Howell Foundation addresses the influence of culture in family planning and reproductive health.
Dr. Sheila Moody at Howell Luncheon in November In our continued efforts to better the health of women, in 2012, the Howell Foundation made a commitment to fund research partnerships between academic and community-based organizations. The goal of our Community Engagement Initiative (CEI) is to support these partnerships; working collaboratively to develop and evaluate programs designed to improve women’s health. Our priority is to ensure the development of evidenced-informed projects that address relevant issues affecting women’s health within the greater San Diego community, with an emphasis on underserved women. The 2018 Community Engagement Initiative recipient is Dr. Sheila Mody, MD MPH. She is Director, Fellowship in Family Planning; Director, Division of Family Planning at the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences of University of California, San Diego (UCSD). Her project will focus on anayzing how culture influences family planning h...