5-Minute MCH: Module 1.4

Dr. Lu brings years of experience in MCH research, practice, and policy to his post at HRSA. Prior to his appointment, Dr. Lu chaired the Secretary’s Advisory Committee on Infant Mortality. He has served on two Institute of Medicine (IOM) committees (Committee on Understanding Premature Birth and Assuring Healthy Outcomes, and Committee to Reexamine IOM Pregnancy Weight Guidelines), and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Select Panel on Preconception Care.

While at UCLA, Dr. Lu was a lead investigator for the National Children’s Study and led a project to monitor and improve the quality and safety of maternity care in California. He was best known for his research on racial-ethnic disparities in birth outcomes, and his leadership on life course.  Dr. Lu taught obstetrics and gynecology at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and maternal and child health at UCLA School of Public Health. He has received numerous awards for his teaching, including Excellence in Teaching Awards from the Association of Professors of Gynecology and Obstetrics. As an obstetrician, Dr. Lu has attended over a thousand births, and has been voted one of the Best Doctors in America since 2005.

Dr. Lu received his bachelor’s degrees in political science and human biology from Stanford University, master’s degrees in health and medical sciences and public health from UC Berkeley, medical degree from UC San Francisco, and residency training in obstetrics and gynecology from UC Irvine.

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• "Dr. Lu's presentation was well done - very focused and inspiring."
• "This is Dr. Lu's best ever presentation. He was charming, self-effacing, funny, and the content was outstanding -- he delivered the key points in 5 minutes. It works!"
• "Short with useful information is a brilliant model."
• "This is a wonderful way to promote the competencies, [and] provide MCH content."
• "I appreciate the general overview and the singular location to resources to brush up on what was covered. Thanks!"
• "I will try to focus more on the pre-pregnancy health of teen women I come in contact with!"
• "I have a better understanding of life-course perspective."
• "A very nice overview."
• "Well Done! I liked that it was short, yet included a great deal of information. Technology (sound and handouts) worked perfectly. Thanks so much for providing this to us!"
• "As I have not been focused primarily on MCH issues for the past several years, this was a good refresher."
• "I share the information with the staff at Special Medical Services, Title V, CSHCN and with other agency staff with whom I have contact especially agencies who work with children birth to five."
• "In NH we celebrated our 75 years of history of working with families whose children have special health care needs in 2012. It was amazing to see the changes in the program over the past 75, now 78 years. Our corridor in our office space has the history on poster boards in 10 year spans. It is a great way for us to remember. I liked the historical time line you have presented. I think it is important for each state to actually see the work they have accomplished over the year and the changes taken place and how far we have all come."
• "I would like to know how to make time to reflect. I want to remind myself to take the time to reflect."
• "I was asked to prepare a ppt for my Medical Director and was struggling to define the "transformation" of MCH succinctly. Dr. Lu did it for me!"
• "Gearing up, I will be taking over MCH program at our Health Department next month."
• "No questions. It was a general overview I what I already knew about MCH. I will use the information when people ask what is MCH and what do I do."
• "I would like to have heard about: Interpretation of data, trends into policy development."
• "I am brand new to Public Health so this has really helped me understand the basics. Part of my job is new employee orientation, so this will help me explain MCH. In addition, my role involves ensuring family engagement so I will be able to explain that family engagement is a fundamental component of Public Health."
• "I will uss this information as building blocks to increase my knowledge to use proven methods to assist families and develop interdisciplinary skills."
• "I work for the WIC program, and would love it if the information covered would be tied into how it can specifically help clients in our program."
• "Collaboration appears to be key in long-term success, so will look at other resources in the community to partner with to better support our clients' needs."
• "As we plan for the year, we will use the competencies as our resource and guide. The general knowledge keeps us on track."
• "What are the main actions taken to address the MCH disparities today? What has been the most effective push toward improving MCH?"
• "I plan on using this information to promote family health and young women health and focus on the well-being of the family as this directly effects the health of each of its members."