Talking climate and maternal mental health with staffers from the offices of Senator Raphael Warnock, Senator Jon Ossoff,  Representative Austin Scott, and Representative Jody Hice.      

Maternal functioning increased over the 3 postpartum study visits.  Read more here.

Thank you, Raime Cohen for spotlighting maternal mental health issues (and my cute kids) in this interview 🙂      

“Maternal functioning was not significantly associated with ACE scores. Several concurrent and longitudinal associations between self-reported depression, anxiety, and maternal functioning also emerged, with effect sizes ranging from small to medium (see Table 2).” The authors examined the relationship between ACEs and mental health outcomes.  Read more here.

Can’t wait to discuss Extreme Weather and mental health with Bob Friedlander, Carl Cooley, and the rest of the New Hampshire Healthcare Workers for Climate Action on Thursday, January 13th @7pm. ***Presented in collaboration with the NH Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics, New Hampshire Psychiatric Society, New Hampshire Psychological Association, New Hampshire Chapter…

Does exposure to extreme weather events have the potential to impact perinatal mental health?  Short answer is … yes. Read more here.          

Thank you to the Georgia Rural Health Innovations Center.  Can’t wait to further develop the Maternal Child Health Observership program with you. #InnovationsInMedEd

In recent work, we examined the relationship between Racial Identity and Maternal Functioning. “It was determined through Kruskal Wallis test, χ2(5) = 20.108, p < 0.05, that the women belonging to the Assimilated and Miseducated cluster had higher levels of maternal functioning when compared to the women in the Self-Hating and Anti-white clusters.” Read more here.    

Thank you to @ProfBernardDan and Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology at Mac Keith Press  (best ever) for featuring our work via Editorial Highlights and Podcast. The highlights, written by Editor in Chief Bernard Dan, are free to read online now: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/dmcn.15062 “State-of-the-art reviews clarified the impact of extreme weather events and air pollution on neurological development.” #DMCN2021highlights

During #COP26, our #CommMed Department launched its first “Climate Change and the Practice of Medicine” course. Thanks to Emory Department of Pediatrics fabulous Dr Rebecca Philipsborn for sharing her vast knowledge on medical education and climate! #InnovationsInMedEd #CommMed #MUSM