Senior Scientist, Maternal and Child Health Epidemiology Program Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Come learn about CDC’s Maternal and Child Health Epidemiology Program (MCHEP) and how senior MCH epidemiologists are assigned to state, local, and tribal levels.
MCHEP’s mission is to promote and improve the health and well-being of women, children, and families by building capacity at state, local, and tribal levels and to use and apply sound epidemiologic research and scientific information to maternal and child health programs and policies. MCHEP assigns epidemiologists to support epidemiologic research and provides scientific information to improve maternal and child health programs and policies. The program has assigned more than 40 senior CDC epidemiologists focused on MCH epidemiology capacity building and applied research to state health departments and other public health agencies and organizations (including Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico, US-Mexico Border Region, CityMatCH, Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board, and the Indian Health Service Epidemiology Office). As of May 2022, 13 CDC senior MCH epidemiologist assignees are working in states
