The Department of Maternal and Child Health is dedicated to improving the health of women, children, youth and families. We define maternal and child health in the broadest sense -- to include physical, political, economic, cultural, and psychosocial factors -- and the population we serve encompasses women in their reproductive years, children and youth (including those with special needs) and families in domestic and international settings.

The Department is committed to a transdisciplinary approach and to diversity in our faculty and student body as we support the MCH leaders of today and prepare the MCH leaders of tomorrow. Our goal is to lead the field of maternal and child health through excellence in teaching, research and practice and we aim not only to play a lead role in generating new knowledge but also to excel in the translation of that knowledge into improved MCH practice. 

Announcements

The Department of Maternal and Child Health is celebrating its

2008 MCH Family Reunion
Monday April 14, 2008, William and Ida Friday Center, Chapel Hill.

[Details and Registration]
 

News

Dr. Labbok invited Keynote Speaker at the 2nd National Meeting of State Breastfeeding Coalitions.[more] 

Dr. Weathers to serve on National Advisory Council on Migrant Health.[more] 

Dr. Farel receives Delta Omega Award for MCH Curriculum.[more] 

Dr. Kotch receives the Susan S. Aronson Early Education and Child Care Advocacy Award.[more] 

Dr. Peterson has been elected to membership in The Institute of Medicine (IOM).[more] 

Dr. Lewis Margolis has been awarded a grant to evaluate interdisciplinary maternal and child health training model. [more]

2007 Child Care Health and Safety Calendar wins National Health Information Award. [more] 

Dr. Sandra Martin named Associate Dean for Research. [more]

Joseph Lee has been selected as one of two students statewide for the annual NC Public Health Association (NCPHA) Student Award.

Cynthia Cassell has been selected as an American Public Health Association (APHA) Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Section Outstanding Student Author for 2007-2008. [more] 

Alumni News

Kathi Kemper, MD, MPH, Chair of the American Academy of Pediatrics provisional section on complementary, holistic and integrative medicine, will present a course on "Developing Integrative Practices" at The Pangea Conference in San Francisco, Calif.,  October 25-26, 2007.
The Pangea Conference provides a forum for presentation and dialogue about leading topics in pediatric integrative medicine.
Dr. Kemper, one of the leading pediatric integrative medicine specialists in the country, works at Brenner Children’s Hospital at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
She earned an MPH degree in 1983 in our Department of Maternal and Child Health.[more]
 

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