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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.

Fall 2025 Seminar Schedule (updated as seminars are planned)

DateTopicSpeaker
09/16/2025Division of Pregnancy, Infancy and Early Childhood at MA-DPHCris Alonso
09/23/2025Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Vaccine for Maternal ImmunizationSusanna Bachle
09/30/2025Pregnancy-related ComplicationsEmma Posner
10/07/2025Abortion Access Post-DobbsBecca Naul
10/14/2025Providing Care for Refugee/Immigrant ChildrenJulia Rosenberg
10/28/2025Project NESST and Perinatal Substance UseAmy Sommer
11/04/2025Advocacy for Children with DisabilitiesElena Hung
11/18/2025Maternal Health in AfghanistanErin Gilmer