Reimagining Perinatal Health Equity Symposium

Tuesday, July 14, 2026 | 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM | Hybrid Event | McCourt School of Public Policy Room LL-10, Georgetown University Capitol Campus and via Zoom | RSVP (Registration required).

Hosted by Georgetown Berkley School of Nursing.

Co-Sponsored by Georgetown-Howard Universities Center for Clinical and Translational Science and the Georgetown University Gender⁺ Justice Initiative, Health Justice Alliance, Center for Health Equity, Center for Social Justice Research, Teaching & Service, O’Neill Institute, Medical Center, Discover Project, and Women’s and Gender Studies.

This panel, Hopeful Action & Radical Imagination to Promote Perinatal Health Equity, will bring together leading experts, advocates, and scholars to reflect on today’s critical legal and policy issues in sexual and reproductive health care. Our speakers will focus on navigating these complexities during an election year and highlight practical and radically imagined steps attendees can take to drive meaningful change in their communities and professions.

Featured Panelists:

Ndidiamaka Amutah-Onukagha, PhD, MPH, CHES, Julia A. Okoro Professor of Black Maternal Health, Assistant Dean of Diversity and Inclusion, and Professor in the Departments of Public Health and Community Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynecology, and Medicine at Tufts University School of Medicine.

Jamila Perritt, MD, MPH, President and Chief Executive Officer, Physicians for Reproductive Health.

Michele Goodwin, JD, Professor of Law and Global Health Policy at Georgetown University Law Center and Faculty Director, O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law at Georgetown University.

Monica R. McLemore, PhD, RN, MPH, FADLN, Professor, Rory Meyers College of Nursing at New York University.

Moderated by:

Lauren Arrington, DNP, CNM, FACNM, Director of Nursing Practice Clinical Pathways and Susan H. Mayer Endowed Professor in Health Equity at Georgetown University Berkley School of Nursing.