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NICHQ Employee Spotlight: Lauren Sapp
Lauren Sapp, MPH, a Communications Coordinator for NICHQ’s Community-Centered Hospital Initiative (CCHI) and Maternal Health Action & Resource Center (MHARC), shares her professional goals and career journey thus far.
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Prematurity Awareness Month
Prematurity Awareness Month Help end preventable preterm birth In 2022, 1 in every 10 infants born in the United States was born prematurely, putting them at a higher risk for disability and death. This November, join NICHQ in raising awareness about preterm birth and reducing the risks to improve maternal and child health outcomes. Supporting…
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2025 Annual Healthy Start All-Grantee Meeting
This year’s meeting brought grantees together under the banner, “Building on the Legacy and Continuing the Mission: Collaborating to Improve Perinatal Outcomes.” Healthy Start Technical Assistance & Support Center (TASC) Senior Project Director, Karen Chustz, MSW, opened the convening by acknowledging the significance of the meeting’s timing. “It is incredible to come together in September,…
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NICHQ Employee Spotlight: Laura Sabino
Laura Sabino, a Project Coordinator for NICHQ’s National Network of Perinatal Quality Collaboratives (NNPQC) and Maternal Health Action & Resource Center (MHARC), shares her professional goals and career journey thus far.
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SIDS Awareness Month 2025
SIDS Awareness Month Promote safe sleep and reduce the risk of SIDS October is Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) Awareness Month. Help us spread the word about safe sleep practices, help educate families about prevention strategies, and support families that have been impacted by SIDS. Educating Families & Reducing Risks Preventing Sleep-Related Infant Mortality Sudden…
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October Is Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month: Honoring the Babies We Remember and the Families Who Carry Them
For many, this month opens a space to share what has often been held in silence. Grief after pregnancy or infant loss is unlike any other—it touches every part of life and changes how we see the world. The Conditions Beneath Our Grief Grief does not happen in a vacuum. It’s shaped by our daily…
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Journey into Sickle Cell Disease Advocacy
Dr. Titilope Fasipe shares how her personal experience with SCD led her to become a pediatric hematologist, the importance of including warriors in care plans and practices, and what advocacy work she believes still needs to be done to advance SCD research and treatment.
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National Sickle Cell Awareness Month
September is National Sickle Cell Awareness Month, and this year’s theme is “Sickle Cell Matters 2025.” Join the National Institute for Children’s Health Quality (NICHQ) in raising awareness about sickle cell trait and the unique challenges people living with Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) experience.
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NICHQ Employee Spotlight: D’Ondria Mullins
D’Ondria Mullins, the Kansas Community Engagement Coordinator for NICHQ’s Community-Centered Hospital Initiative (CCHI) shares her professional goals and career journey thus far.
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NICHQ COO Heidi Brooks named Interim CEO
BOSTON — Heidi Brooks, MA, MBA, Chief Operating Officer (COO) at the National Institute for Children’s Health Quality (NICHQ), will begin serving as interim CEO on Sept. 15, 2025. Earlier this year, Scott D. Berns, MD, FAAP, CEO and President of NICHQ, announced his planned retirement on Sept. 12, 2025. Brooks joined NICHQ’s executive team…
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