Media Mentions
Emerging Leader: Yenupini Joyce Adams, PhD, BSN, of the University of Notre Dame
March 18, 2024
“I would say you need to figure out your why. If you know your why, your what will become easier.”
This is what Yenupini Joyce Adams, PhD, BSN, tells junior colleagues who are interested in pursuing a career in research.
Now, she is an Assistant Professor of the Practice and the Global Maternal Research Lead for the Eck Institute for Global Health (EIGH) at the University of Notre Dame. She works on improving postpartum health outcomes among women most impacted by maternal mortality in the United States and in Sub-Saharan Africa, where the burden of maternal mortality is most severe.
WVPE
Groups ready to tackle public health with new state money
February 12, 2024
St. Joseph County is getting ready to spend $3.3 million in new state money this year, funding that aims to boost Indiana’s dismal health statistics.
Notre Dame’s Eck Institute for Global Health is proposing pop-up pregnancy and family villages. One would be on South Bend’s west side and the other would be somewhere in Mishawaka, in August and September.
The New York Times
Mosquitoes Are a Growing Public Health Threat, Reversing Years of Progress
September 29, 2023
By Stephanie Nolen
"Such largess is unusual — and not a sustainable pathway for vector control research," said John Grieco, a professor of biological sciences at the University of Notre Dame who coordinates the multicountry spatial repellent trial, which is also running in countries including Mali and Sri Lanka. The spatial repellents and most other new tools are commodities: items that have to be bought, then bought again six months or a year later. The protection they offer is temporary, as is the funding that allows for their purchase.
NPR
Bangladesh has been effective at fighting malaria. Can it eliminate the disease?
September 20, 2023
Bangladesh has slashed its malaria numbers dramatically. But the parasite that causes the disease has a history of fighting back — and it seems it's doing so once again.
One-year postpartum care trial shows positive maternal health outcomes
July 13, 2023
Findings from a clinical trial have revealed that mothers who received continuous standardised postpartum education and care for one-year experienced significant improvements in their knowledge of self-care and healthy behaviours.
These improvements led to enhanced maternal health outcomes, marking a crucial step forward in addressing postpartum complications.