Building Community Power: Reflections from the 2024 APHA Conference

By: Grace Hoegler Several of our first-year Maternal and Child Health (MCH) students attended the 2024 American Public Health Association (APHA) Annual Meeting held in Minneapolis, MN, from October 27-30th. This year’s theme, Building Trust in Public Health and Science, emphasized the critical role trust plays in advancing health equity and fostering collaboration across communities.…

APHA: From a First-Timers Point of View

By: Madison Jones Several of our first-year Maternal and Child Health (MCH) students attended the 2024 American Public Health Association (APHA) Annual Meeting held in Minneapolis, MN, from October 27-30th. This year’s theme, Building Trust in Public Health and Science, emphasized the critical role trust plays in advancing health equity and fostering collaboration across communities.…

Learning To Ensure A Better Future at APHA

By: Kennedy Nicholas, BS Several of our first-year Maternal and Child Health (MCH) students attended the 2024 American Public Health Association (APHA) Annual Meeting held in Minneapolis, MN, from October 27-30th. This year’s theme, Building Trust in Public Health and Science, emphasized the critical role trust plays in advancing health equity and fostering collaboration across…

Insights and Inspiration from APHA 2024

By: Sabrina Salazar Several of our first-year Maternal and Child Health (MCH) students attended the 2024 American Public Health Association (APHA) Annual Meeting held in Minneapolis, MN, from October 27-30th. This year’s theme, Building Trust in Public Health and Science, emphasized the critical role trust plays in advancing health equity and fostering collaboration across communities.…

CityMatCH and City Scores

Several of our second-year MCH students are looking forward to attending the 2024 CityMatCH Leadership and MCH Epidemiology Conference in Seattle, WA, on September 9-11. With the theme "Reaching New Heights: Strengthening MCH Across Generations," the event brought together over 600 professionals and students in the Maternal and Child Health field. Below is a reflection…

Exploring Seattle and CityMatCH

Several of our second-year MCH students are looking forward to attending the 2024 CityMatCH Leadership and MCH Epidemiology Conference in Seattle, WA, on September 9-11. With the theme "Reaching New Heights: Strengthening MCH Across Generations," the event is expected to bring together over 600 professionals and students in the Maternal and Child Health field. Below…

What I Learned at City Match 2024 – Seattle, WA

By: Rachael Tessema Several of our second-year MCH students are looking forward to attending the 2024 CityMatCH Leadership and MCH Epidemiology Conference in Seattle, WA, on September 9-11. With the theme "Reaching New Heights: Strengthening MCH Across Generations," the event brought together over 600 professionals and students in the Maternal and Child Health field. Below…

Reflections from CityMatCH

Several of our second-year MCH students are looking forward to attending the 2024 CityMatCH Leadership and MCH Epidemiology Conference in Seattle, WA, on September 9-11. With the theme "Reaching New Heights: Strengthening MCH Across Generations," the event is expected to bring together over 600 professionals and students in the Maternal and Child Health field. Below…

The Future of MCH

Several of our second-year MCH students attended the 2022 CityMatCH Leadership and MCH Epidemiology Conference in Chicago, IL on September 21-23. More than 600 professionals and students in the Maternal and Child Health field turned out for the 32nd annual CityMatCH conference. What follows is a post from one of the attendees. By Nomin Bayandalai, BS…

Having the opportunity to see what is out there…

Several of our second-year MCH students attended the 2022 CityMatCH Leadership and MCH Epidemiology Conference in Chicago, IL on September 21-23. More than 600 professionals and students in the Maternal and Child Health field turned out for the 32nd annual CityMatCH conference. What follows is a post from one of the attendees. By Natalia Machicote, BA…

Making Connections at APHA 2022

Several of our first-year MCH students attended the 2022 American Public Health Association (APHA) Annual Meeting in Boston, MA from November 6-9. APHA was celebrating its 150 Years of Creating the Healthiest Nation: Leading the Path Toward Equity. What follows is a post from one of the attendees. By Sydney Bond, BS “What is our…

Waiting in Lines at APHA

Several of our first-year MCH students attended the 2022 American Public Health Association (APHA) Annual Meeting in Boston, MA from November 6-9. APHA was celebrating its 150 Years of Creating the Healthiest Nation: Leading the Path Toward Equity. What follows is a post from one of the attendees. By Megan Cahalin, BSPH The APHA conference…

An Inspiring Entry to Professional Public Health

Several of our first-year MCH students attended the 2022 American Public Health Association (APHA) Annual Meeting in Boston, MA from November 6-9. APHA was celebrating its 150 Years of Creating the Healthiest Nation: Leading the Path Toward Equity. What follows is a post from one of the attendees. By Jacqueline Oschin, BSPH The APHA 2022…

