LEAP

The Maternal and Child Health Leadership, Education, and Advancement in Undergraduate Pathways (LEAP) Training Program promotes the development of a culturally diverse and responsive health care workforce; improves levels of representation; reduces health disparities; and increases access to health care for vulnerable and underserved MCH populations by recruiting, training, and retaining students from historically underrepresented groups, including those who are racially and ethnically diverse, into maternal and child public health professions.

Project Officer(s):  Laurel Huffman, MPH, CPH, RDN, LDN 

Funded Projects:

1. East Carolina University
   Grant Title: Maternal and Child Health Scholars, Training, and Enrichment Program (MCH-STEP)
   Location: Greenville, NC
   Region: 4

2. George Washington University
   Grant Title: GW Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Leadership, Education, and Advancement in Undergraduate Pathways (LEAP) Training Program (GW-LEAP into MCH)
   Location: Washington, DC
   Region: 3

3. Kennedy Krieger Institute
   Grant Title: Maternal and Child Health-Leadership Education Advocacy Research Network (MCH-LEARN)
   Location: Baltimore, MD
   Region: 3

4. University of California, Berkeley
   Grant Title: MCAH LEAP Training Program
   Location: Berkeley, CA
   Region: 9

5. University of North Carolina at Greensboro
   Grant Title: Leadership Education And Diversity (LEAD) in Maternal Child Health (MCH)
   Location: Greensboro, NC
   Region: 4

6. University of South Carolina
   Grant Title: South Carolina Interdisciplinary Maternal and Child Health Leadership Training Program: Undergraduate Pathway
   Location: Columbia, SC
   Region: 4