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As the Department of Maternal & Child Health (MCH) at UNC-Chapel Hill's Gillings School of Global Public Health strives to build its online presence, we hope to use this page to connect our students, alumni, faculty and staff to our efforts in improving the health of women, children and families around the world.

10/02/2026

✨ Alumni Spotlight: Avery Prescott

From UNC Maternal and Child Health to a career advancing public health through data-driven research, Avery Prescott now serves as a Research Associate at Everytown for Gun Safety. He credits MCFH with helping him develop the research, project management and communication skills that continue to shape his work today.

Avery's commitment to using research to inform public health action highlights the impact MCFH alumni are making in communities across the country.

09/30/2026

A room full of learners, researchers, and meaningful conversations👏 Thank you to Dr. Natalie Shaw for an engaging MCH x RPPE Seminar and for sharing valuable insights on reproductive development with our MCH community.

09/24/2026

🍂 Building community, one conversation at a time!

Students, faculty, and staff gathered for the MCH Fall Social to connect, meet new faces, and strengthen relationships across our department. Thank you to everyone who joined us and helped make the event such a success!

09/23/2026

📚 New research from the Maternal and Child Health community highlights evidence-based strategies to improve outcomes for children and families.

From policy approaches that address maternal and infant health disparities to interventions that support families during NICU stays, these studies offer insights for research, practice, and policy.

Swipe through to learn more about recent research from MCH faculty, students, and alumni.

09/17/2026

We're proud to see MCFH alumna and doctoral student Courtney McMillian present at the Black Maternal Health Conference, sharing her work, What We Carry Into Motherhood: The Second-Shift Daughter Perspective. Her presentation explored Black maternal health through a life course lens while challenging deficit-based narratives and centering healing, resilience, and possibility 💙✨

09/10/2026

Honored to have several of our MCH Faculty spend the evening at the “From One Woman to Another: Shaping the Future of Public Health in NC” Reception hosted by Anna Stein and the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health at the Executive Mansion.
Inspired by the remarkable women shaping the future of public health in North Carolina. 💙

09/03/2026

📢 New maternal health resources from the WIC Maternal Health Center!

Together, these resources provide WIC agencies with actionable guidance to strengthen maternal health services and support improved maternal health outcomes in WIC settings.

# WICMHC

06/03/2026

Do you work in a U.S. maternity care facility?

We’re inviting maternity care staff to take a short, anonymous survey (5–10 minutes) about experiences implementing the Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding—what’s working, what’s challenging, and what support would help.
✅ This survey is different from the CDC’s mPINC survey. mPINC focuses on hospitallevel practices; this survey is about your firsthand experience providing care.
✅ We want to hear from everyone—even if others from your hospital also see or complete it.
⏰ The survey is only open for a short time.
👉 Click here to participate: https://go.unc.edu/CGBISurvey2026

Thank you for all you do to support postpartum families.

05/13/2026

Not a goodbye - just a see you later. 🤍

Cheers to our MCFH concentration MPH graduates! The communities you’ll serve are lucky to have you. Go change the world. 🎓✨

04/28/2026

Yesterday marked the end of an era! Our last day of class for the semester. 🎓

Last week, we celebrated our MCFH MPH graduating cohort in the sweetest way possible with our “Sweet Send Off” celebration and lots of photos.

As we approach graduation, we are so incredibly proud of everything they’ve accomplished and cannot wait to watch them change the world. ✨

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University Of North Carolina Gillings School Of Global Public Health Dpt Maternal & Child Health, 135 Dauer Drive CB 7445 Rosenau Hall
Chapel Hill, NC
27599

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http://sph.unc.edu/

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