Julie Zaharatos

Public Health Advisor @Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Atlanta, GA

Promote the maternal mortality review process as the best way to understand why maternal mortality in the United States is not improving, and identify interventions to prevent pregnancy-related deaths- Help review committees establish a process for reviewing pregnancy-associated deaths to o Understand the medical and nonmedical contributors to pregnancy-related deaths,o Identify gaps in health services, ando Make recommendations to prevent future deaths and take appropriate action- Support a uniform set of data elements and linking together review committees across jurisdictional lines to group regional or national data for greater impact- Provide technical assistance and problem solving for state specific needs, including identifying and sharing best practices; and developing and disseminating tools to strengthen state efforts.

Hunter College

Master of Public Health

Universitat d'Alacant

4 months intensive in Spanish and Iberian Studies

Northeastern University

Bachelor of Arts

School for International Training

Sociology and Anthropology