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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.

Location

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)

DateTopicSpeaker
02/10/2026Start Early & Head StartYvette Sanchez Fuentes
02/17/2026Adolescent substance useJessica Liu
02/24/2026Resilience and burnout prevention in public healthFawn Phelps
03/03/2026Maternity care desertsChloe Schwartz
03/24/2026Refugee maternal healthDiana Nanumbejja
03/31/2026Family engagement in infant mental health in LouisianaLibbie Sonnier
04/07/2026Refugee and immigrant youth mental health programs in BostonAlisa Miller