Innovative Teaching Awards

ATMCH launched the Innovative Teaching Awards (ITAs) in 2012, seeking & rewarding teams that would produce innovative & creative MCH educational offerings. Each year, when funds are available, ATMCH distributes among members a Request for Proposal. Only ATMCH members are eligible for ITA funding. Check out previously funded ITAs below. Join ATMCH free of charge to receive notices of upcoming opportunities. 

2024-2025

• “Building Data Synthesis Capacity for Public Health Professionals” – Erika Thompson, Tracey Barnett & Mirsada Serdarevic (University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio)
• “Visualizing Health Inequities: A Data-Driven Approach to Maternal Health” – Nikki Keene Woods, Umama Ali & Melissa Medina (Wichita State University)
• “Cultivating Advanced Lactation Training: Development & Evaluation of a Gateway Module for Dietetics & Other Allied Health Students or Professionals” – Olivia Anderson & Ana Grabowski (University of Michigan)

2023-2024

• “Harnessing Knowledge Translation to Bridge the Research and Practice Divide in MCH: An Innovative Short-Term Training” – Vickie Dugat, Abraham Salinas-Miranda & Cheryl Vamos (University of South Florida)
• “Health Equity in a System of Care for Children with Special Health Care Needs” – Emily Graybill (Rutgers University), Erin Vinoski Thomas (Georgia State University), Michael Kramer & Eve Rose (Emory University)
• “The MCH Community Engaged Learning Lab (MCH CELL) for Instructional Development” – Lois McCloskey & Anisa Saleh (Boston University), Julianna Deardorff & Jessica Ross (University of California Berkeley), Shokufeh Ramirez (Tulane University), Christine Bozlak & Rachel de Long (University at Albany) & Jessie Kemmick Pintor (Drexel University)

2022-2023

• “The Maternal and Child Health Community Engaged Learning Lab (MCH CELL) for Instructional Development” – Lois McCloskey (Boston University School of Public Health); Julianna Deardorff & Jessica Ross (UC Berkeley School of Public Health); Shokufeh Ramirez (Tulane University School of Public Health & Tropical Medicine); Rachel de Long, Christine Bozlak & Anisa Saleh (University at Albany School of Public Health)

2021-2022

• “MCH During National Public Health Week (NPHW): A Student-Led Partnership with Community Organizations” – Susannah Anderson, Linda Bomboka Wilson, Jeni Stolow & Heather Gardiner (Temple University College of Public Health)
• “2022 University at Albany & Drexel University MCH Program Collaborative Maternal and Child Health Course Project” – Christine Bozlak (University at Albany School of Public Health) & Renee Turchi & Renee Davis (Drexel University Dornsife School of Public Health)
• “Training MCH Graduate Students in Community-based, Trauma-informed & Resilience-based Public Health Curriculum” – Lindsey King & Brittney Dixon (University of Florida, College of Public Health & Health Professions)

2019-2020 

• “Advancing Cultural Competence Toward Sexual & Gender Minorities” – Stacey Griner & Erica Spears (University of North Texas Health Science Center)
• “Flexible, Innovative Online Learning Content Development For Aspiring Lactation Experts” – Olivia Anderson (University of Michigan) & Anna Sadovnikova (LiquidGoldConcept)
• “A Community-Engaged Approach to Maternal Child Health Policy & Advocacy” – Molly McNulty (University of Rochester) & Brigit Hurley (The Children’s Agenda)
• “Integrating MCH & Implementation Practice Education” – Oscar Fleming, Meghan Shanahan, Rohit Ramaswamy & Carolyn Halpern (University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill)

2018-2019

• “Advancing MCH Professional Engagement via Mobile Technology” – Renee Turchi, Renee Davis, Joel Rodriguez, Ray Lum & Idris Robinson (Drexel University)
• “Public Health & MCH Competencies for Indigenous Community Health Workers” – Sharon Bernecki DeJoy & Tatiyanna Mintz (West Chester University of Pennsylvania), Jasmine Kahentineshen Benedict (Onkwehon:we Midwives Collective) & Regina Willette (NYS Licensed Midwife)
• “Conducting Public Health Surveillance & Communicating Data in MCH” – Marie Thoma, Naheed Ahmed & Jessica Gleason (University of Maryland)
• “Congenital CMV Learning Module for Alabama’s Physicians” – Catherine Toms & Karen Fowler (University of Alabama at Birmingham)
• “Abating Maternal Mortality: Development of an Innovative Curriculum” – Teresa Wagner (University of North Texas Health Science Center) & Marie Stark (Texas Christian University)

