biology

Juno Obedin-Maliver

Juno Obedin-Maliver is a biology topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Juno Obedin-Maliver rather than just read about it. In short: Juno Obedin-Maliver is an American Associate Professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Stanford University School of Medicine. She is a board-certified obstetrician/gynecologist who is also the co-director of The Population Research in Identity and Disparities for Equality (PRIDE) Study.

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Reference excerpt

Juno Obedin-Maliver is an American Associate Professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Stanford University School of Medicine. She is a board-certified obstetrician/gynecologist who is also the co-director of The Population Research in Identity and Disparities for Equality (PRIDE) Study. The PRIDE Study is a longitudinal cohort based at Stanford. The goal of the PRIDE Study is to help answer how being LGBTQIA+ influences physical, mental, and social health. Obedin-Maliver specializes in reproductive health needs of sexual and gender minorities, and she is working to advance medical care for these minority populations. She is also a Master Certified Physician Development Coach (Physician Coaching Institute, ICF Level I) and currently sits on the medical advisory board of the University of California San Francisco Center of Excellence for Transgender Health. Obedin-Maliver is helping to author the next version of the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) Standards of Care. She is active in health policy, working to help legally redefine consideration of sexually intimate partner status as well as working to help remove Medicare Non-Coverage Determination ruling for gender-affirming surgeries. Obedin-Maliver is also a member of the Maternal & Child Health Research Institute (MCHRI).

Early life and education Obedin-Maliver attended Hampshire College and received her Bachelor of Arts degree in 2004. She received her Masters in Public Health from the University of California, Berkeley in 2008. She completed her residency in 2014 at the University of California, San Francisco. She then completed her Master of Science in Clinical Research at the University of California, San Francisco (2016). She completed her fellowship at the San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center & University of California, San Francisco in 2016.

Selected publications and research Obedin-Maliver has been involved in a number of research studies to identify differences in health experiences and medical care needs for the LGBT community.

2011: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender–Related Content in Undergraduate Medical Education 2014: Transgender men who experienced pregnancy after female-to-male gender transitioning 2015: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Patient Care: Medical Students' Preparedness and Comfort 2015: Transgender men and pregnancy 2017: From erasure to opportunity: a qualitative study of the experiences of transgender men around pregnancy and recommendations for providers 2020: The Imperative for Transgender and Gender Nonbinary Inclusion - Beyond Women's Health 2020: What Sexual and Gender Minority People Want Researchers to Know About Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Questions: A Qualitative Study 2020: Community norms for the Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire (EDE-Q) among transgender men and women 2020: Pregnancy intentions and outcomes among transgender, nonbinary, and gender-expansive people assigned female or intersex at birth in the United States: Results from a national, quantitative survey 2021: Minority Stress, Structural Stigma, and Physical Health Among Sexual and Gender Minority Individuals: Examining the Relative Strength of the Relationships 2021: Abortion experiences and preferences of transgender, nonbinary, and gender-expansive people in the United States 2022: Standards of Care for the Health of Transgender and Gender Diverse People, Version 8 2022: The All of Us Research Program: Data quality, utility, and diversity

Personal and family Juno identifies as a lesbian and has a female partner. Together they have a daughter who was born in 2017.

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Juno Obedin-Maliver

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Juno Obedin-Maliver claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In biology, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Juno Obedin-Maliver before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Juno Obedin-Maliver ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Juno Obedin-Maliver

In research: Juno Obedin-Maliver appears in biology research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Juno Obedin-Maliver in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Juno Obedin-Maliver is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics American LGBTQ scientists, American gynecologists, American obstetricians, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Juno Obedin-Maliver outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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Frequently asked questions

What is Juno Obedin-Maliver in simple terms?

Why does Juno Obedin-Maliver matter?

Because it connects several biology ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Juno Obedin-Maliver?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

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