STEPHANY MALDONADO

University of Arizona

Smaldonado@arizona.edu

Stephany Ruby Maldonado was born in Tucson, Arizona; but was raised in Banamichi, a small rural town in Sonora, Mexico. She is majoring in Biomedical Sciences with a minor in Spanish at the University of Arizona and expects to graduate in December of 2023. After graduation Stephany plans to attend medical school, she aspires to become a gynecologist and work with rural underserved communities in Arizona and Sonora. Stephany currently volunteers in Clinica Amistad, which serves the underrepresented and uninsured community of Tucson. In addition, she also volunteers as a Spanish interpreter with Mexzona in their Rocky Point and Sonoyta clinics. She has been a research assistant in the Margolis Orthopedic Surgery Lab since May of 2021 and has had the opportunity to present her projects in various research conferences. This summer she had the opportunity to work with Dr. Holly Bullock for her research project and also shadow her in clinic. In her free time, she enjoys spending time with her family, cooking and going back home, to Banamichi.

⊲ PROJECT

Pharmacy Access to Ulipristal Acetate in Tucson.

This summer Stephany had the opportunity to work with Dr. Holly Bullock in a project that assessed the accessibility of Ulipristal Acetate (UPA), an emergency contraceptive pill (ECP), in retail pharmacies across Tucson. This was an observational population-based study using a secret shopper/simulated patient methodology contacting Tucson retail pharmacies by telephone. A standardized script was developed to inquire about filling a UPA prescription and after the call a questionnaire based upon the telephone encounter was completed.

HOLLY BULLOCK MD, MPH

Associate Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology Hbullock@arizona.edu

Hailing from North Carolina, Dr. Holly Bullock (she/her/hers) completed a Master of Public Health at Boston University before returning home for medical school at East Carolina University. She left the mainland for OBGYN residency at University of Hawaii and crossed the pacific again for a Complex Family Planning Fellowship at University of Utah. She is double boarded in OBGYN and Complex Family Planning and is an Associate Professor in the Department of OBGYN at the University of Arizona College of Medicine-Tucson. In the department she serves as Director of the Ryan Residency Program in Family Planning, Director of OBGYN Resident Research and is Co-Director of the OBGYN Clerkship.

Research interests include: emergency contraception, improving access to permanent contraception methods, health care systems improvement, and medical education.