Arden Handler, DrPH is Director of the Center of Excellence in Maternal and Child Health and Professor of Community Health Sciences at the University of Illinois School of Public Health. Dr. Handler’s research career reflects her long-standing commitment to reducing disparities and improving the health of women, pregnant and postpartum persons, children, and families. Dr. Handler is Co-PI (multiple PIs) of the HRSA funded Innovations to ImPROve Maternal OuTcomEs in Illinois (I PROMOTE-IL). She is a former member of the Secretary’s Advisory Committee on Infant Mortality (SACIM) and a nationally renowned leader in maternal and child health advocacy, policy, epidemiology, and public health system improvement.