Conference Planning, Networking, and the Cupid Shuffle

Several of our first-year MCH students attended the 2022 American Public Health Association (APHA) Annual Meeting in Boston, MA from November 6-9. APHA was celebrating its 150 Years of Creating the Healthiest Nation: Leading the Path Toward Equity. What follows is a post from one of the attendees. By Stacy Pierre, BS I expected Boston…

There Is Work to Be Done

Several of our first-year MCH students attended the 2022 American Public Health Association (APHA) Annual Meeting in Boston, MA from November 6-9. APHA was celebrating its 150 Years of Creating the Healthiest Nation: Leading the Path Toward Equity. What follows is a post from one of the attendees. By Jazlynn Taylor, BS Attending my first…

Exposure to Policy

A number of our MCH students attended the 2021 CityMatCH conference, online in December. What follows is a post from one of the attendees. By Victoria Utria, BS CityMatCH 2021 was a seamless virtual conference that provided me with a deep dive into MCH. My main takeaway was that public health professionals have a duty…

What Are They Fr? A number of our MCH students attended the 2021 CityMatCH conference, online in December. What follows is a post from one of the attendees. By Momi Binaifer Sagoe, BS The City Match conference was very insightful, from the opening message on data visualization for health equity to the diverse health equity…

What can I do?

A number of our MCH students attended the 2021 CityMatCH conference, online in December. What follows is a post from one of the attendees. By Briasha Jones, BS As an MPH student, I am filled with a lot of passion and drive to learn as much as possible about public health, specifically Maternal and Child…

Getting Motivated

A number of our MCH students attended the 2021 CityMatCH conference, online in December. What follows is a post from one of the attendees. By Danielle Gyasi, BS City Match was my first virtual public health conference and I am so glad that I was able to have that experience of an informative workshop from…

Birthing During COVID-19

A number of our MCH students attended the 2021 CityMatCH conference, online in December. What follows is a post from one of the attendees. By Boyani Moikobu, BS I became interested in maternal and child health due to the maternal health disparities present in the U.S. I had my own personal experience with this in…

Self-Care is important for Mental Health

A number of our MCH students attended the 2021 CityMatCH conference, online in December. What follows is a post from one of the attendees. By Jade D. Zachery, BS The 2021 CityMatCH Leadership and MCH Epidemiology Conference was an amazing conference full of information that is crucial to the work of Maternal and Child Health.…

Let’s Doula This

Several of our MCH students attended the 2021 American Public Health Association (APHA) conference, October 24-27, in-person or online. What follows is a post from one of the attendees. By Brianna Betton, BA During APHA, I was able to attend many insightful sessions and engage in conversations about the future of public health. One session…

We all have a role to play

Several of our MCH students attended the 2021 American Public Health Association (APHA) conference, October 24-27, in-person or online. What follows is a post from one of the attendees. By Victoria Utria, BS APHA 2021 served as a perfect introduction for my public health education. I attended sessions and plenaries on MCH (of course), elder…

Public Health Identity Crisis

Several of our MCH students attended the 2021 American Public Health Association (APHA) conference, October 24-27, in-person or online. What follows is a post from one of the attendees. By Tiwani Oseni, BS This year has marked a lot of firsts for me. I finished my first year of grad school, executed my first public…

The Individual in Generalized Public Health

Several of our MCH students attended the 2021 American Public Health Association (APHA) conference, October 24-27, in-person or online. What follows is a post from one of the attendees. By Natalia Machicote, BA I had the great opportunity to attend the American Public Health Association Conference in Denver thanks to Tulane University’s Center of Excellence…

Policy as a means to structural change and racial equity

Several of our MCH students attended the 2021 American Public Health Association (APHA) conference, October 24-27, in-person or online. What follows is a post from one of the attendees. By Lily King, BSPH The American Public Health Association highlighted health equity and social connectedness during its 2021 conference. As a first-time attendee, I had the…

Developing the Healthiest Nation during a pandemic 

Several of our MCH students attended the 2021 American Public Health Association (APHA) conference, October 24-27, in-person or online. What follows is a post from one of the attendees. By Jade Zachery, BS I appreciated the opportunity to attend the APHA conference in Denver this year. Attending in person for the first time, I was…

Comparing APHA In-Person and Online

Several of our MCH students attended the 2021 American Public Health Association (APHA) conference, October 24-27, in-person or online. What follows is a post from one of the attendees. By Fabiola Tarazona-Tubens, BS Last year, I was given the opportunity to attend APHA 2020. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic it was done virtually and even…