The Global Maternal and Newborn Health Health Research Cooperative, under the direction of Dilys Walker, MD, is dedicated to improving facility-based care for mothers and newborns in developing countries. With a growing portfolio of projects and partners at UCSF and around the globe, the Cooperative is building a collaborative team to better leverage, encourage and support the researchers and clinicians across UCSF.
From creating and implementing new techniques in provider training and facility quality improvement to making investments in discovery of new tools and technologies, our team works to advance care that will save the lives of mothers and babies in low and middle-income countries. Our approach is grounded in local community ownership to build capacity and ensure sustainability.
Projects
- Preterm Birth Initiative-East Africa
- Strengthening People-centered Accessibility, Respect and Quality (SPARQ)
- Bihar, India Quality of Care Collaboration
Our People
- Dilys Walker, MD
- Dominic Montagu, DrPH
- Patience Afulani, PhD, MD, MPH
- Elizabeth Butrick, MPH, MSW
- Sun Cotter, MPH
- Nadia Diamond-Smith, PhD, MS
- Katie Giessler, MPH
- Tiffany Lundeen, CNM, MSN, MA
- Solange Madriz, MS, MA
- Matthew Meeks
- Lara Miller, MS
- Hannah Park
- Beth Phillips, MPH
- Nicole Santos, PhD, MS
- Avery Seefeld
- Hilary Spindler, MPH
- May Sudhinaraset, PhD
- Ruby Warnock, MPH
Our Partners
- Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
- CARE India
- David & Lucille Packard Foundation
- Grand Challenges Canada
- Jacaranda Health
- Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI)
- Makarere University
- Mott MacDonald
- National University of Rwanda School of Public Health
- Public Health Foundation of India
- University of California Berkeley