UTA Maternal & Reproductive Health Equity Research Lab

Students, this is for you! Join us for OPSS 2025, happening February 19-23, 2025, and be part of a groundbreaking event focused on advancing obstetric quality and patient safety! We’re offering 20 exclusive spots to the first 20 students who register—first come, first served! Don't miss this opportunity—visit our website to check the requirements and see if you qualify. Event Highlights: 📌 Be one of the FIRST 5 students to register by 9/23/2024 and receive:     •    A signed copy of Dr. Scott’s book 📚     •    FREE admission to the SACKRED Stories: Brunch, Bubbles & Birth Justice book reading on 2/23/2025 📌 Register a group of 4 or more and get 20% off the early bird rate! 🔗 Click the link below to complete the student registration form and remember to submit your letter of good standing: https://lnkd.in/eQacq_CC Upon receipt of your completed student registration and your letter of good standing, we will send you the code to purchase your student OPSS registration tickets. Don’t miss out on this transformational event! #BirthJustice4NativeYouth #BirthJustice4BlackYouth #OPSS2025 #BCRNashville #SACKREDBirth #MakingSpace4Learners

Our Director, Kyrah K. Brown, PhD, will be presenting on “Black Women and Non-Binary Persons’ Perspectives on Interventions and Research on Black Cardio-Reproductive Health” at the 2024 Black Maternal Health Conference & Training Institute! Whether you’re joining virtually or in person, register now at https://lnkd.in/dqGdhqDc to catch my presentation alongside other amazing presenters! Looking forward to connecting and advancing Black Maternal Health equity together. #bmhc24

Say Hello to the MRHE Lab!! Community Engagement Team: Rebecca, Tiara, Brianna, Yarizel and Kyree (not pictured). Research Team: Aaliyah, Akeirria, Mercy, Precious, Mariah, MK, Jeremiah, and Rachel and Myiah (not pictured). Faculty Mentors: Dr. Kyrah Brown, Professor Thanayi Lambert, Dr. Brandie Green, Dr. Jada Reeves (Faculty Affiliate, SAFE Lab) Tiara Pratt Yarizel Marquez Kyree Messeh Aaliyah Devore Jeremiah Joseph Mercy Obasanya, MPH Thanayi Lambert, MSN, RNC-OB Brandie Green, Ph.D., MPH, CHES® Dr. Jaquetta "Jada" Reeves, PhD, MS, BSN, RN, NP-C Kyrah K. Brown, PhD

After our CE team meeting we stopped by The University of Texas at Arlington College of Nursing and Health Innovation grab ice cream and paletas to cool off from this Texas heat! Tiara Pratt Yarizel Marquez Kyrah K. Brown, PhD Thanayi Lambert, MSN, RNC-OB

Training opportunity for UTA Students. The application deadline is August 30th!! Refer to post below!

We are so proud of you and your work! You did an excellent job this summer and you should be very proud of yourself. Looking forward to continuing your work! Aaliyah Devore

We are excited to partner with Tarrant County Public Health and Mavericks for PH, with support from the UTA Public Health Programs to offer the second annual Preconception Peer Educator Training. Application deadline is August 30th. The training will take place Sept 14th (9AM2PM) and an action planning meeting on Sept 21 (9AM-11:30AM). This opportunity is open to all undergraduate and graduate UTA students. For more information: https://lnkd.in/gKYBeqb5

Register today!! The annual HEAL Summit will take place on September 17, 2024, from 9:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. at the Hurst Conference Center. The summit theme centers around Reproductive Health and will spotlight groundbreaking research on advancing maternal and child health equity. Participants will be equipped with valuable insights and actionable strategies to drive more equitable health outcomes for parents and children. Summit Registration: https://lnkd.in/g3Myy-Zj Call for Abstracts (see attached): We welcome abstracts aligned with the Summit theme or in the areas of community health, maternal health, child health, and community-based programming.

Aaliyah Devore

We just finished our first Maternal Health Equity Research Collaborative Annual Meeting with our Coordinating Center lead by Morgan State, funding partner HRSA/MCHB, and our fellow 16 MSI-Maternal Health Research Centers! Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSAgov), HHS , Morgan State University Westat , Kennedy Krieger Institute. Our team is looking forward to this work!