ABOUT THE CENTER OF EXCELLENCE IN MATERNAL & CHILD HEALTH LEADERS

    About Our Center

    Welcome to the Tulane Center of Excellence in Maternal and Child Health at the Celia Scott Weatherhead Tulane University School of Public Health & Tropical Medicine. The program is housed within the Social, Behavioral, and Population Sciences (SBPS) Department. We are proud to be one of 13 federally funded training programs by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB).

    The Tulane CEMCH provides professional development opportunities to Maternal and Child Health (MCH) practitioners – current and future.


Cemch team

The Tulane CEMCH works with a number of SPHTM faculty to advance MCH science, research, practice and policy, and achieve optimal maternal, infant, child, adolescent, and family health outcomes in the United States and Louisiana. Linking faculty and students in a research environment fosters a greater understanding of research techniques and awareness of national research priorities for our future public health professionals. Our diverse body of student and faculty provide a stimulating and innovative environment for MCH research and a link to practice. The CEMCH also provides support to teaching and exposure to practice that focuses on training students for leadership-oriented public health roles that embody the MCH competencies.

    Katherine Theall, PhD, MPH

    Professor and Director of CEMCH

    Expertise: Social epidemiology, women’s reproductive health, research methods in social and behavioral sciences

    Research: Women and children’s health, community and social network influences on health outcomes, race and gender inequities, substance use and mental health, social epidemiologic theory and methods

     

    Shokufeh Mojgani Ramirez, PhD, MPH

    Assistant Professor, Associate Director of CEMCH, and Director of MCH Academic Program

    Expertise: Public health practice, racial health equity, workforce development

    Research: Preparing the public health workforce

    Juliette Frazier

    CEMCH Program manager

    Expertise: Maternal and child health, women’s health, emergency preparedness, environmental health 

    Research: International disaster management