2022
Friday Fri
Virtual
Harnessing Data and Community Voices to Improve Maternal Health
A Perinatal Epidemiology and Population Health Symposium
Hear from experts working to solve maternal health disparities through data sources, community engagement and improving care at scale.
The Center's Deirdre Lyell and Suzan Carmichael provide opening remarks. Each session features a keynote speaker and two speed talks.
Session 1: Observational & Population-Based Epidemiologic Research
Keynote: Using Big Data to Study the Safety of Medications in Pregnancy
Brian Bateman, MD, MSc - Chair, Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine and, by courtesy, Professor of Epidemiology and Population Health
Speed Talk: Population-Based Studies of Severe Maternal Morbidity
Suzan Carmichael, PhD - Professor of Pediatrics, of Obstetrics & Gynecology, and, by courtesy, of Epidemiology and Population Health
Speed Talk: Centering People who are LGBTQ+ in Obstetrical Research
Stephanie Leonard, PhD - Instructor, Obstetrics & Gynecology
Session 2: Quality Improvement and Interventions
Keynote: Improving Maternity Care at Scale: Lessons from California
Elliott Main, MD - Medical Director of the California Maternal Quality Care Collaborative (CMQCC) and Clinical Professor in Obstetrics & Gynecology at Stanford Medicine
Speed Talk: Combining Clinical, Community, and Implementation Science Approaches to Reduce Iron Deficiency Anemia at Birth and Improve Birth Equity
Deirdre Lyell, MD - Dunlevie Endowed Professor of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Obstetrics & Gynecology
Speed Talk: Mifepristone as an Adjunct to Transcervical Balloon for Labor Induction (MiLI): A Randomized Clinical Trial
Hayley Miller, MD - Maternal Fetal Medicine Fellow, Obstetrics & Gynecology
Session 3: Community Voices, Community Engagement, and Qualitative Research
Keynote: Community Engagement to Promote Health Equity: From Principles to Practice
Patricia Rodriguez Espinosa, PhD, MPH - Associate Director of Research, Office of Community Engagement and Instructor, Department of Epidemiology and Population Health at Stanford Medicine
Speed Talk: Community Perspectives on Prenatal Care
Kata Nemeth - Project Manager, Black Wellness and Prosperity Center in Fresno
Speed Talk: Mixed Methods Approaches to Inform Decision Making and Clinical Care
Julia Simard, ScD - Associate Professor of Epidemiology and Population Health and, by courtesy, of Medicine and of Obstetrics & Gynecology