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Dr. Anto-Ocrah discusses how narrative, culture, and policy shape maternal care in the US and globally
In this capstone episode of The Bridge: where medicine meets the arts , Dr. Anto-Ocrah discusses how her “head work” (TBI’s impact on reproductive outcomes) and “heart work” (global health across Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda) illuminate the intersection of narrative, culture, and policy to shape maternal care. We move from Kenya’s “village with no men” to Ghana’s male midwives, from multivocality to the patient’s right to be heard, from “resilience” to the possibility of a so
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Nov 111 min read
Mentee Leon Ruiter-Lopez in the press!!
Leon's first authored publication in Neurotrauma Reports was picked up and featured by UPMC press . In this groundbreaking work, Leon...
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Nov 14, 20241 min read
Dr. Hemika Vempalli joins the lab as our first Post Doctoral Associate!
In 2023, I decided to change my research to focus on positive psychology and protective factors. Rather than asking "What deficits does...
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Jun 17, 20241 min read
Welcoming the Lab's First Maternal Child Health Fellow
Beyond pleased to share that MPH student Ramatu Abdul Hamid Alhassan is the FIRST #maternalchildhealth fellow in the Anto-Ocrah lab,...
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Jan 26, 20231 min read
The Washington Post (and other news outlets) pick up our COVID and Women's health work!
It is wonderful to see our work on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on women's reproductive health published in Obstetrics and...
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Nov 7, 20221 min read
2022 Summer highlight: Keynote Speaker at USC-GRIT lab
It was such an honor to speak to women's health in the global context at the Commitment, Courage and Resilience in Global Health...
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Oct 28, 20221 min read
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Oct 28, 20220 min read
Mentees Killing it!
Two of our medical students killed it this year! Brooke Jones presented her summer project titled "Assessing Women's Lived Experience and...
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Oct 28, 20221 min read
JAMA Invited Review from Dr. Anto-Ocrah: Women More Prone to Concussion's Long-Term Harms
April 8, 2021 By Amy Norton After a concussion, women may be at heightened risk of lasting physical and mental symptoms, a new study...
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Apr 8, 20211 min read
Mentees' Accomplishments
Anna Bowen (MD 2021) receives 2020 Marvin J. Hoffman Award Monday, November 9, 2020 Mentee Anna Bowen receives 2020 Marvin J. Hoffman...
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Apr 9, 20201 min read
Dr. Anto-Ocrah presents at the 2020 5th African Conference in Emergency Medicine
December 15, 2020 Dr. Anto-Ocrah presents at the 2020 5th African Conference in Emergency Medicine (AfCEM). Talk Title: “A woman’s worth....
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Feb 15, 20201 min read
Martina Anto-Ocrah at UB for Sex, Gender, Health Initiative Talk
Tuesday, February 5, 2019 “Pink” Concussions: How Gender Affects Care for Traumatic Brain Injury Martina Anto-Ocrah March 5, 2019 11 am -...
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Feb 5, 20191 min read
Martina Anto-Ocrah speaks at Inaugural Concussion in Women and Girls Conference in Toronto, Canada
Monday, January 8, 2018 Martina Anto-Ocrah received her doctoral degree in Epidemiology from the University of Rochester in May 2018....
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Jan 8, 20181 min read
Griffs under 40: Martina M. (Ossei-Anto) Ocrah '00
Tuesday, July 18, 2017 Martina Anto-Ocrah vividly remembers the young girl who sat next to her in elementary school in her native Ghana,...
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Jul 18, 20171 min read
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