Presenters
	Linda Genen, MD, MPH Senior Research Fellow, Maternal Child Health United Health Group Research and Development
	Julie Zaharatos, MPH Partnerships and Resources Lead Maternal Mortality Prevention Team  US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Division of Reproductive Health
	Cheryl Franklin, MD, MPH, FACOG Adjunct Clinical Professor Obstetrics & Gynecology Morehouse School of Medicine Medical Director Morehouse Healthcare
	Lisa Waddell, MD, MPH Senior Vice President Maternal Child Health and NICU Innovation Deputy Medical Officer March of Dimes

Linda Genen, MD, MPH, serves as a Senior Research Fellow at UHG Research and Development engaged in the Maternal Child Health space. Dr. Genen earned a Bachelor’s degree in chemistry and graduated with honors from Wellesley College. She received her Doctor of Medicine from the State University of New York – Downstate Medical Center. She completed her pediatric residency at Columbia Presbyterian Babies and Children’s Hospital and her neonatology fellowship at Yale New Haven Children’s Hospital. Dr. Genen became interested in clinical research and attended the Yale School of Public Health during her fellowship, where she earned a master’s degree in public health focusing on evidenced based medicine. Dr. Genen remains clinically active as a neonatologist at Northwell Cohen Children’s Hospital and is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Hofstra University Medical School. Dr. Genen continues to be engaged in clinical research, publishing and reviewing for several pediatrics journals. She was recently selected to serve in the inaugural committee of American Academy of Pediatrics Women in Neonatology promoting female leadership in the realm of Neonatology. Additionally, she is interested in technology applications that will help members acquire timely appropriate services. She is engaged in the UHG Research and Development division and serves as the Principal Investigator on several studies sponsored by UHG. Currently she serves on the MCG Advisory Board, UHG Physician Executive Board and is a liaison for UHG on the American College of Preventative Medicine Corporate Board.

Julie Zaharatos, MPH, works with stakeholders around the country to promote better understanding of the causes and factors contributing to maternal deaths. For the past three years, she has supported the development of maternal mortality review committees and contributed to the Report from Nine Maternal Mortality Review Committees and the recent articles Examination of a Death Due to Cardiomyopathy by a Maternal Mortality Review Committee and Changing the Conversation: Applying a Health Equity Framework to Maternal Mortality Reviews. As part of the CDC’s Enhancing Reviews and Surveillance to Eliminate Maternal Mortality (ERASE MM) initiative, Ms. Zaharatos provides technical assistance and problem solving for state-specific needs. She received her Master's of Public Health degree from Hunter College, and she also holds a Bachelor's degree in anthropology.  She previously served as the Maternal and Child Health Program Director for the March of Dimes Georgia Chapter and served as a member of the Georgia Maternal Mortality Review Committee from 2014–2016.

Cheryl G. Franklin, MD, MPH, is an assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM) and is a practicing gynecologist with Morehouse Healthcare (MHC). Dr. Franklin seeks to address some of the nation’s health disparities, especially those which disproportionately affect African American women. She has designed and collaborated with interdisciplinary, interagency community projects which hold the promise to positively impact health disparities and the systems and policies which create them. From 2013–2019, Dr. Franklin served as medical director of MHC and focused on coordinating the delivery of multispecialty healthcare services. 

Dr. Franklin is an alumnus of Stanford University, Columbia University School of Public Health, and the Harvard University School of Medicine. She currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Morehouse Choice Accountable Care Organization and Education System, a statewide collaboration of community-based health care partners. Dr. Franklin is the immediate past medical director of MHC, where she represented the medical professional staff and partnered with the clinical operations team to deliver multispecialty care at MHC’s largest and most diverse ambulatory care facility. She also represented MSM on the Group on Faculty Practice at the Association of American Medical Colleges. Dr. Franklin is a member of the Atlanta Medical Association, the National Medical Association, the American Congress of Obstetrics and Gynecology, the Medical Group Management Association, the Magnolia Chapter of the Links, Inc., and the Ebenezer Baptist Church. She engages the Atlanta community on the Advisory Board for the Georgia Campaign for Adolescent Power and Potential and the CARE, USA Women’s Network Advisory Committee. She has served on the national Board of Directors for the Women’s Funding Network in San Francisco, CA; the Physician Relations Council of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Georgia; the Affiliate Medical Committee of Planned Parenthood of Georgia and the Boards of Directors of GCAPP and Amerigroup Georgia.  

Lisa Waddell, MD, MPH, is a preventive medicine and public health physician with over 28 years of local, state and national public health leadership experience. She has a passion for maternal and child health and is proud to be helping lead the fight for healthy women and moms and strong babies. Currently, Dr. Waddell serves as the Deputy Chief Medical and Health Officer and the Senior Vice President for Maternal and Child Health Impact for the March of Dimes nationwide. The March of Dimes is a non-profit organization that was founded by former president Franklin Delano Roosevelt and has an 80-plus-year history of fighting for the health of infants and children. In her current role, Dr. Waddell provides leadership and strategic direction to a team of subject matter experts charged with consumer and professional information for pregnant women, new moms and families. Her work focuses on the most pressing issues impacting moms and infants today: maternal mortality and morbidity, preterm birth, infant mortality and achieving health equity.

Prior to joining the March of Dimes, Dr. Waddell worked with the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials as their Chief of Community Health and Prevention. In this capacity, she provided public health leadership and technical expertise on policies and programs to the chief state health officials across the United States and the U.S. Territories. Prior to moving into her national roles, Dr. Waddell served as the Deputy Commissioner for Health Services for the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (known as DHEC), which is the state’s public health agency.

Dr. Waddell earned her Bachelor's degree in biology from the University of Virginia and a Master of Public Health with a concentration in health policy and administration from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She obtained her medical degree from the Medical College of Virginia and later completed her residency in preventive medicine and public health there as well. She is board certified in preventive medicine and public health. She is a graduate of the National Public Health Leadership Institute and has earned numerous awards and recognitions for her work in the field of public health.

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