The New York Fed, in collaboration with NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing, the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Low Income Investment Fund, and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, hosted a virtual event on maternal health on September 15, 2021.
This multidisciplinary event discussed the case for broad investments in maternal and child health, focusing on financing opportunities and creating new business models to achieve equitable health outcomes for mothers and children.
Panels focused on post-partum health, policy insights, and financing opportunities.
This event focused on what needs to happen to ensure all mothers have the care they need to participate fully in the economy and all children have a healthy start.
September 15, 2021
1:00pm – 2:30pm EDT
The event was open to the public and the media. All remarks were on the record and the event was recorded.
| 1:00pm-1:10pm | Welcoming Remarks Naureen Hassan, First Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Federal Reserve Bank of New York Dr. Eileen Sullivan-Marx, Dean, NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing |
| 1:10pm-1:35pm | Panel 1: Framing Discussion Moderator: Dr. Audrey Lyndon, Assistant Dean for Clinical Research, NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing and Vernice D. Ferguson Professor in Health Equity Dr. Monica McLemore, Associate Professor, Family Health Care Nursing, University of California, San Francisco Dr. Antonia Villarruel, Dean, University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing |
| 1:35pm-2:00pm | Panel 2: The Fourth Trimester Moderator: Dr. Mimi (Paulomi) Niles, Assistant Professor/Faculty Fellow, NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing Valerie Barton-Richardson, Chief Administrative Officer, CAMBA Sevonna Brown, Co-Executive Director, Black Women’s Blueprint Lisa David, President & Chief Executive Officer, Public Health Solutions |
| 2:00pm-2:25pm | Panel 3: Policy Insights & Upstream Financing Solutions Moderator: Otho Kerr, Director of Strategic Partnerships and Impact Investing, Federal Reserve Bank of New York Rachel Bluestein, SVP, National Programs, Low Income Investment Fund Dr. Daniel Stephens, MD, Deputy Commissioner Family Child Health, NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene Monique Shaw, Program Officer, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation |
| 2:25pm-2:30pm | Closing Remarks David Erickson, SVP, Head of Outreach and Education, Federal Reserve Bank of New York |
