MCH Catalyst
  • Home
  • About
    • Who We Are
  • Graduate Certificate Program
    • Core Competencies
    • Faculty
  • Scholar Programs
    • ANCHOR-MCH
    • MCH ELF
    • MCH Scholars 2025-Present
  • News
  • Student Association
    • About Us
    • Opportunities
    • How to Apply
    • Events
    • Resources
    • Contact
  • Contact
Select Page
New study aims to protect women from poor short-, long-term heart health caused by high blood pressure during, after pregnancy

New study aims to protect women from poor short-, long-term heart health caused by high blood pressure during, after pregnancy

by Olivia Ancrum | Oct 3, 2025 | mch

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 this grant to overcome limitations to the...
Individuals with these two genetic conditions are seeing increased, but unequal, life expectancies

Individuals with these two genetic conditions are seeing increased, but unequal, life expectancies

by Olivia Ancrum | Sep 10, 2025 | Uncategorized

New research from the Arnold School’s Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics has found disparities in mortality rates and life expectancy for Americans living with sickle cell disease or cystic fibrosis. The study, which was led by third-year doctoral...
My work is reshaping how rural health is defined: not by deficit, but by its potential.

My work is reshaping how rural health is defined: not by deficit, but by its potential.

by Olivia Ancrum | Sep 2, 2025 | Uncategorized

Peiyin Hung, Ph.D., began her journey to becoming a rural healthcare researcher when she was just nine years old, as she watched her grandmother suffer discrimination in a top-tier urban hospital.   Her grandparents lived in rural Taiwan and had to drive an...
Renewed funding enables more students, faculty to prep for careers in maternal and child health

Renewed funding enables more students, faculty to prep for careers in maternal and child health

by Olivia Ancrum | Aug 14, 2025 | Uncategorized

The Health Resources and Services Administration is continuing its commitment to growing and diversifying the maternal and child health (MCH) workforce by awarding $675,000 to Jihong Liu. An epidemiology professor with more than 25 years in the field, Liu will use the...
Increased efforts are shifting the point of viability to 22 weeks’ gestation

Increased efforts are shifting the point of viability to 22 weeks’ gestation

by Olivia Ancrum | Jul 3, 2025 | Uncategorized

Building on her previous research into maternal and infant health during pregnancy and after birth, epidemiology associate professor Nansi Boghossian has published new findings in JAMA. Collaborating with colleagues* from the Vermont Oxford Network and the University...
« Older Entries
Next Entries »

Recent Posts

  • Big data may unveil the impacts of extreme weather events on child health and development in the U.S.
  • New study is first to combine three proven strategies for improving early childhood development
  • Healthy start, healthy change
  • Women are not small men
  • New epidemiology assistant professor Pengfei Guo studies health impacts of environmental exposures on women and children

Recent Comments

    • Facebook
    • X
    • Instagram
    Maintained by the WDC