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BOARD MEMBER QUALIFICATIONS: Board members must be a graduate student of an MPH/MHA program or alumni of an MPH program. In order to have input across multiple schools, board members are encouraged to be from different schools.
BOARD MEMBER RESPONSIBILITIES: Board members must hold their position for at least 6 months (one term) and up to 1 year (two terms). The first term will run from January through the end of June and the second term will run from July through the end of December. Board members must attend at least 80% of the monthly meetings and be able to touch base with the Director for any meetings they cannot attend. It is expected for board members to commit about 8-10 hours per month to MCH NN duties.
Director
Akila Raj Anand (SHE/HER/HERS)
MPH Epidemiology and Biostatistics , Boston University School of Public Health.
Akila Raj Anand is a first year graduate student at Boston University School of Public Health. Akila graduated from the University of California Santa Barbara with a Bachelors of Science degree in Cell and Developmental Biology.
Akila's passion for maternal and child health is deeply rooted in her personal experiences working with children, both within and outside healthcare settings. These experiences have reinforced her commitment to improving health outcomes, more specifically the production and access of pharmaceutical drugs, for women and children.
Through the pursuit of her graduate degree, Akila is excited to take on her new role as Network Director at the Maternal and Child Health National Network!
Advocacy Committee
Relicious Eboh
(SHE/HER/HERS)
ADVOCACY COORDINATOR
PhD Maternal and Child Health Epidemiology, University of Illinois-Chicago
Relicious has spent the past few years focused on addressing different neighborhood and stress factors in African American pregnant women in Detroit through varied mixed method studies. Relicious has a vested research interest in Black maternal mortality, mental health, pre-term birth and reproductive justice. In the future, Relicious' professional goals include consulting with private sectors and NGOs to inform maternal health initiatives within underrepresented communities. She hopes to give back to communities through teaching and alternative programs, globally.
Dejah fleurancois (SHE/HER/HERS)
ADVOCACY COORDINATOR
MPH Health Law and Policy, Maternal and Child Health, Boston University
Dejah is a second-year MPH student (Health Policy and Law, Maternal and Child Health) at Boston University from Fitchburg, MA. For her undergraduate studies, she attended Howard University, where she received a B.S. in nutritional science in May 2024. She is a current maternal health fellow at the Institute for Medicaid Innovation, where she contributes to projects that focus on expanding maternal health services (ie, Doulas, Midwives, etc.) under Medicaid. She is passionate about addressing the black maternal health crisis and advancing policies that expand access to essential services to help ensure equitable and positive birth outcomes for all birthing people.
Research and Practice Committee
Cynthia
Fok
(SHE/HER/HERS)
RESEARCH AND PRACTICE COORDINATOR
MPH in Community Health Sciences - University of California Los Angeles
Cynthia is a 1st year PhD student in Maternal and Child Health at the University of Illinois-Chicago. Her interests in MCH include improving pregnancy experiences and birth outcomes leveraging community-clinic linkages.
She also has an interest in utilizing a lifecourse perspective to reduce CVD risk through improvements in maternal and infant outcomes.
Amiyah Davis
(SHE/HER/HERS)
RESEARCH AND PRACTICE COORDINATOR
B.S. in Biology - Howard University
Amiyah is going into the 2nd year of the Drexel University Global Health MPH program, with a minor in maternal and child health. She actively applies her studies as a Medical Assistant in primary/urgent care and through her research roles. She currently assists with a database on Medicaid coverage at Drexel's Policy and Analytics Center (PAC) and is excited to be stepping up to a national level as one of the new Research Coordinators for the Maternal and Child Health National Network.
Her particular interest in uncovering disparities within maternal and child health is propelled by her end goal of becoming a board-certified OBGYN. Her key demographic to aid is Black women, who are at increased risk for high-risk pregnancies and maternal mortality.
Alumni & Outreach Committee
Tiana Mason (SHE/HER/HERS)
ALUMNI OUTREACH COORDINATOR
MPH Community Assessment, Program Design, Implementation and Evaluation & Maternal and Child Health, Boston University School of Public Health
Tiana Mason recently earned her Master of Public Health from the Boston University School of Public Health. She also holds a Bachelor of Science in Behavioral Neuroscience from Northeastern University.
