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Hilana Scott, MSN, RN, is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Boston University’s Medical School and primary care provider at Boston Medical Center. She is the Co-Medical Director of the Adolescent Division at Boston Medical Center, the Director of the Teen and Tot Program at Boston Medical Center, and the Medical Director of School-Based Health Centers at the Boston Public Health Commission. She is passionate about serving pregnant and parenting adolescents along with th

Ashley Gresh is both a certified nurse-midwife and a public health nurse, whose research focuses on addressing inequities in maternal and...

Jalana Lazar, PhD, MPH, CNM, WHNP-BC, is a midwife researcher and author, with 15 years of experience facilitating groups, researching group care globally, and training other group care facilitators and trainers with Group Care Global. A full scope practicing midwife, she is regional clinical faculty at Frontier Nursing University, and an honorary lecturer at City, University of London. She is passionate about advocacy, migrant and refugee health, and building a strong global

Joan Jeung MD MPH FAAP is a Clinical Professor in the Department of Pediatrics, Division of Developmental Medicine at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) School of Medicine. Dr. Jeung’s research interests center around innovative programs that strengthen behavioral and developmental healthcare capacity in pediatric primary care. Dr. Jeung serves as Senior Associate Director of the Child & Adolescent Mental Health Access Portal (Cal-MAP), the pediatric mental hea

Dr. Michelle Clausen is a Post-Doctoral Fellow with the GROWBABY Research Network. Michelle Clausen has earned degrees in Public Health and Nursing from the George Washington University.   In 2024, she completed her Ph.D. at GW's School of Nursing, focusing on the impact of maternal factors, such as spiritual well-being and early childhood adversity, on pregnant individuals' health. As a Nurse-Midwife, Michelle provides comprehensive medical, gynecological, and reproductive c