Maternal Health Task Force Steering Committee Members
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Palav Babaria, MD | Chief Quality Officer and Deputy Director of Quality and Population Health Management, California Department of Health Care Services |
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Priya Batra, MD, MS |
Deputy Director, Health Promotion Bureau Los Angeles County Department of Public Health |
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Curtis Chan, MD, MPH |
California Conference of Local Health Officers (CCLHO) Co-Chair, Maternal Child & Adolescent Health Committee |
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Ajira Darch | Creative, Liberation Strategist, Full Spectrum Birthworker Executive Director, Roots of Labor Birth Collective Podcast Co-Host, Doula Stories Founder, Bay Area Bodymilk Cooperative |
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Cristina Gamboa, MD |
OBGYN and Director, Ambulatory Women's Health Services Salud Para La Gente |
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Jeffrey Gould, MD, MPH |
Senior Advisor, CMQCC/CPQCC |
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Brenda Jones, DHSc, LSSGB, CCHC, WHNP, CPPS, RN |
Clinical Director of Maternal and Child Services, Kaiser Permanente Medical Center in San Francisco |
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Leslie Kowalewski | Executive Director of Maternal, Child and Family Health, CMQCC/CPQCC and PRC |
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Mashariki Kudumu, MPH | Founder, Kudumu Partnerships for Equity and Justice |
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Antoinette Medina, MPA |
Program Coordinator, California Tribal Epidemiology Center |
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Diana Ramos, MD, MPH, MBA, FACOG |
California Surgeon General, Office of the California Surgeon General |
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Karen Ramstrom, DO, MSPH |
Branch Chief, Maternal & Infant Health MCAH Division, CA Dept of Public Health |