Patience Afulani Ghana 2011 Grantee US-Canada Program PhD, School of Public Health - Community Health Sciences Department from University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Assistant Professor - University of California, San Francisco, (UCSF)
“My research focuses on the social and health system factors underlying disparities in reproductive, maternal, neonatal, and child health. My current projects include developing an intervention to improve person-centered maternity care (PCMC) in Kenya with a focus on provider stress and unconscious bias; examining drivers of poor PCMC in Ghana; adaptation of the PCMC scale for women of color in California; and examining healthcare workers' perceived preparedness for COVID-19 and associated factors in Ghana and Kenya. I am also co-leading the quality-of-care work stream to review, rethink, and revise the global Emergency Obstetric and Newborn Care (EmOnC) framework and set of indicators.”
Further education after receiving the MMEG grant:
2011, MPH - School of Public Health, Community Health Sciences Department - University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
2015, PhD School of Public Health, Community Health Sciences Department - University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
2018, Preterm Birth Initiative, Postdoctoral Fellowship - UCSF
2019, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Champion Training - UCSF
Awards and Honors:
2020 John A. Watson Faculty Scholar
UCSF School of Medicine
2020 Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship Program
2018 K99/R00 Career Transition Award from Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
2015 Dean’s Outstanding Student Award
UCLA Fi.elding School of Public Health
2015 Nomination for membership in the IOTA Chapter of Delta Omega Honorary Society
2014-15 Policy Communication Fellowship, Population Reference Bureau
2014-15 Dissertation Year Fellowship, UCLA Graduate Division
2014-15 International Fieldwork Fellowship, UCLA International Institute
2013-14 Celia and Joseph Blann Fellowship, UCLA School of Public Health
2013-14 UCLA Affiliates Scholarship, UCLA Graduate Division
2012-14 Bixby Doctoral Fellowship in Population, UCLA Bixby Center on Population and Reproductive Health
For more detailed information on Dr Afulani research and publications please visit: https://profiles.ucsf.edu/patience.afulani
