UCB MCAH Awards

MCAH Awards

Past Recipients of the BPH MCAH Leadership Awards

Congratulations to the past recipients of the BPH MCAH Leadership Awards! We are beyond grateful for your leadership in the field of MCAH and the inspiration you provide for students, alumni and professionals.

2024 Award Recipients Claire Brindis, DrPH, MPH

2024 Lifetime Achievement in MCAH Award UC...

Berkeley Public Health MCAH Leadership Awards

Purpose of Awards

UC Berkeley's Center of Excellence in Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health (MCAH) aims to honor and celebrate Berkeley Public Health alumni for their outstanding dedication, remarkable achievements, and demonstrated leadership in improving the health of maternal, child, adolescent, and family health.

The MCAH Leadership Awards are presented annually at the UC Berkeley MCAH Alumni Community Building & Networking Event. This year's event is taking place on Sun. November 17 from 11 AM-2 PM at SWAY in West Berkeley - learn more...

CityMatCH Conference Reflection from Award Winning MCAH MPH Student Indira D'Souza

October 10, 2024
Indira D'Souza

CityMatCH 2024 Poster here!

This September, I was honored to present my poster “Developing Policy to Address Prenatal Diet Inequities in California: The California Community Prenatal Nutrition Initiative” at the CityMatCH Leadership & Epidemiology Conference in Seattle, WA! This poster was adapted from my policy proposal in the MCAH Foundations course from last year - it outlines a collaborative WIC and CDPH effort...

2023 Cheri Pies Awards Received By Recent MPH MCAH Graduates

June 6, 2023

Cheri A. Pies is a Clinical Professor Emerita at the School of Public Health, at the University of California, Berkeley. Cheri A. Pies also served as the principal investigator of the Best Babies Zone Initiative, a place-based multi-sector approach to reducing infant mortality through community-driven transformation. As one of the pioneers in understanding social determinants of health, she has worked to address the ways in which social and economic disparities and inequities...