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Welcome to our webpage for the PRISM research group.

PRISM (Policy Research In Social determinants of Maternal and child health) is a research group led by Drs. Slawa Rokicki and Mark McGovern at the Rutgers School of Public Health. Our group focuses on policy-relevant research that seeks to better understand the ways that social determinants affect maternal and child health across the life course, and the impact of social and economic interventions on maternal and child health outcomes.

For further information about our ongoing and completed work, please check the PRISM Projects and Publications links above. Work in progress is available in our Working Paper Series.

 

News and Updates

PRISM has a new opening (advertised November 2025) for a Postdoctoral Associate to join our NICHD-funded PRISM Project on housing in 2026. See the Research Opportunities page for more.

Congratulations to Dr. Mark McGovern and Dr. Dan Treglia on their recent R01 from NICHD: Impact of homelessness and housing services on maternal and infant health (R01HD118152). See the PRISM Projects page for further details.

Congratulations to Dr. Slawa Rokicki on her 2025 New Jersey Public Health Association Lloyd M. Femly Award!

PRISM researchers Hyunji Ahn, Slawa Rokicki, and Mark McGovern received a 2025 Best Abstract Award from the American Society for Health Economists!

Congratulations to MJ Uzzi on receiving a 2025 Rutgers Presidential Fellowship Award to support her Ph.D.!

We are pleased to welcome 3 new team members:

  • Dr. Rebecca Woofter, Postdoctoral Associate
  • MJ Uzzi, Doctoral Candidate
  • Angelin James, Research Assistant

Check out the bios on the PRISM Team link above!

 

Recent Publications

McGovern, M. E. [1], Rokicki, S. [1], Ahn, H. Reichman, N.E. (2025) Minimum wage policies and obstetric disorders in the U.S. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. (in-press) [1]-joint first authors.

R. Woofter, M. Sudhinaraset, Access to and Quality of Contraceptive Healthcare for Undocumented Immigrant Women in California, SSM – Qualitative Research in Health, (in-press), 2025, 100655, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmqr.2025.100655.