My Experience at CityMatCH!
November 3, 2026
My Experience at CityMatCH!
This past September, I attended the 2026 CityMatCH Conference in Portland, Oregon. This year’s conference theme was Resilience Systems for MCH Transformation, Grounded by Data, Committed to Community. The CityMatCH conference is a space for members of city and county health departments, community-based organizations, and academic researchers to present their research and programs in maternal…
Centering Community Voices in Maternal and Child Health: Reflections from
I am so grateful to have had the opportunity to attend and present research at the 2026 CityMatCH Annual Conference in Portland, Oregon, alongside Regan Moss and Treasure Joiner! This year’s conference focused on grounding public health work in data to create resilient systems for MCH transformations. Our presentation, “Supporting the ‘Who’ Beyond the Womb,”…
Grounded by Data, Committed to Community
Several of our second-year CEMCH Leaders attended the 2026 CityMatCH Conference in Portland, Oregon. Several hundred professionals and students in the maternal and child health field turned out for CityMatCH. What follows is a post from one of the attendees. This was my second time attending a conference, and how different it was than APHA!…
The Future of Public Health
Several of our first-year CEMCH Leaders attended the 2025 APHA Conference in D.C. More than 12,000 professionals and students in the Public Health field turned out for APHA 2025: Making the Public’s Health a National Priority. What follows is a post from one of the attendees, Marisa Arsenault. This was my first time attending a…