SWHR Women's Health Advocacy Guide
This guide is designed to empower advocates — whether you’re just getting started or already deeply engaged — with the tools, strategies, and information needed to effectively champion women’s health.
Quantrilla Ard, PhD, MPH
Quantrilla Ard, PhD, MPH is a passionate behavioral scientist and Black maternal and infant health advocate. Currently, she uses her social media platforms to engage, educate, and inform others on her doctoral research and personal experience with preeclampsia. Dr. Ard is a champion of...
Quantrilla Ard, PhD, MPH
MemberQuantrilla Ard, PhD, MPH is a passionate behavioral scientist and Black maternal and infant health advocate. Currently, she uses her social media platforms to engage, educate, and inform others on her doctoral research and personal experience with preeclampsia. Dr. Ard is a champion of reproductive justice and maternal health disparities and serves as a Certified Patient Family Partner with MoMMA’s Voices through the Preeclampsia Foundation, and a Family Health Advocate through the H.E.A.R.T for Georgia program. She is an engaged member of the Healthier Generations Community Action Network and also volunteers with the March of Dimes Atlanta Collective Impact as Co-chair of the Dismantle Racism Workgroup and steering committee member. Quantrilla is also an accomplished, faith-based personal development author and dynamic speaker who has been a guest on several podcasts discussing the topics of Black maternal and infant health. In addition, she often provides expert opinion on maternal health in various print and online media outlets. Lastly, Quanny humbly stewards a grief and loss community and podcast, both entitled It’s All Grief to Me, as a coach and liason for individuals navigating their journeys.
You can follow her and the work she is involved in at https://www.thephdmamma.com She joined the Preeclampsia Foundation Patient Advisory Council in May 2023.
Hellp Syndrome
December 17, 2019
What is HELLP Syndrome? HELLP (Hemolysis, Elevated Liver enzymes and Low Platelets) syndrome is a life-threatening pregnancy complication usually considered to be a variant of preeclampsia. Both conditions usually occur during the later stages of pregnancy, or soon after childbirth. HELLP...
Press Room
August 11, 2022
Welcome to the Preeclampsia Foundation Press Room. Our Public Affairs team works with news media around the globe to connect them to medical experts, researchers, and real families affected by hypertensive disorders of pregnancy. Please Direct All Media...
Recruiting and retaining nulliparous individuals with a family history of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy to participate in scientific research prior to pregnancy: The Sisterhood Study
The Sisterhood Study piloted low-touch, remote recruitment strategies that relied on women with a history of preeclampsia to share study information with family and friends. It aimed to enroll 150 women with a FH of HDP and 150 controls.
After Preeclampsia: Another Pregnancy or Not?
May 07, 2024
If you’re one of the thousands of women who experienced severe preeclampsia or HELLP syndrome, then you probably have more questions than answers about deciding whether to get pregnant again. It can take time to recover from any pregnancy that didn’t go as planned, but especially a...
Covid-19 and Preeclampsia
April 27, 2020
Though the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have recently lifted many of the recommended COVID restrictions, COVID-19 infection increases risk of developing life-threatening hypertension in pregnancy and preeclampsia and, overall, worsens pregnancy outcomes for moms. It...