About Us
Our Research Priorities
- Doula Medicaid Uptake and Support: Researching sustainable access to doula services for Medicaid recipients.
- Preconception Health Training and Utilization: Promoting education and resources for healthy pregnancies.
- Fatherhood Involvement: Elevating the role of fathers in family health during pregnancy and postpartum.
- Improving the Perinatal and Postpartum Experience: Enhancing care and support systems during and after pregnancy.
- Postpartum Health and Early Childhood Development: Studying how postpartum health affects early childhood outcomes.
- Opioid Use and Maternal Health: Exploring the impact of opioid use and interventions to support families.
- Weathering, Stress, and Social Support: Investigating chronic stress and systemic inequities.
- Sexual and Reproductive Health Literacy and Policy: Addressing knowledge and policy gaps around HIV, STDs, abortion, and their health impacts.
Our Team
Dr. Marilyn Berchie-Gialamas
Principal Investigator
Zaire Bartholomew
Program Coordinator
Eyek Ntekim
Communications Coordinator
Chiara Orr
Graduate Research Assistant
Ifeyinwa Obiora
Operations and Budget Director
Toni-Ann O. Lee
Post-Graduate Research Assistant
Our Partners
