NICHQ Employee Spotlight: Dana West, Ph.D., Associate Project Director of Equity January 27, 2022 NICHQ Associate Project Director of Equity Dana West, Ph.D., brings a background in education, policy, social justice, and health to NICHQ's Equity Team.
NICHQ Employee Spotlight: Rinka Murakami, Analyst July 26, 2023 NICHQ Analyst Rinka Murakami is committed to addressing disparities in maternal and child health, particularly racial disparities. As an Analyst in NICHQ's Department of Applied Research and Evaluation, Rinka is particularly passionate about working on various health initiatives focused on improving birth equity and respectful care.
NICHQ Employee Spotlight: Ashidah Baker, Associate Director of Human Resources February 25, 2022 NICHQ Associate Director of Human Resources Ashidah Baker, shares insight about NICHQ’s HR policies and practices and how they're reflective of the organization's equity journey.
Making Fathers Visible in Maternal and Child Health June 10, 2020 From cognitive and social emotional development to education and accomplishments, children with involved fathers achieve better health outcomes. Yet despite fathers’ positive impact on maternal and child health, many of the systems intended to serve women and children were not designed with fathers in mind. That’s why we’re sharing strategies to increasing father involvement in early childhood programs.
NICHQ Employee Spotlight: Ana Franklin, Development Manager April 27, 2023 NICHQ Development Manager Ana Franklin shares her personal and professional commitment to health equity as the adopted daughter of a retired general health practitioner. As Development Manager, Ana is responsible for supporting the grant processes, such as managing the proposal development process and monitoring proposal timelines. As well as supporting process improvement, like developing templates and checklists that keep the whole process and proposal team organized and on track.
NICHQ Employee Spotlight: Kelly Edwards, MPH, Senior Project Manager September 28, 2022 Kelly Edwards discusses her journey from NICHQ intern to Senior Project Manager, and shares highlights and key takeaways from the six NICHQ projects she's supported.