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 2024 Seminar Schedule (updated as seminars are planned)
| Date | Topic | Speaker |
| 9/24/2024 | The colonial legacies of the Maternal and Child Health agenda in Latin America | Irene Torres |
| 10/01/2024 | How I Need an A helps people understand they still have abortion options post-Roe | Becca Naul |
| 10/08/2024 | Centering Care and Reproductive Justice in the Climate Crisis | Skye Wheeler |
| 10/15/2024 | Addressing Trauma and Health Needs of Afghan Midwives and Mothers | Erin Gilmer |
| 10/22/2024 | Mass Incarceration and Maternal and Child Health | Bethany Kotlar |
| 10/29/2024 | The Birth Justice Landscape Analysis: Measuring and Making Sense of Ourselves | Indra Lucero |
| 11/05/2024 | Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Vaccine for Maternal Immunization | Susanna Bachle |
| 11/12/2024 | From Parent to Advocate to Expert: Empowering Families and Improving Outcomes for Children with Complex Medical Needs and Disabilities | Elena Hung |
| 12/03/2024 | Early Intervention in Mississippi | Rosie Batista |