Our work is achieved in partnership with the community through four aims:

Community Engagement:
At the center of our work lies our commitment to partnering with those who are disproportionately impacted by preterm birth, Black and Brown communities. Learn more about our Community Advisory Board.

Aim 1: Discovery and Precision Health-Focused Research:
We seek to better understand the chronic stressors, such as racism, and protective factors that may affect preterm birth and the health outcomes of mothers and their babies. Learn More.

Aim 2: Interventions Research Across the Reproductive Life Course: 
We seek to reveal, and ultimately mitigate, the behavioral, institutional, and policy-level barriers that impede scale-up of effective interventions to reduce preterm birth and poor outcomes among those born too soon. We are also dedicated to evaluating promising new interventions across the reproductive life course (Women's Health Equity, prenatal, and postnatal strategies). Learn More.

Aim 3: Collective Impact and Policy: 
We seek to engage health, government, social service, and community stakeholders to advance mutually reinforcing activities that contribute to population-level reductions in preterm birth. Learn More.

Aim 4: Communication, Collaboration, and Capacity Building:
We work to disseminate knowledge, partner with diverse stakeholders, and build the capacity of academic and community leaders domestically and globally. Learn more about our Postdoctoral Transdisciplinary Research Fellowship and Benioff Community Innovator Program.