IMPROVE Awardee Workshop

Date and Time

– February 15, 2022, 04:00 PM EST

Event hosted by the Office of Research on Women's Health; Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development; and NIH Office of the Director

Event Information

NIH launched the Implementing a Maternal health and PRegnancy Outcomes Vision for Everyone (IMPROVE) initiative to support research on how to mitigate preventable maternal mortality, decrease severe maternal morbidity, and promote health equity. In Fiscal Year (FY) 2020, NIH awarded over $7 million to support 36 projects through the IMPROVE initiative to rapidly improve understanding of and mitigation strategies for the leading causes of pregnancy-related and pregnancy-associated morbidity, from pregnancy through up to one year postpartum.

The IMPROVE Awardee Workshop brings together researchers and clinicians supported by NIH IMPROVE funding in FY20 to share their work and progress to date. Workshop participants will:

  • Share research results and lessons learned from their IMPROVE projects
  • Identify common themes and highlight shared research gaps and opportunities that can complement ongoing disease-specific work across NIH and collaborating organizations
  • Further define the needs of pregnant and postpartum individuals to reduce preventable causes of morbidity and mortality

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About IMPROVE

IMPROVE is an NIH-wide initiative led by NIH OD, NICHD, and ORWH, with participation from multiple NIH institutes, centers, and offices, that was established in response to the rising U.S. rates of pregnancy-related deaths. This multipronged, innovative research effort is designed to address maternal mortality and morbidity, including severe maternal morbidity, and improve maternal health before, during, and after pregnancy. IMPROVE includes a special focus on health disparities and populations disproportionately affected, such as African Americans, American Indians/Alaskan Natives, Asian Pacific Islanders, Hispanics/Latinas, very young women and women of advanced maternal age, and people with disabilities.