Time & Location
Jan 23, 2026, 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Zoom
About the event
About our speakers:
Melissa Patti is the Director of Maternal and Infant Health Initiatives at the Greater Philadelphia and South Jersey March of Dimes where she focuses on supporting families through advocacy, programs, and community engagement. Melissa is passionate about health equity and improving care access for all moms, pregnant people, and babies. She proudly serves on workgroups such as the Pennsylvania Doula Commission Advisory Board, PA Perinatal Quality Collaborative Advisory Group, and The OVA (Organizing Voices for Action). She earned degrees from Temple University and the University of Pittsburgh and has been supporting Pennsylvania families for over 15 years. In addition to her role at March of Dimes, Melissa is a Perinatal Psychotherapist, trained Birth Doula, Childbirth Educator and a mother of two.
Tyra M. Gravesande is a maternal health scientist, reproductive epidemiology scholar, and emerging
physician-scientist whose work centers on pregnancy physiology, maternal cardiovascular risk, and
systemic…