Maternal Child Health Translational Team (MCH TT)

This translational team is focused on transdisciplinary maternal child health research across the translational spectrum.

A significant amount of innovative maternal child health-related work is underway in the College of Health Solutions and Arizona State University. Much of this work is disciplinarily driven and conducted in siloes. The purpose of the Maternal Child Health Translational Team (MCH TT) is to create a MCH community of practice and a collaboratory for transdisciplinary research across the translational spectrum. We are leveraging an existing training grant (TRANSCEND Program) on maternal child health, and plan to align work with strategic areas of emphasis within MCH at MCHB/HRSA and NIH: first 1000 days, behavioral health of children and mothers, children with special health care needs, childhood obesity prevention, opioid crisis, and social determinants of health. As currently planned, the TT will have four core domains: MCH research, MCH training, MCH community network, MCH healthcare network.