Professor and Vice Chair for Culture and Justice
University of California San Diego School of Medicine
La Jolla, California, United States
Audra Robertson Meadows, MD, MPH, FACOG is a Professor and Vice Chair in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine (UCSD). Dr. Meadows completed training in OB/GYN at The Brigham & Women’s Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital at Harvard Medical School. After residency, she was awarded the Commonwealth Fund Fellowship in Health Equity Leadership and received a Master of Public Health degree from Harvard’s TH Chan School of Public Health. Dr. Meadows is a board-certified, academic specialists in General Obstetrics and Gynecology, a birth optimizer, and health systems innovator. While on faculty at Harvard Medical School, Dr. Meadows was a founding director of the Massachusetts perinatal quality collaborative, PNQIN MA, where she continues to lead implementation of the Massachusetts AIM Initiative and the PNQIN Maternal Equity Bundle across hospitals. In 2021, Dr. Meadows transitioned to UCSD where she is active in clinical practice, leads an NIH-funded hybrid effectiveness-implementation study of safety bundles to improve maternal morbidity and inequity, directs the Health Equity and Health Systems Science course for undergraduate medical students, and leads equity and justice initiatives for the department. Dr. Meadows is funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Centers for Disease Control (CDC), and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) to investigate strategies to address maternal quality and birth experiences. Dr. Meadows serves on national boards and professional committees to address maternal health equity and has received national honors and awards for her career accomplishments and community service. In 2023, she was honored as a recipient of the SASCOG Award, ACOG Hale Endowed Annual Lectureship Award, UCSD Inclusive Excellence Award to the Culture and Justice Quorum, and the Diop Achievement Award for perinatal quality leadership.
Voices from the Field: Amplifying Clinicians' Perspectives for Black Maternal Equity - I24
Friday, May 17, 2024
10:30 AM – 11:30 AM PDT