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reproductive justice, health equity, community-centered care
United States

Biography

Anwei “Polly” Gwan is a first-year OB/GYN resident physician at the University of Minnesota Medical Center. In addition to her medical degree, she received her public health degree with a focus on Behavioral and Community Health Sciences at the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center - New Orleans. Passionate about maternal health equity and reproductive justice, she aspires to integrate her public health and medical background to enact population-level impact through community-based policy work, interventions, and research. She strives to be a leader and changemaker, utilizing her unique skill sets to advocate and address systemic barriers affecting the reproductive health of marginalized women to improve access and quality of care on a national and global - level.

Activities

Employment (1)

University of Minnesota Medical Center: Minneapolis, Minnesota, US

2022-06-12 to 2026-06-13 | Resident Physician (Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, & Women's Health)
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Education and qualifications (3)

Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center New Orleans: New Orleans, Louisiana, US

2018-08 to 2022-05 | Doctorate of Medicine (School of Medicine )
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Mississippi College: Clinton, Mississippi, US

2016-08 to 2017-12 | Masters in Medical & Biological Sciences (Department of Graduate Sciences )
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Louisiana State University: Baton Rouge , LA , US

2012-08 to 2016-05 | Bachelors in Biochemistry (College of Science )
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Funding (1)

School of Medicine – Grant for Research on Healthcare Disparities

2022-04 to 2023-04 | Grant
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center New Orleans (New Orleans, Louisiana, US)
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Works (6)

How Can We Address What We Do Not Measure? A Systematic Scoping Review of the Measurement and Operationalization of Social Determinants of Health Research on Long-Acting Reversible Contraceptive among Adolescents in the US

Adolescents
2023-03-30 | Journal article
Contributors: Catherine Poehling; Margaret Mary Downey; Anwei Polly Gwan; Sarah Cannady; Olivia Ismail
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Equity in visual representation of vulvar conditions in major gynecology textbooks

Journal of the National Medical Association
2022-06 | Journal article
Contributors: Anwei Gwan; La' Nasha Tanner-Sanders; Navya Nair; Andrew G. Chapple; Amelia Jernigan
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Obstetric anal sphincter injury (oasis) and pelvic floor disorder awareness and knowledge among women in the second and third trimester of pregnancy

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
2022-03 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0002-9378
Contributors: Anwei Gwan; N. Thompson Jenkins; A.G. Chapple; G. Anwei; L. Peacock
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The Twisted Truth: Decision-to-Incision Time for Ovarian vs Testicular Torsion

Journal of the American College of Surgeons
2020-10 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1072-7515
Contributors: Anwei Gwan; Taylor M. Boudreaux; Aubrey Schachter; Kelsie Guice; Anwei Gwan; Taylor L. Boudreaux; Sydney Boudreaux; Navya Nair; Andrew Genius Chapple; Chrissy Guidry et al.
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Women Support Women, Right? Gender Disparities in Decision-to-Incision Time in Emergency Surgery

Journal of the American College of Surgeons
2020-10 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1072-7515
Contributors: Anwei Gwan; Aubrey E. Schachter; Taylor M. Boudreaux; Kelsie Guice; Anwei P. Gwan; Taylor L. Boudreaux; Sydney R. Boudreaux; Jennifer L. Gnerlich; Andrew G. Chapple; Chrissy Guidry et al.
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Swim bladder morphology changes with female reproductive state in the mouth-brooding African cichlid Astatotilapia burtoni

Journal of Experimental Biology
2017-12-01 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1477-9145
Part of ISSN: 0022-0949
Contributors: Anwei Gwan
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