Upcoming Events

Celebrating 30 Years of BUSPH and the 25th Annual MCH Alumni Award Reception!

The B.U. Center of Excellence in MCH Education, Science and Practice is turning 30!

Please join us for a two-part celebration on April 1, 2025: 

3:00-5:00PM: BUSPH Dean’s Office is hosting a Public Health Conversation

“Birthing and Raising the Next Generation”

Location: Hiebert Lounge (School of Medicine Building)

72 E. Concord Street, 14th floor

5:15-7:00PM: MCH Center of Excellence Annual Alumni Award and Networking Reception

(Awardees tbn)

Location: Talbot Lobby, 715 Albany Street Boston, MA 02118

RSVP by March 15th here.

December 6: 25th Annual MCH Forum

Students can choose to present a 15 minute PowerPoint presentation or create a poster to discuss their work with attendees during a 1 hour session. All fellows are required to attend the entire duration of the forum in person.

2024 MCH Forum 

Agenda: please click here
Date: Friday, December 6, 2024
Time: 1:30pm – 4:30pm
Location: 801 Massachusetts Ave., Crosstown Building, 4th Floor
• Posters: CHS Department, 4th Floor (in-person only)
• Oral Presentations: 460 and 460A Rm (Hybrid - Zoom and in-person)

• Click here for Session A Zoom Room (Meeting ID: 981 6531 0523 | Passcode: 507376)
• Click here for Session B Zoom Room (Meeting ID: 985 1266 5387 | Passcode: 260839)

Annual MCH Forum Abstract Handbook

Register – 11/3 Webinar on Health and MCH

Registration Open!

Register for the Heat and The Health of Mothers and Children: Impacts and Resilience in Action webinar on November 13th from 1:00-2:00 PM ET for our yearly joint webinar hosted by Centers of Excellence in Maternal and Child Health at Boston University School of Public Health and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

Come learn from public health scientists who will tells us how high temperatures produced by climate change are affecting pregnant people and young children, and from on-the-ground practitioners how policies and programs at the local level can put the concept of ‘heat resilience’ in action.

Featured speakers:
Researchers: 

Kari Nadeau, John Rock Professor of Climate and Population Studies and Chair of Environmental Health, Harvard T.H. Chan
Amelia Wesselink, Research Assistant Professor of Epidemiology, Boston University

Practitioners: 

Zoe Davis, Senior Climate Resilience Project Manager, City of Boston

Zainab Jah, Senior Research Analyst, The Praxis Project
Esther McCant, CEO, Metro Mommy Agency

Oct 1st, 2024 MCH Fellowship and Scholars Fair

*Open to all incoming on-campus MPH student!*

The MCH Fair showcases various maternal and child health research fellowship and practice fellowship opportunities offered through the Center. MCH research and practice fellowships allow students to engage and work with faculty and community partners. 

Complete list of MCH fellowship project descriptions: Research Fellowship Projects | Practice Fellowship Projects    Note: All research and practice fellowship opportunities are research fellowship opportunities are eligible to count as a practicum, and can be registered separately with the Practicum Office upon award of the fellowship.

Applications open from October 1st - 20th!            

For questions, contact: mchcoe@bu.edu

Now Closed: 2024 MCH Fellowship Applications

MCH Fellowships

Interested in applying to our Maternal and Child Health Fellowship program to be a Research or Practice Fellow? 2024 MCH Research & Practice Fellowship Descriptions

• Research Fellows work closely with a faculty member on a research project.
• Practice Fellows work with an external community organization to gain practical experience.

All of our research and all practice fellowship opportunities are eligible to count as a practicum, and can be registered separately with the Practicum Office upon award of the fellowship. 

All MPH students are encouraged to apply. 

January 24: State of Black Maternal Health Roundtable Series

In collaboration with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services,  Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health (OASH) and Massachusetts Department of Public Health,  the Ellen Story Commission on Postpartum Depression will be hosting a series of virtual Black Maternal Health Roundtable discussions focusing on a variety of topics on the subject matter. This first topic in the series will be an overview of some of the existing systems that we have in MA and how we can reimagine a brighter future.

Please join us for this important conversation on Wednesday, January 24th at 5:30pm, register here!

The incredible panel of speakers features Dr. Ndidiamaka Amutah-Onukagha, Amutah-Onukagha, Dr. Hafsatou “Fifi” Diop, and Nashira Baril. This panel will be virtual and is estimated to last around 90 minutes.

December 8: 24th Annual MCH Forum

The Annual MCH Forum is an opportunity for MCH Fellows and MPH students to present their work to the BUSPH and Boston Community.

Students can choose to present a 15 minute PowerPoint presentation or create a poster to discuss their work with attendees during a 1 hour session.

2023 MCH Forum

Date: Friday, December 8, 2023
Time: 1:30pm – 4:30pm
Location: 801 Massachusetts Ave., Crosstown Building, 4th Floor
• Posters: CHS Department, 4th Floor
• Oral Presentations: 460A and 446 Conference Rm

November 1: Joint Webinar with Harvard

Wednesday, 11/1 @ 1 PM EST

Registration link. The webinar will be recorded.

In light of the COVID-19 pandemic and attention to mental health matters, we explore the implementation, impact, and sustainability of including family behavioral care support into primary care to advance health equity and de-stigmatize mental health.

Featured speakers: TEAM UP for Children, including Dr. Emily Feinberg, Sonia Erlich, and Charlotte Vieira.
Discussants: Dr. Henning Tiemeier (Harvard T.H. Chan SPH) and Dr. Lois McCloskey (Boston University SPH).

October 17: Culturally-informed Substance Use Recovery Webinar

Seeking Women’s Health Justice

Model of gender and culturally-informed care for Latina women facing substance use and mental health challenges

Resources for women in recovery from substance use disorder are challenged by underfunding and under-appreciation of women’s specific needs. The opioid epidemic disproportionately affects women and providing effective and sustainable treatment approaches is imperative.

For over two decades, Entre Familia, a program in the Boston area, has provided effective and appropriate care and has developed a number of best practices.

Entre Familia offers a 6-to-12-month residential model of treatment that incorporates bilingual and bicultural programming, offering gender-specific approaches to treatment for women who may be pregnant, postpartum, and/or are primary caregivers for their children. Coordinated and comprehensive care is key to supporting women in recovery.

In a culture that prioritizes funding for warfare ($800+ billion to the U.S. military), while spending for human services and needs is inadequate, inhumane and unjust (less than $100 billion), this webinar explores ways to seek health justice for women in recovery.

By becoming informed and activated about women’s health and social issues, we can meaningfully ensure that the intersection of women’s health and peace will be justice.

Speakers:

Hortensia de los Angeles Amaro, PhD, is Distinguished University Professor and Senior Scholar on Community Health at the Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine and the Robert Stemple College of Public Health and Social Work, Florida International University.

Rita Nieves RN, MPH, LICSW is a public health administrator with over 25 years of management experience in developing and providing services to persons with substance use and mental health problems.  She has worked both in Puerto Rico and the US in substance use treatment and communicable disease control.

Moderator:

Beth Sommers is affiliated with Boston Medical Center and the BU School of Medicine.

Sponsored by MAPA’s Fund Healthcare, Not Warfare working group