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The Northwest Bulletin: Family and Child Health provides timely, relevant information about the health and health care of children and their families to public health professionals practicing in the Northwest region (Region X) of the United States.
Welcome!
The Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Leadership Training 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
Melissa Romaire, MPH, an MCH student in the PhD Program in the Department of Health Services, was selected as an American Public Health Association (APHA) Maternal and Child Health Section Fellow for 2009-2010.
The fellowship is designed to provide student fellows an opportunity to enrich their professional experience by participating in professional education and policy development at the national level. Each student fellow will have an oportunity to learn more about APHA and the MCH Section by participating in business meetings, serving on various section committees, and working on section policy statements, among other activities.
Travis Nelson, DDS, a first-year MCH student and first-year resident in the Department of Pediatric Dentistry, received a 2009 3M ESPE Preventative Pediatric Dentistry Postdoctoral Research Fellowship for his thesis research project "The Effectiveness of SMS Text Messages as Appointment Reminders in the Pediatric Dental Setting." He was one of three recipients nationwide.
The fellowship includes funds for research supplies, a stipend for the recipient, and money for travel to the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry Annual Session in 2010.
Rosa Soloria, MD, MPH, MCH faculty member and assistant professor, Department of Health Services, received a 2-year, $100,000 grant from the University of Washington's Center for AIDS and STD. She will be conducting a study with young Hispanic men to evaluate barriers to HIV testing.
Erika Hagensen, MSW, MCH student, received a 2008 OMB Watch Public Interest Rising Star Award. She is director of Disability Rights and Family & Technology Policy at The Arc and United Cerebral Palsy Disability Policy Collaboration.
Janice F. Bell, MN, MPH, PhD, MCH faculty member and assistant professor in the Department of Health Services, is first author of the article, Neighborhood Greenness and 2-Year Changes in Body Mass Index of Children and Youth, published in the December 2008 issue of American Journal of Preventive Medicine.
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.
