UT Southwestern Approves $18M to Improve Maternal Health Care

Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have been approved for an $18 million funding award from the nonprofit Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) to investigate ways to improve postpartum health among primarily low-income Black and Hispanic women.

“The study will determine the best way to use technology to improve access to maternal health care and decrease complications after birth,” said Elaine Duryea, MD, Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Medical Director of the Maternal-Fetal Medicine Clinic at Parkland Health.