PERSONAL INFORMATION
Andreea Creanga, MD, PhD
Chair, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health – University of Maryland School of Medicine
My work focuses on implementing and evaluating reproductive and perinatal quality and safety interventions, domestically and internationally, with a key interest in measurement innovations. Since 2019, I have been leading the Maryland Maternal Health Innovation program (MDMOM, mdmom.org) and coordinating innovative work in the areas of maternal health data collection, quality improvement and health equity in the 32 birthing hospitals in the state of Maryland. I also serve as Principal Investigator on an NIH grant to coordinate data innovation across 10 Maternal Health Centers of Excellence as part of NIH’s IMPROVE Initiative. Before joining Johns Hopkins in 2016, I spent 6 years working on maternal mortality and severe morbidity surveillance and research at the CDC. I had the opportunity to lead the national Pregnancy Mortality Surveillance System and, for this work, I received the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) from the US Government, Executive Office of the President in 2013. I serve as member of the Maryland Maternal Mortality Review Committee, World Health Organization’s Maternal Mortality Estimation Technical Working Group, and United Nations’ Stillbirth Estimation Group; and as co-editor of the Oxford Encyclopedia of Reproductive Health