Irving Scholar Dr. Jennifer Woo Baidal awarded $21 million to study how equity interventions improve maternal health

Excerpt cited from the CUIMC Weekly Update Newsletter "In The News Highlights" on 12/13/2023

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Columbia University Gets $21M to Study How Equity Interventions Improve Maternal Health
Dec 4, 2023 - Columbia University has received $21 million in funding from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute to study how equity interventions improve maternal health, the institute announced Thursday. Over six years, the participating organizations will aim to improve maternal healthy weight in patients, beginning early in pregnancy and going through the first postpartum year, said Dr. Jennifer Woo Baidal, an associate professor of pediatrics at Columbia’s Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons and the principal investigator on the study.