Dr. Ndidiya Maka Amutah-Onukagha

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.

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.

So our ninth annual conference will be April 2026, which is focusing on the role of women's health in addressing maternal health inequities. That's a big financial endeavor, and we make it cost effective. We bring in the best speakers in the country.

So our ninth annual conference will be April 2026, which is focusing on the role of women's health in addressing maternal health inequities. That's a big financial endeavor, and we make it cost effective. We bring in the best speakers in the country.

So our ninth annual conference will be April 2026, which is focusing on the role of women's health in addressing maternal health inequities. That's a big financial endeavor, and we make it cost effective. We bring in the best speakers in the country.

This year, April 4th and 5th, 2025, we brought in a number of Black male fathers and other leading experts who would either, one, are doing policy and advocacy work in that space, or two, had experienced the preventable loss of their partner during labor and delivery or postpartum complications. It's a really powerful conference, so that's an opportunity for engagement.

This year, April 4th and 5th, 2025, we brought in a number of Black male fathers and other leading experts who would either, one, are doing policy and advocacy work in that space, or two, had experienced the preventable loss of their partner during labor and delivery or postpartum complications. It's a really powerful conference, so that's an opportunity for engagement.

This year, April 4th and 5th, 2025, we brought in a number of Black male fathers and other leading experts who would either, one, are doing policy and advocacy work in that space, or two, had experienced the preventable loss of their partner during labor and delivery or postpartum complications. It's a really powerful conference, so that's an opportunity for engagement.

Another way is to sponsor a MotherLab student. MotherLab is addressing maternal health research and training the next generation of scholar activists. And these scholars are really, really ambitious. They want to go to conferences. They want to publish research. They want to do advocacy work. They want to work with community. All those things are expensive, and what keeps me up at night is

Another way is to sponsor a MotherLab student. MotherLab is addressing maternal health research and training the next generation of scholar activists. And these scholars are really, really ambitious. They want to go to conferences. They want to publish research. They want to do advocacy work. They want to work with community. All those things are expensive, and what keeps me up at night is

Another way is to sponsor a MotherLab student. MotherLab is addressing maternal health research and training the next generation of scholar activists. And these scholars are really, really ambitious. They want to go to conferences. They want to publish research. They want to do advocacy work. They want to work with community. All those things are expensive, and what keeps me up at night is

Getting that email that inevitably will say, hey, Dr. Muta, I want to go to this amazing conference. I want to get a training. I want to get a certification. They're students. They're ambitious. They're hungry.

Getting that email that inevitably will say, hey, Dr. Muta, I want to go to this amazing conference. I want to get a training. I want to get a certification. They're students. They're ambitious. They're hungry.

Getting that email that inevitably will say, hey, Dr. Muta, I want to go to this amazing conference. I want to get a training. I want to get a certification. They're students. They're ambitious. They're hungry.

As their mentor, I want to be able to support them because I know that these students are going to get that training through my lab and they're going to go on to do great things and save lives. We are small and scrappy, but we're committed. And I think everybody that works here has some type of personal tie to the work.

As their mentor, I want to be able to support them because I know that these students are going to get that training through my lab and they're going to go on to do great things and save lives. We are small and scrappy, but we're committed. And I think everybody that works here has some type of personal tie to the work.

As their mentor, I want to be able to support them because I know that these students are going to get that training through my lab and they're going to go on to do great things and save lives. We are small and scrappy, but we're committed. And I think everybody that works here has some type of personal tie to the work.

Either they're a birthing person or one of their family members had something like everybody has skin in the game, which makes us work harder. There's so much need that if you're a researcher, we need you. If you're a fundraiser, great. If you have marketing, great. You have relationships, awesome. We need everything. I really do want to just implore people to reach out.

Either they're a birthing person or one of their family members had something like everybody has skin in the game, which makes us work harder. There's so much need that if you're a researcher, we need you. If you're a fundraiser, great. If you have marketing, great. You have relationships, awesome. We need everything. I really do want to just implore people to reach out.

Either they're a birthing person or one of their family members had something like everybody has skin in the game, which makes us work harder. There's so much need that if you're a researcher, we need you. If you're a fundraiser, great. If you have marketing, great. You have relationships, awesome. We need everything. I really do want to just implore people to reach out.