Grounded by Data, Committed to Community
October 5, 2026
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!…
Worth It To Me
By: Kennedy Nicholas My journey into Maternal and Child Health began when I went to college. Through the many Sociology classes I took, I began establishing a foundational understanding of what public health and MCH are. While I have gained a deepened understanding of the two over the years, I felt that something was missing.…
Reimagining MCH at CityMatCH
By: Brina Salazar I had a wonderful experience at the CityMatCH conference 2025 in St. Louis. This was my first time attending this conference, and it did not disappoint. CityMatCH is a much smaller conference than APHA, which I attended last year. I liked the smaller setting because it had a stronger focus on maternal…
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…