Maternal and Child Health: Research, Advocacy, and Leadership

Director: Drs. Michelle Schladant and Judith Simms-Cendan
Description: The maternal child health pathway is designed to empower medical students to become leaders in maternal health, child development, and family well-being. Students will gain invaluable, real-world insights through diverse experiences in pediatrics and obstetrics and gynecology. Under expert mentorship, students will complete a scholarly project that demonstrates not just leadership but also effective meaningful systems-level changes for the maternal-child health population.

This pathway is backed by the esteemed, federally-funded Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities (LEND) training program at the Mailman Center for Child Development. Our holistic and comprehensive curriculum is focused on developing crucial skills in inter-professional teaming, engaging in enriching family-professional partnerships, and cultivating cultural humility while adopting a life course perspective in treating women and children with neurodevelopmental disabilities and special healthcare needs.

Students will have the opportunity to participate with professionals and family members/people with disabilities in a dynamic learning environment, that includes online learning modalities, and small-group interactions with graduate students from 12 disciplines—pediatric medicine, psychology, nursing, social work, speech, and language pathology, and more.

Click here to learn more about the Maternal and Child Health: Research, Advocacy, and Leadership Pathway.

2024  Scholarly Concentration Application Resources

• Application (Due November 15, 2024 at 11:59 pm)
• NIH Sample*
• NIH Blank Template

*Attach your CV to the application using the required NIH format.