Maternal Health Center at Texas Southern University

Gulf Coast Collaborative Center for Maternal Health Research, Education, Advanced Training, Community Engagement, and Health Empowerment at Texas Southern University

About Us

Our Story and Commitment

MHREACH is a maternal health center dedicated to investigating and addressing the underlying causes of maternal mortality and morbidity among at risk and highly vulnerable communities in Harris County and greater Houston area, including rural communities.

Framework

Transform MH education & experimential training

IMPROVE MH OUTCOMES

Strengthen community outreach & engagement

INCREASE THE MH RESEARCH CAPACITY, PIPELINE, & WORKFORCE

Specialize training for mh providers and support staff

BUILD & EXPAND STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS, TRUST & ADVOCACY

enhance scholarly mh research, establish advanced infrastrusture & deploy excellent resources

PROVIDE ACCESS IN QUALITY MH HEALTHCARE

Organizational Structure

Administrative Core

Community engagement core

Community Health Workers

Community Pilot Projects

Investigator Development & Training Core

Undergraduate & Graduate Students
Early-Stage Investigators & Post-Doctoral Fellows

Research Infrastructure Core

MH-RX Project
Pharmacists
MH-AI/ML-Px Project
Epidermiologist

Community advisory board | voices of the pregnant & parenting workgroup

Community Engagement

Community Collaboration in Houston

Partnering with Houston communities to address maternal mortality in at risk and highly vulnerable communities

Staff

Visionaries Behind Our Mission

OMONIKE OLALEYE, PHD, MPH

Principal Investigator/Center Director, MHREACH
Senior Associate Vice President for Research & Innovation Professor, Pharmacology Center Director/PI, NIH-funded Center for Biomedical and Minority Health Research Co-Director, CPRIT Funded CCPF Education, Training and Outreach Programs I PI, Department of Energy BRAVE Project

VERONICA AJEWOLE-MWEMA, PHARMD, BСОР

Research Infrastructure Core Director, MHREACH PI, MH-Rx Project
Professor, Pharmacy Practice Director, CPRIT-funded TSU Breast Cancer Screening and Prevention Center Director, Community Engagement Core, NIH/NIMHD-funded Center for Biomedical and Minority Health Research Director, CMS-funded TSU Aggressive Prostate Cancer Study

CECILIA MARIA TORRES, MPH

Center Program Coordinator, MHREACH Co-I, MH-AI/ML-Px Project
Epidemiologist II Center for Biomedical & Minority Health Research (CBMHR) Public Health Track Instructor, RCMI-DATABIOM

KEHINDE IDOWU, PHD

PI, MH-AI/ML-Px Project
Research Assistant Professor Director, Biomedical Research and Advance Computing Center (BioRACC) Co-PI, Department of Energy BRAVE Project PI, RCMI-DATABIOM

JAZMYNE JONES, PHARMD

Postdoc Fellow & Pharmacist, MHREACH

Grace Olorunyomi, PHD

Postdoc Follow, MHREACH

IVY OI-YEE POON, PHARMD, MS, BCPS

Investigator Development & Training Core Director. MHREAC
Director, CBMHR Investigator Development Core Associate Director, CBMHR Community Engagement Core PI, Department of Education Infrastructure Grant Professor, Pharmacy Practice and Administration Departmen

KIMBERLY POUNDS, DRPH

Community Engagement Core Co-Director, MHREACH
Assistant Professor, Health Administration TSU Co-PI, Maternal and Infant Environmental Health Riskscape Research Center Pilot Awardee College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences

DENAE KING, PHD

Community Engagement Core Co-Director, MHREACH
Director, The MIEHR Community and Engagement Dissemination Core Associate Director, Bullard Center for Environmental and Climate Justice Barbara Jordan - Mickey Leland School of Public Affairs

KENNEDI NORWOOD, CHW

Community Health Worker, MHREACH

Sneha George, CHW

Community Health Worker, MHREACH

Research

Innovations in Research

Explore our pioneering projects transforming maternal health.

Upcoming

Maternal Health High School Summer Research Program

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