Associate Chair, Department of Learning Health Sciences
Associate Professor of Learning Health Sciences
Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Associate Professor of Health Management and Policy
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Available to mentor
Cheryl Moyer, PhD, MPH
Associate Professor
Dr. Moyer’s research focuses on the social and cultural factors that impact maternal and neonatal health outcomes, with a specific focus on women and newborns in sub-Saharan Africa. She has served as an investigator and partner on projects funded by the Fogarty International Center (FIC), the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation, and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). She has co-led five FIC-funded training grants, and she has mentored more than 100 trainees from Ghana, Uganda, and the U.S. on research addressing maternal and newborn health.
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PhDUniversity of Michigan School of Public Health, 2012
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MPHUniversity of North Carolina School of Public Health, 1995
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BAUniversity of North Carolina, 1992
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Center MemberInstitute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation
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Center MemberGlobal REACH
Global health; maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health; social and cultural factors that impact clinical outcomes; respectful maternity care; research capacity development; sub-Saharan Africa (particular focus in Ghana)
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Lawrence ER, Irani S, Nartey B, Collins B, Segbedzi-Rich E, Pangori A, Beyuo TK, Moyer CA, Lori JR, Oppong SA. AJOG Global Reports, 2025 Feb 24; 100468Journal ArticlePerceived, objective, and applied numeracy among pregnant women engaged in home blood pressure monitoring in Ghana
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Moyer C. 2025 Feb 18;PresentationThe Ghana-Michigan IMPACT story
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Lewicki P, Swarray-Deen A, Moyer CA. Learning Health Systems, 2025 Jan 1;Journal ArticleThe learning health system imperative in low-resource contexts
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Bakari A, Wolski AV, Otoo B, Amoah R, Nakua EK, Jacovetty J, Kaselitz E, Compton SD, Moyer CA. Int J Environ Res Public Health, 2025 Jan 12; 22 (1):Journal ArticleUsing a Hand-Held Icterometer to Screen for Neonatal Jaundice: Validation, Feasibility, and Acceptability of the Bili-RulerTM in Kumasi, Ghana.
DOI:10.3390/ijerph22010096 PMID: PMC11764747 -
Alatinga KA, Abiiro GA, Kanmiki EW, Gyan EK, Hsu V, Moyer CA. SSM - Health Systems, 2024 Dec 3; 3: 100018 - 100018.Journal ArticleBurden of out-of-pocket payment for maternal healthcare and its catastrophic effects in the era of free maternal and child health policy in Ghana
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Lee H, Fiseha N, Bateisibwa J, Moyer CA, Greenberg J, Maffioli E. BMC Public Health, 2024 Dec 18; 24 (1): 3526Journal ArticleCommunity perceptions of health accountability meetings with local politicians to improve healthcare quality: a qualitative study in Western Uganda.
DOI:10.1186/s12889-024-21025-3 PMID: PMC11656907 -
Lanyo TN, Williams J, Ghosh B, Apetorgbor VEA, Kukula VA, Zielinski R, Awini E, Moyer C, Lori JR. Int J Environ Res Public Health, 2024 Nov 28; 21 (12):Journal ArticleEffect of Group Antenatal Care on Breastfeeding Knowledge and Practices Among Pregnant Women in Ghana: Findings from a Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial.
DOI:10.3390/ijerph21121587 PMID: PMC11675846 -
Kukula VA, Awini E, Ghosh B, Apetorgbor V, Zielinski R, Amankwah G, Ofosu WK, James K, Williams JEO, Lori JR, Moyer CA. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth, 2024 Aug 16; 24 (1): 546Journal ArticleEffect of group antenatal care versus individualized antenatal care on birth preparedness and complication readiness: a cluster randomized controlled study among pregnant women in Eastern Region of Ghana.
DOI:10.1186/s12884-024-06743-1 PMID: PMC11328422
Department News
Faculty and staff in the Department of Learning Health Sciences and the Health Infrastructures and Learning Systems (HILS) program congratulate HILS Master’s student, Patrick Lewicki for his recent publication about LHS in low resource settings.
Department News
Department of Learning Health Sciences core faculty member, Cheryl Moyer, PhD, MPH is in Ghana running a week-long implementation science workshop with the University of Ghana’s WHO/TDR African Regional Training Center and other colleagues from the University of Washington and Johns Hopkins University.
Department News
The Department of Learning Health Sciences (DLHS) at the University of Michigan Medical School received a $5 million, five-year grant to apply innovative methods to improve health, healthcare, and health equity.
