The University of South Carolina
Maternal and Child Health and Leadership, Education, and Advancement in Undergraduate Pathways
(MCH LEAP)
Applications for the 2025-26 academic year are now closed.
If you have any questions, please email MCH LEAP Program Coordinator, Olivia Ancrum, at OANCRUM@mailbox.sc.edu.
Watch our video introduction to learn how MCH LEAP can help you achieve your goals in maternal and child health.
Announcements
Senior public health major named Rhodes Scholarship finalist
MCH LEAP Student, Hannah Brennan is a 2026 Rhodes Scholarship finalist. If selected for this award, Brennen will become the University of South Carolina’s 11th Rhodes scholar, the first since Jory Fleming in 2016.
New study aims to protect women from poor short-, long-term heart health caused by high blood pressure during, after pregnancy
The Duke Endowment has awarded $650,000 to epidemiology professor Jihong Liu to continue developing a new program designed to protect the health of pregnant and postpartum women in South Carolina. The research team will use...
COVID-19 pandemic worsened mother, infant birth outcomes
"Arnold School researchers with the Center for Healthcare Quality have published new research in the Annals of Epidemiology regarding the impact of COVID-19 infections on women who were pregnant before and during the...