2017-2018 

• “Training the Next Generation of MCH Professionals in Eating Disorders Prevention: Expanding Educational Opportunities via Online Case-Method Teaching” – S. Bryn Austin, Holly Gooding, Megan Kipp & Lori Garg (Boston Children’s Hospital) & Chris Dede (Harvard University) 
• “Optimum Infant Feeding Internship for Physicians & Advanced Practice Nurses” – Ellen Chetwynd, April Fogleman & Nicola Singletary (North Carolina State University) & Rebecca Costello, Ami Goldstein, Amy Sanchez, Catherine Sullivan & Siobhan Wulff (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)
• “Aligning an MCH Disability Leadership Curriculum with Universal Design for Learning” – Emily Graybill, Molly Tucker, Elizabeth Labbe-Webb, Rachel Esch, Kurt Vogel, Mark Crenshaw & Daniel Crimmins (Georgia LEND-Georgia State University)
• “A Collaborative Teaching Strategy for Building Relationships in MCH” – Ellen Schafer, Martha Coulter, Abraham Salinas-Miranda & Roneé Wilson (University of South Florida)
• “Examining Changes in Prevention Guidelines in MCH: Development of an Innovative Teaching Activity” – Erika Thompson, Cheryl Vamos & Ellen Daley (University of South Florida)

2016-2017

• “Including People with Disabilities: Public Health Workforce Competencies Curriculum” – Shannon Haworth (Association of University Centers on Disabilities)
  • Final Project Report
  • Competencies, Resources & Learning Modules
• “Integrating a Newly Developed Mobile Application in MCH Education” – Renee Turchi, Raymond Lum, Joel Rodriguez, Stephanie Sutcliffe & Renee Davis (Drexel University)
  • Final Project Report
  • Project Poster Presentation
• “Breastfeeding 101: A Public Health Approach” – Diana Cassar-Uhl (University of Maryland, College Park)
  • Implementation Outline
  • Reading #1: Removing Barriers To Breastfeeding…
  • Reading #2 Why Mothers Stop Breastfeeding…
  • Lecture #1: Breastfeeding: A Social Ecological Context
  • Lecture #2: Research & Epidemiology: Breastfeeding
  • Student Exercise
  • Student Evaluations
• “Developing an Applied Health Literacy Activity for MCH” – Cheryl Vamos, Erika Thompson & Ellen Daley (University of South Florida)
  • Lesson Plan
  • PowerPoint Presentation: Health Literacy Background & Assignment
  • Health Literacy Attribute Evaluation
  • SAMPLE Health Literacy Attribute Evaluation
  • SAMPLE Health Literacy Assessment Report
  • Assignment Description & Grading Rubric

2015

• “Expanding Access to Applied Methods for Health Transformation Implementation in MCH” – Marcia Roth & Rebecca Greenleaf (University of North Carolina Chapel Hill)
  • ​Course Curriculum: Applied Methods for Health Transformation Implementation in MCH
• “Use of Interdisciplinary Case Study Conferences in the Training of the MCH Workforce to Meet the Public Health Needs of Adolescents” – Tina Simpson, Krista Casazza & Jasmine Pagan (University of Alabama at Birmingham)
  • Use of Interdisciplinary Case Study Conferences in the Training of the MCH Workforce to Meet the Public Health Needs of Adolescents
  • UAB LEAH Case Conference: Managing Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Adolescence – An Interdisciplinary Approach
  • UAB LEAH Case Conference: Management of a Chronically Ill Child in the Juvenile Detention System
  • UAB LEAH Trainee Case Conference Self Evaluation
  • UAB LEAH Trainee Case Conference Evaluation
  • Family-Centered Care: Current Applications & Directions in Pediatric Health Care
• “Understanding Obesity Stigma as a Stressor Across the Life Course” – Sharon DeJoy (West Chester University of Pennsylvania)​
  • PowerPoint Presentation
  • Overview/Teaching Notes

2013

• “Putting MCH Science into Service: Building a Course in MCH Implementation Science” – Carolyn Halpern (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)
  • Implementation Science: Overview
  • Course Syllabus

2012

• “Developing a Repository for Excellence in MCH: Past, Present & Future Voices (Oral Histories Project)” – Martha Coulter, Ellen Daley & Cheryl Vamos (University of South Florida) & Martha Wingate (University of Alabama at Birmingham)
• “Student Centered Learning Modules in the MCH Classroom” – Sophie Godley (Boston University)