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April 9, 2019

MCAH Postdoc Jordyn Wallenborn leads pilot study on breast milk and the infant microbiome

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April 2, 2019

MCAH Alumna Carly Strouse works with Food Empowerment Project to improve Vallejo’s food landscape

Alumna Carly Strouse

Berkeley School of Public Health alumna Carly Strouse (MCAH MPH 2013, DrPH 2016), currently an Assistant Professor in the public health program at Touro University, recently analyzed data for the Food Empowerment Project on the lack of healthy food available in Vallejo, California. We interviewed her about her role in the project, as well as the project’s methods, goals and next steps.

March 7, 2019

Just Launched! A training module series on MCAH Life Course Perspective, Practice, & Leadership

Available Now! Our free online training module series: Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health Life Course Perspective, Practice, and Leadership.

UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health and its Center of Excellence in Maternal, Child, and Adolescent Health offer a self-directed, open-source training module series on the life course perspective and leadership.

February 26, 2019

Breastmilk popsicles: MCAH Postdoc Christiana von Hippel studies user innovation among new mothers

Christiana von Hippel

Dr. ChristianavonHippel, a postdoctoral fellow with the Wallace Center, studies User Innovation among diverse communities of women who, when professionally designed interventions are either inaccessible or insufficient, develop health-promoting interventions to meet their own needs.

Berkeley News

Prenatal exposure to chemicals in personal care products may speed puberty in girls

a close up photo of a cosmetic palette

By Kara Manke, republished with permission of news.berkeley.edu

Girls exposed to chemicals commonly found in toothpaste, makeup, soap and other personal care products before birth may hit puberty earlier, according to a new longitudinal study led by researchers at UC Berkeley.

November 29, 2018

Dr. Cheri Pies Receives 2018 MCHB Director’s Award

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November 6, 2018

Register for the The 2018 Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health Networking Luncheon Honoring Professor Brenda Eskenazi

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October 30, 2018

Professor Ndola Prata and the Bixby Center work to support women’s reproductive health in Uganda

Professor Ndola Prata and the Bixby Center work to support women’s reproductive health in Uganda

Professor Ndola Prata presents at the UC Berkeley School of Law

October 24, 2018

MCAH Alumni Rachel Hall utilizes leadership skills at Learning for Action

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MCAH Alumni Rachel Hall completed her Master in Public Health (MPH) & Master in Public Policy (MPP) at UC Berkeley. Since 2008, she's been employed with Learning for Action (LFA), a San Francisco-based organization, where she is Senior Consultant and Director of Talent.

September 9, 2018

MPH candidate Elizabeth Pleasants develops quality assessment tool for Wallace Center

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MPH candidate Elizabeth Pleasants