Dr. Ndidiya Maka Amutah-Onukagha

We also have a focus on policy, a focus on education and training, being very intentional about building a culturally responsive workforce. We work with students, practitioners, doulas, midwives, focusing on racial bias, cultural competency, and a very clear focus on patient-centered care. And then our community engaged research unit, which is our face of the center.

focuses on building and maintaining partnerships with our community stakeholders, OBGYNs, public health leaders, doulas, other academics, community health workers, policymakers, to really co-create solutions that are going to reduce maternal health inequities. So the center is a small but mighty think tank.

focuses on building and maintaining partnerships with our community stakeholders, OBGYNs, public health leaders, doulas, other academics, community health workers, policymakers, to really co-create solutions that are going to reduce maternal health inequities. So the center is a small but mighty think tank.

focuses on building and maintaining partnerships with our community stakeholders, OBGYNs, public health leaders, doulas, other academics, community health workers, policymakers, to really co-create solutions that are going to reduce maternal health inequities. So the center is a small but mighty think tank.

We're very intentional about our ability to hold space for communities because ultimately that's where the answers lie. And we are researchers and scholars who have a passion for this, but we would not be, frankly, able to move our mission forward if we did not co-create it with other community partners who are able to assist us in this work. This is why the center is so unique.

We're very intentional about our ability to hold space for communities because ultimately that's where the answers lie. And we are researchers and scholars who have a passion for this, but we would not be, frankly, able to move our mission forward if we did not co-create it with other community partners who are able to assist us in this work. This is why the center is so unique.

We're very intentional about our ability to hold space for communities because ultimately that's where the answers lie. And we are researchers and scholars who have a passion for this, but we would not be, frankly, able to move our mission forward if we did not co-create it with other community partners who are able to assist us in this work. This is why the center is so unique.

Half of my lab is 19 years old because that's the next generation of scholars. They're 19 today and then tomorrow they're in medical school and then after that they're in law school and they're on the floor for L&D as a training as a nurse and they're on the ground doing public health programming. If you're not investing in the next generation, then what are we doing?

Half of my lab is 19 years old because that's the next generation of scholars. They're 19 today and then tomorrow they're in medical school and then after that they're in law school and they're on the floor for L&D as a training as a nurse and they're on the ground doing public health programming. If you're not investing in the next generation, then what are we doing?

Half of my lab is 19 years old because that's the next generation of scholars. They're 19 today and then tomorrow they're in medical school and then after that they're in law school and they're on the floor for L&D as a training as a nurse and they're on the ground doing public health programming. If you're not investing in the next generation, then what are we doing?

Clinicians only focus on individual level treatment. Public health people, we focus on population level prevention, but we need each other. Clinicians don't have the training, a lot of them, to run large academic studies. And we as researchers don't have access to a patient population. We're not bedside. So herein lies the solution and the challenge.

Clinicians only focus on individual level treatment. Public health people, we focus on population level prevention, but we need each other. Clinicians don't have the training, a lot of them, to run large academic studies. And we as researchers don't have access to a patient population. We're not bedside. So herein lies the solution and the challenge.

Clinicians only focus on individual level treatment. Public health people, we focus on population level prevention, but we need each other. Clinicians don't have the training, a lot of them, to run large academic studies. And we as researchers don't have access to a patient population. We're not bedside. So herein lies the solution and the challenge.

It's really just about breaking down our silos, checking your ego at the door, and working collaboratively to save lives.

It's really just about breaking down our silos, checking your ego at the door, and working collaboratively to save lives.

It's really just about breaking down our silos, checking your ego at the door, and working collaboratively to save lives.

One of the things I want listeners to leave with is our goal here at the center is to strengthen our partnerships, deepen our commitments, work in service of maternal health with an urgency and an intention. And if listeners want to get involved in our efforts, we are a self-funded center. So we really rely on financial support to fund our research, to stipend our students, to provide trainings, to

One of the things I want listeners to leave with is our goal here at the center is to strengthen our partnerships, deepen our commitments, work in service of maternal health with an urgency and an intention. And if listeners want to get involved in our efforts, we are a self-funded center. So we really rely on financial support to fund our research, to stipend our students, to provide trainings, to

One of the things I want listeners to leave with is our goal here at the center is to strengthen our partnerships, deepen our commitments, work in service of maternal health with an urgency and an intention. And if listeners want to get involved in our efforts, we are a self-funded center. So we really rely on financial support to fund our research, to stipend our students, to provide trainings, to

support our advocacy efforts. So people are welcome to partner with us, whether that's through collaboration, shared research projects, or any other form of engagement. Partnership really does help us advance our mission of equitable maternal health care. We do an annual conference every year on Black maternal health.