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.
Fall 2025 Seminar Schedule (updated as seminars are planned)
| Date | Topic | Speaker |
| 09/16/2025 | Division of Pregnancy, Infancy and Early Childhood at MA-DPH | Cris Alonso |
| 09/23/2025 | Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Vaccine for Maternal Immunization | Susanna Bachle |
| 09/30/2025 | Pregnancy-related Complications | Emma Posner |
| 10/07/2025 | Abortion Access Post-Dobbs | Becca Naul |
| 10/14/2025 | Providing Care for Refugee/Immigrant Children | Julia Rosenberg |
| 10/28/2025 | Project NESST and Perinatal Substance Use | Amy Sommer |
| 11/04/2025 | Advocacy for Children with Disabilities | Elena Hung |
| 11/18/2025 | Maternal Health in Afghanistan | Erin Gilmer |