Advancing Black Maternal Health

in Partnership With

Join us for this important conversation in collaboration with BlackDoctor.org on the state of Black maternal health. National experts will examine a range of issues, including why Black women are three times more likely than white women to die from a pregnancy-related cause. Panelists will also share resources and information on how healthcare professionals, together with Black birthing mothers and their families, can help foster positive birth experiences and outcomes.

June 21, 2023

5–6 p.m. PT | 7–8 p.m. CT | 8–9 p.m. ET

Meet Our Panelists

Christina Harris, MD

Vice President and
Chief Health Equity
Officer, Cedars-Sinai

Moderator

Sonya Young Aadam

CEO, California Black
Women’s Health
Project

Kimberly D. Gregory,
MD, MPH

Director, Division of
Maternal-Fetal
Medicine,
Cedars-Sinai

Natalie D. Hernandez,
PhD, MPH

Executive Director of
the Center for
Maternal Health
Equity, Morehouse
School of Medicine

Sarah J. Kilpatrick,
MD, PhD

Chair, Department of
Obstetrics and
Gynecology,
Cedars-Sinai

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