Tiana’s passion for maternal and child health (MCH) is rooted in her commitment to addressing health disparities and promoting health equity. She believes that MCH is a critical factor in lifelong health and that innovative approaches are essential to achieving health equity for all. Tiana’s skillset bridges clinical research and public health practice to improve health outcomes for historically underserved populations.
Tiana is thrilled to connect like-minded individuals through her new role as Alumni Coordinator at the Maternal and Child Health National Network!
Simone nixon (SHE/HER/HERS)
ALUMNI OUTREACH COORDINATOR
MPH in Maternal and Child Health - George Washington University
Simone Nixon is a recent graduate of George Washington University where she received her MPH in Maternal and Child Health (MCH). Prior to this, she received her BS in Biology from Howard University. Her interests within MCH include, women's health research and funding, the US maternal mortality crisis, and human trafficking. Currently, she works as a Research Assistant for the peer-reviewed journal Women's Health Issues. Simone is excited to support MCH-NN as an Alumni Outreach Coordinator and hopes to help foster the growing community of MCH young professionals.
Communications Comittee
Mahima Sindhu Vishnubhatla (SHE/HER/HERS)
SOCIAL MEDIA COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER
MSPH Health Policy, John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Mahima is a graduate of Johns Hopkins' MSPH Health Policy program. With a maternal health lineage that includes infertility, PCOS, endometriosis, and ovarian cancer, Mahima is driven to improve the welfare of women and children. Since high school, Mahima has worked in several healthcare settings, including pharmaceutical, administrative, nonprofit, and consulting, on projects varying from topics like mental health to racial disparities in MCH to adverse childhood experiences. Mahima joined MCH-NN in hopes of continuing her MCH education and using social media as a medium to promote awareness of MCH topics.
Hailey Johnson
(SHE/HER/HERS)
SOCIAL MEDIA COMMUNICATIONS COORDINATOR
MSW Maternal and Child Health, and Health and Mental Health Across Lifespans. University of California Los Angeles
Hailey Johnson is a 2nd year Graduate Student at the University of California Los Angeles, and holds a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo.
While pursuing her MSW, she has found passion in the world of Maternal and Child Health, recently starting an internship in the MCH Department of a hospital and completing meaningful research on the Black Infant Mortality Crisis.
Hailey also has experience in psychological marketing and a passion for social media management. She is excited to combine her passions of Maternal and Child Health and media to better the community that the MCH-NN serves.
Aman Qutab
(SHE/HER/HERS)
SOCIAL MEDIA COMMUNICATIONS COORDINATOR
MPH Health Law and Policy, Boston University School of Public Health
Aman is a second year MPH student at Boston University School of Public Health, pursuing a certificate in Health Policy and Law. Her academic and professional career has been dedicated towards understanding the healthcare system and its services from different and diverse perspectives in the healthcare field.
Through her work as a Student Fellow at Health Law Advocates, in combination with the engagement with the Maternal and Child Health National Network, she hopes to expand her knowledge and experience in these areas of focus.
Sarah S. Palmer (SHE/HER/HERS)
NEWSLETTER CO-MANAGER
MPH Global Health Program Design, Monitoring, and Evaluation & Maternal and Child Health , Boston Universit School of Public Health
Sarah S. Palmer is the Development Associate at Justice Health Initiative, a Boston based non-profit that focuses on ensuring children with rare diseases or conditions receive the treatment and holistic care they need. She graduated from Boston University’s School of Public Health, where she studied Global Health with a Maternal and Child Health lens. Sarah also worked with Malawi based non-profit FORUD to launch their program to pilot an injectable contraceptive and disseminate more reproductive health information. Previously, she worked in communications and program management working to grow programs both regionally and internationally.
Indira D'Souza
(SHE/HER/HERS)NEWSLETTER CO-MANAGER
MPH in Maternal Child Adolescent Health - University of California Berkeley
Indira is a second-year MPH student in Maternal Child and Adolescent Health at UC Berkeley. She did her undergrad at UC Davis in Global Disease Biology. Her research interests include structural determinants of health as they apply to maternal and infant health and racial inequities. She is a current intern in nutrition equity at San Francisco Department of Public Health, and the Co-Director of the MCAH Student Interest Group at UCB. She is working on her capstone thesis on the association of pregnancy complications and SIDS -- and graduates in May 2025!
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