Core Activities

1. Praxis
• Refugee Women’s Health in Massachusetts. Faculty lead: Courtney Massaro
• Midwifery and women’s health care for Haitian women in Boston and in Haiti. Faculty lead: Thamarah Crevecoeur and Kettie Louis
• Prison women’s health in Massachusetts. Faculty lead: Shannon Bell
• OBGYN care for women in Lesotho. Faculty leads: Anissa Dickerson, Courtney Massaro, Jonathan Steer, and Wan-Ju Wu

2. Narrative & Advocacy
• Refugee health advocacy. Faculty lead: Courtney Massaro

3. Innovation & Research
• Implementation science research on reproductive and maternal health carein rural Nepal. Faculty lead: Courtney Massaro
• LINK Clinic: Aftercare for survivors of sexual assault in Massachusetts. Faculty lead: Shannon Bell
• Postpartum family planning counseling in HIV-affected women. Faculty leads: Cassandra Pierre
• Decreasing transportation barriers to care using UberHealth in Refugee Clinic patients. Faculty leads: Teju Adegoke, Wan-Ju Wu, and Courtney Massaro

4. Training
• Global Women’s Health Residency Curriculum. Faculty lead: Jonathan Steer
• Emergencies in resource-poor settings simulation training. Faculty lead: Shannon Bell
• Capacity building of FM residents OB/GYN skills in Lesotho. Faculty leads: Wan-Ju Wu and Jonathan Steer
• Capacity building of nurse-midwives in Lesotho. Faculty leads: Anissa Dickerson and Courtney Massaro

5. Partnership
• Boston-wide global women’s health interest group. Faculty lead:
• Equal Health. Faculty lead: Kettie Louis
• Possible Health. Faculty lead: Wan-Ju Wu
• Lesotho Boston Health Alliance (LeBoHA). Faculty leads: Anissa Dickerson, Courtney Massaro, Jonathan Steer, and Wan-Ju Wu