Surgo Ventures hosted a virtual panel event on October 20, 2021: Closing the Racial Maternal Health Gap with Better Data.

Experts discussed how we can pair better data with better policy to improve America’s poor maternal health outcomes -- a preventable problem that disproportionately impacts Black mothers who die at two to four times the rate of White mothers.

Panelists:

Christy Turlington Burns
Founder, Every Mother Counts
Michele Blackwell
Public Policy Manager, Uber
Ololade “Lola” Okito, M.D.
Neonatologist, Children’s National Hospital
Mary-Ann Etiebet, M.D.
Lead, Merck for Mothers
Sema Sgaier, Ph.D.
Co-Founder and CEO of Surgo Ventures (moderator)

With a special message from: U.S. Representative Lauren Underwood (D-Ill.), Co-Founder and Co-Chair, Congressional Black Maternal Health Caucus