Check out this research article posted in the Journal of Nutritional Science by several members of BUSPH’s Department of Community Health Sciences, including our very own, Jacey Greece! Click here to view a PDF of the article!
“COVID-19 and its unmasking of gender and racial inequities has driven home the urgency of the need to invest in the health and well-being of mothers beyond their reproductive health care, with laser-like attention to Black women.” Read the article by Lois McCloskey, Ann Celi, Chloe Bird, Linda Goler Blount, and Judith Bernstien about why […]
MCH Research Fellow Gray Babbs shares research on how expanding postpartum medicaid benefits help to combat maternal mortality and morbidity. https://www.healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/hblog20210111.655056/full/
Original article by Jillian McKoy on June 26th 2020 – BUSPH “MCH Center of Excellence Offers New Training, Research, and Practice Opportunities” The School of Public Health’s Center of Excellence in MCH Education, Science, and Practice (MCH CoE), one of only 13 such centers nationwide, has received its sixth round of funding through 2025 from the Maternal and Child […]
Original Article by Michelle Samuels, July 15th 2020 – BUSPH “Youth Mental Health Access during COVID-19” The coronavirus closed schools, contracted the economy, and is disproportionally devastating communities of color. In this pandemic and its aftermath, helping youths with mental health issues navigate decentralized services and stay out of the juvenile justice system may be […]
MA Senate, Bill H. 4818 An Act to Reduce Racial Inequities in Maternal Health July 14th 2020 – Sign the petition here Petition introduction by Nneka Hall: Racial inequities in maternal mortality are staggering, with Black women experiencing mortality rates three times that of White women, per the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). In […]
By Abbi Monssen Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, our students continue their Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Practice Fellowships remotely at their respective placements. The MCH Fellowship is one of the cornerstone programs at the Boston University Center of Excellence in Maternal and Child Health – offering a field-based experience to MCH trainees. We interviewed two […]
At the Center of Excellence, we would like to take a moment to recognize our graduating MCH Communications Fellow – Abbigayle Monssen: Abbi joined the MCH Practice Fellowship Program in 2019 as the very first MCH Communications Fellow for the CoE. Abbi paved the way for streamlining CoE social media communications – of note, Abbi […]
3/20/2020 Dear Alums, Students and Friends of the Center, Needless to say, our Annual Alumni Award Reception, scheduled for April 17th, will not be held this year. Like so many gatherings that are part of all of our daily, weekly, monthly, and annual rituals, we will miss getting together to renew connections and forge new […]
Tuesday, October 22nd, US Representative, Ayanna Pressley, visited Professor Belanoff and Adriana Black’s Advanced Practice and Research Methods for Public Health Equity class live from DC as a surprise guest speaker. Students were able to participate in a Q&A with the Congresswoman and discuss the MOMMIES act, her legislation to reduce maternal mortality and disparities. READ MORE: Rep. […]