Rebecca Clark, an assistant professor of perinatal nursing, midwifery, and women’s health in the department of family and community health at Penn Nursing; a core faculty member in the Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research; a senior fellow of the Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics; and a nurse scientist at Pennsylvania Hospital, has been appointed to the Pennsylvania Department of Health’s Maternal Mortality Review Committee (MMRC) as a registered nurse representing maternal healthcare.

The MMRC’s goal is to systematically review all maternal deaths, identify root causes of these deaths, and develop strategies to reduce preventable morbidity, mortality and racial disparities related to pregnancy in Pennsylvania.

“I have been interested in joining the PA MMRC since I first heard of the committee and read the reports of findings from nine MMRCs in 2018,” said Dr. Clark. “The work of reducing maternal mortality and morbidity across the commonwealth is a complex one requiring a diversity of experience, expertise, and perspectives. I am honored to have the opportunity to serve my state and bring my expertise as a registered nurse, midwife, and maternal health equity researcher to the table.”