Northwest Bulletin: Family and Child Health
The winter 2008 issue focuses on promoting the mental health of young children.
Welcome!
The MCH Program provides interdisciplinary, graduate-level training in maternal and child public health practice, including applied research, program planning and management, policy development, and advocacy.
Students graduate from our program with the skills to become leaders in improving the systems, programs, and policies that support the health of children and families in the United States.
Student, Faculty, Alumni News
The MCH Program is pleased to announce that two faculty members were honored at the American Public Health Association's 2007 Annual Meeting.
Michelle Williams, ScD, MS, was awarded the 2007 Abraham Lilienfeld Award in recognition of her accomplishments in research and teaching in the field of epidemiology. Dr. Williams is a core faculty member.
Maxine Hayes, MD, MPH, was awarded the 2007 Helen Rodriguez-Trias Award for Social Justice in recognition of her distinguished career as an advocate for vulnerable populations, particularly mothers, and children. Dr. Hayes is an affiliate faculty member.
Lindsay Senter, MPH, (Class of 2004) was awarded First Place Poster at the 13th Annual Maternal and Child Health Epidemiology Conference, held in December 2007. The poster was titled "Maternal Age and Preterm Birth: How Race and Nativity Change the Picture," Sackoff J, Senter L., authors.
Erin Duterte, MPH, (Class of 2006) is first author of the article "Correlates of medical and legal help seeking among women reporting intimate partner violance," published in the January 1, 2008 issue of the Journal of Women's Health.
Irvin Emanuel, MA, MS, MD, won the Zena Stein and Mervyn Susser Award for Lifetime Achievement, given by the Coalition for Excellence in MCH Epidemiology. This award is given in recognition of a lifetime of broad, signficant, and substantial contributions to the advancement of the field of MCH epidemiology. Dr. Emanuel is Professor Emeritus of Epidemiology and Pediatrics, and former director of the Maternal and Child Public Health Leadership Training Program.
To view to an interview with Irv Emanuel, go to School of Public Health and Community Medicine's Video Archives. His interview, along with interviews of other founders of the School of Public Health and Community Medicine, is available as part of the school's History Project.
Hillary Moore, MD, MPH, (Class of 2006) was awarded a prize for her poster, "Risk factors for recurrent shoulder dystocia, Washington State, 1987-2004," at the 55th Annual Clinical Meeting of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. This was one of five prizes given for best resident poster.
Natalia Kanem, MD, MPH, (Class of 1990) won the School of Public Health and Community Medicine's 2007 Distinguished Alumni Award. Natalia is a 1990 graduate of this program, and is current President of The ELMA Philanthropies, a foundation working to improve the health, education, and livelihood of disadvantaged youth in Africa.
Wendy E. Mouradian, MD, and Colleen Huebner, PhD, MPH, are authors of "Future Directions in Leadership Training of MCH Professionals: Cross-Cutting MCH Leadership Competencies," published as an Online First article in the January 2007 issue of Maternal and Child Health Journal.
Help Support Your MCH Program!!
Alumni and others who wish to donate to the University of Washington can now designate their dollars to directly support the Maternal and Child Public Health Leadership Training Program. To do so, visit the MCH Program Fund for Excellence.
