2025 Awardees

Recipient: UCSF Adolescent and Young Adult Clinic 

The UCSF Adolescent and Young Adult Clinic is a multi-disciplinary primary and specialty clinic that has been serving patients aged 12-25 since the 1970s. Implementation of medication abortions and the development and dissemination of our medication abortion training programs was a team effort among our faculty and staff.

Marissa Raymond-Flesch is an Associate Professor who is committed to leveraging clinical care and research to increase health equity and access to reproductive and mental health care for adolescents and young adults. Chelsea Garnett, MD is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Adolescent Medicine at UCSF with a particular interest in medical education at the medical student and resident level. Julia Raney is a graduate of UCSF’s fellowship program and an Assistant Professor of adolescent medicine at Stanford with clinical and research interests in designing public health and clinical interventions to promote the health of vulnerable adolescents and young adults. Lisa Mihaly is a UCSF LEAH-trained family nurse practitioner with 20 years of experience in clinical practice — in both primary and reproductive health — and almost that many years as an educator. Dr. Amanda Bryson is an adolescent physician-scientist who is passionate about expanding adolescent sexual and reproductive health access. Sara Buckelew serves as the Medical Director for the UCSF’s AYA clinic and the interim Division Chief for Adolescent Medicine. Maritza Sanchez is the clinic’s former Lead RN. Molly Koren is UCSF’s LEAH social work faculty member and clinic social worker.