Join FLOURISH this week, on October 13th from 10:30am-12:30pm for our annual Safe Sleep Summit. The summit is an opportunity for community members, healthcare providers and anyone who plays a role in ensuring babies sleep safely to hear from regional thought-leaders in infant safe sleep.
This year, our speakers include Mia Malcom from St. Louis Children’s Hospital and Dr. Eve Colson from Washington University. Mia is a Lead Family Partner in a top tier children’s hospital, but this career was not necessarily on Mia’s “Things I Want to Be When I Grow Up” list. When her youngest decided to make an appearance at only 24 weeks…plans changed. Navigating the NICU as the mom of a micro-preemie was challenging to say the least. The fear, anxiety, frustration, and the incomparable joy upon “graduation” …it was a rollercoaster no parenting book could have prepared her for. On top of that, she witnessed, and lived, the fear that Black parents experience dealing with our hospital system. Mia’s experiences ignited in her a passion to help other new parents navigate life in the NICU and the healthcare system at large. Mia’s time as a Lead Family Partner and DEI Advisor/Facilitator at St. Louis Children’s Hospital (SLCH) has allowed her to combine her expertise and her passion for patient/family advocacy as well as diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) work. She has become a lifeline for families throughout SLCH as she supports multiple units and departments in this dual role. Additionally, Mia’s voice, storytelling capability and equity driven compassion for patient family centered care has made her an instrumental part in educating the leaders across the BJC System on the foundational values of Compassion, Respect, Excellence, Safety and Teamwork.
Eve Colson, MD, MHPE currently serves as Professor of Pediatrics and Associate Dean for Program Evaluation at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. She has successfully held leadership roles in various settings including as medical director of an inpatient hospital unit, in medical education administration, and as principal investigator on many grants. Dr. Colson’s research interests center on health services and education. Dr. Colson has had consecutive years of funding from NIH to conduct studies to better understand and to change health-related behaviors that impact infant mortality and health equity. Currently she has four NIH R01 grants serving as co-Principal Investigator on three, and co-Investigator on one, all of which utilize her expertise in qualitative and mixed methods as well as program evaluation and curriculum development. She received external foundation funding from Josiah Macy Jr Foundation and The Doctor’s Company Foundation to design, implement and evaluate a curriculum at Yale focused on bringing healthcare trainees together in the clinical setting to learn collaboration, communication and teamwork. Most recently she received a Group on Educational Affairs (AAMC) grant to examine disparities and inequities in clerkship grading during medical school. She joined the faculty at Washington University School of Medicine in 2018 where she continues her research and clinical work in pediatrics. In addition, she serves as a senior leader in her role as the Associate Dean for Program Evaluation and Continuous Quality Improvement in the Office of Education, overseeing ongoing program evaluation and improvement efforts including those required to meet accreditation standards.
Register using this link to attend this year’s virtual summit.