Improving pediatric health outcomes
In August 2022, the PPFRC was formed after a group of multidisciplinary faculty and perinatal, pediatric, and family health researchers facilitated collaboration at the University of South Carolina College of Nursing and nationwide.
“I created the center to bring together maternal-child researchers at the College of Nursing with faculty across the USC campus and nation. This will enable networking and extended collaborations, growing research productivity at the university, while making a difference to improve health outcomes for families in South Carolina and beyond.”
PPFRC will improve the health and wellbeing for families through research and innovation, and leadership and excellence through collaborative, interdisciplinary research.
- Decrease morbidity and mortality for women in S.C. and beyond, before and after childbirth.
- Decrease morbidity and mortality for premature infants and children born in S.C. from birth to two years old.
- Facilitate the health and wellbeing of families in S.C. during child-bearing years with increased access to equitable, quality health care through research.
This is the only center amongst peer institutions conducting this research.
News
- Heart-to-heart talk
- A Culture of Caring
- Jennifer Baumstark leads Nurse-Midwifery program, advancing materinal health in South Carolina
- Poor neighborhoods, health care barriers are factors for heart disease risk in Black mothers
- Wave of Light
- The Gift of Donor Milk
- Breastfeeding benefits mothers as much as babies, but public health messaging often only tells half of the story
- Birth & Beyond
Meet the experts
