Maternal and Child Health Center of Excellence
The Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Center of Excellence provides academic, research, and service-learning opportunities to public health students, researchers, and practitioners whose mission is to improve the lives of mothers, children, and families.
Kresge Building 6th-floor
677 Huntington Ave., Boston MA 02115
Maternal and Child Health Seminar Course (SBS 360)
Join us during the academic year for a weekly hour long seminar featuring guest speakers from a variety of different subject areas and disciplines lecturing on Maternal and Child Health topics. The seminar is open to the wider Harvard community.
Students who wish to take the course for credit or who are concentrating in Maternal and Child Health can register for the course as SBS 360.
Spring 2026 Seminar Schedule (updated as seminars are planned)
| Date | Topic | Speaker |
| 02/10/2026 | Start Early & Head Start | Yvette Sanchez Fuentes |
| 02/17/2026 | Adolescent substance use | Jessica Liu |
| 02/24/2026 | Resilience and burnout prevention in public health | Fawn Phelps |
| 03/03/2026 | Maternity care deserts | Chloe Schwartz |
| 03/24/2026 | Refugee maternal health | Diana Nanumbejja |
| 03/31/2026 | Family engagement in infant mental health in Louisiana | Libbie Sonnier |
| 04/07/2026 | Refugee and immigrant youth mental health programs in Boston | Alisa Miller |