Fitzhugh Mullan Institute for Health Workforce Equity. Read GW school of public health press release highlighting the new study "Changes in the Clinical Workforce Providing Contraception and Abortion Care in the US, 2019-2021"

Julia Strasser, lead researcher and director of the Jacobs Institute of Women’s Health at GW’s Milken Institute School of Public Health was featured in this piece from Healthcare dive for her research Changes in the Clinical Workforce Providing Contraception and Abortion Care in the US, 2019-2021. “The abortion and contraceptive workforce has been consistently losing practitioners for a while, which leaves people with less access to these important services,” Julia Strasser. 
Read full piece here.