GW Center of Excellence in Maternal and Child Health

Milken Institute School of Public Health

Faculty & Staff

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Zoe Beckerman

Teaching Professor & Vice Chair, Department of Health Policy and Management

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Liz Borkowski

Senior Research Scientist, Department of Health Policy and Management; Managing Director, Jacobs Institute of Women's Health; Managing Editor, Women's Health Is

Jerry Franz
Jerry Franz

Associate Director of the GW Center of Excellence in MCH

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Michael Long

Associate Professor of Prevention and Community Health and Exercise and Nutrition Sciences

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Anne Markus

Professor and Chair, Department of Health Policy and Management

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Mikayla Mason

Current MCH Program Graduate Student Assistant

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Karen McDonnell

Associate Professor and Vice Chair, Department of Prevention and Community Health

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Nitasha Nagaraj

Assistant Teaching Professor, Department of Prevention and Community Health & Director, GW Center of Excellence in MCH

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Melissa Napolitano

Professor, Department of Prevention and Community Health

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Abigail Quashie

Current MCH Program Graduate Student Assistant

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Monica Ruiz

Associate Professor, Department of Prevention and Community Health

Headshot Amita Vyas, PhD, MHS
Amita Vyas

Professor, Department of Prevention and Community Health & Director, GW Center of Excellence in MCH

See what faculty are currently up to! 

 

AIMIcare Study-Preventing Physician Burnout

November 8, 2023

Dr. Vyas, Dr. Kerzin and Carolyn Brown-Kaiser are working on the AIMIcare project, an app that is designed to help prevent physician burnout

Beacon House and GW Center of Excellence in Maternal and Child Health Launch Mental Health Resources Website for DC Parents and Children

May 24, 2023

Dr. Monica Ruiz and her partnership with Beacon House was recently highlighted in the GWSPH press

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MCH End of Year Party

May 18, 2023

Second years gathered for CE presentations and an end of year celebration afterward

Combination pack of mifepristone (L) and misoprostol tablets, two medicines used together, also called the abortion pill.

MCH Center's Liz Borkowski publishes opinion piece on mifepristone court decision for Scientific American

April 14, 2023

Liz writes about the effects of an April 7 court decision and how one judge has harmed women’s health and undermined trust in science-based drug approvals in the U.S.

MCH students and faculty at the 5K

MCH Program Smashes Cherry Blossom 5K!

April 8, 2023

MCH students and faculty came together for the annual Cherry Blossom 5K in D.C. repping the Center!

WYCH announcement

New "Women, Youth and Child Health" MPH Concentration Launched Today by the Milken Institute School of Public Health

#1 Ranked Online Master of Public Health Program Enhanced with Maternal and Child Health Specialty

April 3, 2023

MPH@GW online students will now be able to declare a concentration in Women, Youth, and Child Health starting Spring II

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2023 MCH IPE Event a Success!

March 1, 2023

Health Policy and MCH come together to provide amazing IPE focusing on 2022 Dobbs Decision

Dr. N honored as professor of the year

Dr. Melissa Napolitano Named as Athletics Professor of the Year

February 22, 2023

MCH Professor Dr. Melissa Napolitano was one of six faculty members honored as Professor of the Year by the 400 student athletes at GW.

Students and professors in Ghana and Mexico

Students and Professors Return from Girl Rising Project in Mexico and Ghana

February 10, 2023

Alyssa Baer, Jen Farnsworth, and Drs. Vyas & Nagaraj share their stories from their travels.

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Karen McDonnell Named New Editor-in-Chief of Women’s Health Issues

October 10, 2022

Dr. Karen McDonnell of the Center of Excellence named the new Editor-in-Chief of Women’s Health Issues

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Nitasaha Nagaraj Selected as a Member of the 14th Cohort of CityMatch’s CityLeaders Training Program

December 1, 2021

One of our amazing faculty has been selected as a member of the CityMatch CityLeaders Training Program