Conversation of the Value of Data with Dr. Eugene Declercq
About this episode
Dr. Eugene Declercq discusses the importance of data in maternal health and his contributions to the field.
I’m joined today by Dr. Eugene Declercq, a Professor of Community Health Sciences here at BU SPH. He is the creator of the website www.birthbythenumbers.org , and a current member of the Massachusetts Maternal Mortality Review Committee. He is also one of the founders of the Pregnancy to Early Life Longitudinal data system that has linked vital statistics, hospital, and administrative data on more than 1,500,000 births in Massachusetts since 1998. He is the recipient of the Martha May Eliot Award from the American Public Health Association for service to maternal and child health in the U.S., and has authored numerous scientific papers on maternal and child health epidemiology. If any students are interested in www.birthbythenumbers.org, please check it out or reach out to Dr. Declercq at declercq@bu.edu.
Topics covered
- data in maternal health
- public health
- maternal mortality
- health statistics
- epidemiology
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