Alejandra Alvarez, MPH
Research Data Analyst 2
Ob/Gyn, Reproductive Sciences
School of Medicine

Publications (13)

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Attitude of Health PersonnelContraceptive Agents, FemaleHealth PersonnelAmyloid beta-PeptidesTransgender PersonsFamily Planning ServicesEndoribonucleasesProtein Kinase InhibitorsContraceptionTelemedicineHistone Deacetylase 2RNA StabilityNiemann-Pick Disease, Type CProto-Oncogene Proteins c-ablQualitative Research

• Increasing Contraceptive Access at Sites Serving Cross-State Abortion Patients: Results From the Southwest Contraceptive Access Network (SCAN) Intervention.
  American journal of public health 2026 Zia Y, Alvarez A, Robinson J, Andersen A, Andaya S, Moayedi G, Harper CC
• Training providers to improve access to emergency contraception in abortion ban states in the U.S.
  Reproductive health 2026 Mundaden R, Alvarez A, Zia Y, Comfort A, Brandi K, Goodman S, Harper CC
• Provider perspectives on telehealth for contraceptive care: "the provider isn't going want to use it unless it's easy to use".
  Reproductive health 2026 Alvarez A, Morse SM, Zia Y, Somerson E, Folse C, Albergate Davis K, Comfort AB, Moayedi G, Goodman S, Harper CC
• Contraceptive care for patients with bigger bodies in the US: Evaluation of a provider training intervention.
  Preventive medicine reports 2026 Zia Y, Alvarez A, Pineda C, Folse C, Robinson J, Edelman A, Goodman S, Harper CC
• Racism in contraceptive care: 'that trust barrier is really hard to build back up, rightfully so'.
  Culture, health & sexuality 2025 Zia Y, Morse S, Alvarez A, Pineda C, Somerson E, Folse C, Albergate Davis K, Brandi K, Mengesha B, Harper C, Hill M

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• A qualitative study on healthcare providers' biases towards transgender and gender diverse people accessing contraceptive care.
  Sexual and reproductive health matters 2025 Zia Y, Folse C, Lawyer A, Zeid F, Alvarez A, Somerson E, Davis KA, Menkin D, Hawkins M, Hastings J, Harper C
• "I am putting my fear on them subconsciously": a qualitative study of contraceptive care in the context of abortion bans in the U.S.
  Reproductive health 2024 Zia Y, Somerson E, Folse C, Alvarez A, Albergate Davis K, Comfort AB, Brown K, Brandi K, Moayedi G, Harper CC
• Provision of DMPA-SC for self-administration in different practice settings during the COVID-19 pandemic: Data from providers across the United States.
  Contraception 2023 Comfort AB, Alvarez A, Goodman S, Upadhyay U, Mengesha B, Karlin J, Shokat M, Blum M, Harper CC
• c-Abl Phosphorylates MFN2 to Regulate Mitochondrial Morphology in Cells under Endoplasmic Reticulum and Oxidative Stress, Impacting Cell Survival and Neurodegeneration.
  Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) 2023 Martinez A, Lamaizon CM, Valls C, Llambi F, Leal N, Fitzgerald P, Guy C, Kaminski MM, Inestrosa NC, van Zundert B, Cancino GI, Dulcey AE, Zanlungo S, Marugan JJ, Hetz C, Green DR, Alvarez AR
• c-Abl Activation Linked to Autophagy-Lysosomal Dysfunction Contributes to Neurological Impairment in Niemann-Pick Type A Disease.
  Frontiers in cell and developmental biology 2022 Marín T, Dulcey AE, Campos F, de la Fuente C, Acuña M, Castro J, Pinto C, Yañez MJ, Cortez C, McGrath DW, Sáez PJ, Gorshkov K, Zheng W, Southall N, Carmo-Fonseca M, Marugán J, Alvarez AR, Zanlungo S
• Genotoxic stress triggers the activation of IRE1α-dependent RNA decay to modulate the DNA damage response.
  Nature communications 2020 Dufey E, Bravo-San Pedro JM, Eggers C, González-Quiroz M, Urra H, Sagredo AI, Sepulveda D, Pihán P, Carreras-Sureda A, Hazari Y, Sagredo EA, Gutierrez D, Valls C, Papaioannou A, Acosta-Alvear D, …
• Reduction of Blood Amyloid-β Oligomers in Alzheimer's Disease Transgenic Mice by c-Abl Kinase Inhibition.
  Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD 2016 Estrada LD, Chamorro D, Yañez MJ, Gonzalez M, Leal N, von Bernhardi R, Dulcey AE, Marugan J, Ferrer M, Soto C, Zanlungo S, Inestrosa NC, Alvarez AR
• Neuronal gene repression in Niemann-Pick type C models is mediated by the c-Abl/HDAC2 signaling pathway.
  Biochimica et biophysica acta 2015 Contreras PS, Gonzalez-Zuñiga M, González-Hódar L, Yáñez MJ, Dulcey A, Marugan J, Seto E, Alvarez AR, Zanlungo S