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Thank You, Dr. Chambers!

Please join us in congratulating PTBi researcher and UCSF faculty member, Dr. Brittany Chambers, as she moves on to a new role at UC Davis in the Department of Human Ecology! UC Davis has offered Dr. Chambers a tenure track position as well as funding and space to start her own research lab rooted...

Preventing Evictions and Implicit Bias Training: Policy Action to Improve Black Maternal Health in California

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We'll Miss You, Daphina!

Help us congratulate our much-loved Community Engagement Program Manager, Daphina Melbourne, as she takes on a new role as the new Perinatal Equity Initiatives Coordinator for Alameda County! Daphina started working with PTBi as a Community Advisory Board member, and then joined as a staff member....

Pay Tribute to Incredible Fathers on Instagram - Call for Photos

Pictured: Reggie Moore wearing an "empathy belly" during his partner, PTBi designer, Loren Newman's pregnancy. 

PTBi’s Annual Strategic Advisory Board Meeting

At the end of April 2021, we hosted the California Preterm Birth Initiative (PTBi) Strategic Advisory Board (SAB) meeting, chaired by the UCSF Chancellor, Sam Hawgood. The Strategic Advisory Board consists of ten inspiring and influential thought leaders who meet annually to support our mission of...

Welcome to our new team members!

We are so honored to welcome three new team members to support the community engagement efforts of Expecting Justice and First 5

PTBi researchers and team members win prestigious awards

Congratulations to PTBi Associate Director Solaire Spellen and PTBi Post Doctoral Fellow Elze Rackaityte!

BLACK fathers share what they need to be more involved in prenatal programs in this new report

We are thrilled to share a preliminary report from a recent PTBi-funded RAP project headed by Shantay Davies-Balch titled Evaluation of an adapted fatherhood curriculum to strengthen paternal involvement during pregnancy among Black men in Fresno, CA.

Pacific Islander & Pregnant: How Inclusion Led To Erasure

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Black women and birthing people need to be listened to during their prenatal care: this tool can help

Findings from the Development of the Person-Centered Prenatal Care scale for People of Color are described by lead author Patience A. Afulani​. Additional authors include Molly R.