The UCLA Gender Health Program supports a number of clinical trials and educational opportunities.
Clinical trials are an important step in discovering new medical treatments. Each study is conducted with actual patients and is designed to answer scientific questions and to find new and better ways to provide care for our transgender and gender diverse patients. The following UCLA clinical trials are currently open for enrollment:
Study title: UCLA Study on Family Therapy for Transgender and Gender Diverse Youth Ages 12-25 and Their Families
Study Title: Measuring Anorectal Sexual Function among People with Prostates: A UCLA Research Study
Are you 18 or older?
Do you have a prostate (gland between the bladder and the anus that produces semen)?
Have you had receptive anal sex (bottoming) in the last year?
The UCLA Department of Urology are seeking volunteers of any gender or sexuality to participate in a research study about anal sex:
One 60-90 minute focus group via Zoom
No physical exams or tests
Help create a questionnaire to help doctors and researchers understand sexual function and satisfaction
$25 Amazon gift card for your time
Study title: My Microbes & Me
Study title: Phase 2b/3 Double Blind Safety and Efficacy Study of Injectable Cabotegravir Compared to Daily Oral Tenofovir Disoproxil Fumarate/Emtricitabine (TDF/FTC), For Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis in HIV-Uninfected Cisgender Men and Transgender Women who have Sex with Men (HPTN 083)
For detailed technical eligibility, visit ClinicalTrials.gov
For more information about clinical trials at UCLA:
UCLA Office of Clinical Trials
UCLA Fellowship in Genital Gender-Affirming Surgery
This one-year fellowship focuses on all aspects of the diagnostic and therapeutic management of patients with gender dysphoria seeking gender-affirming genital surgery. This is a clinical fellowship with opportunity for research in clinical or population studies. The fellow will practice with faculty primarily at UCLA Urology’s Burbank and Westwood clinics and operate in UCLA’s main Westwood medical center. In addition to clinical responsibilities, the fellow will participate in the multi-disciplinary team of specialists that comprises the UCLA Gender Health Program. Upon completion of the fellowship, the fellow will be suited to pursue a career in either academic urology or the private sector with a focus on gender-affirming genital surgery. The fellow will graduate with advanced skills in genitourinary reconstruction for transfeminine and transmasculine surgery and will be fully able to manage medical and surgical issues in patients undergoing primary and revision gender-affirming genital surgery. For more detailed information and to apply >
LGBTQ Healthcare Fellowship
LGBTQ Healthcare Fellowship Program 2022 – 2023
The objective of the UCLA LGBTQ Healthcare Fellowship is to train future primary care physicians to be sensitive, comfortable, clinically knowledgeable and culturally competent in delivering healthcare to sexual and gender minority patient populations.