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GRHIC Hosts Summer Programs in Maternal Health and Pediatrics

The Georgia Rural Health Innovation Center hosted two summer experience programs for medical students with a focus on maternal health and pediatrics.

Inaugural Maternal Health Observership Alum Reflects on Program Experience, Matches with OB-GYN Residency

Mercer University School of Medicine student Alicia Williams (’24), who inspired the launch of the Maternal Health Observership program, matched with an OB-GYN residency. She recalls her time in the six-week summer program.

Center Hosts Second-Annual Maternal Health Symposium

The 2023 Maternal Health Symposium, the Life Cycle of Maternal Health, focused on how optimum health during all aspects of life’s stages is crucial to positive outcomes: from birth to adolescence, teen years to adulthood, pregnant mothers to senior adults. Speakers presented topics on children and adolescents, preconception, pregnancy and postpartum, and menopause.

Georgia Rural Health Innovation Center’s Maternal Health Observership Provides Educational Opportunities for Rising Second-Year Med Students

The Maternal Health Observership scholars dedicated their summer to developing a deeper understanding of maternal health, rural pediatric care, and how health disparities in these areas affect families living within Georgia.

GRHIC to Host Maternal Health Symposium

The two-day symposium will host health care professionals from medical schools, public health, and rural hospitals from across the state to advance the dialogue on maternal health initiatives that are improving outcomes.

Maternal Health Summer Lecture Series