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Christine Santoro, MA, serves as an Associate Professor at the Center for Health Justice and Bioethics within the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University. With over two decades of dedicated work, she focuses on transforming maternal healthcare through equity-centered research and community-driven solutions to address systemic racial disparities in birth outcomes.
Her educational foundation includes:
- MA in Urban Bioethics from Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
Dr. Santoro's research program centers on relationship-based care models—including midwifery and community-doula frameworks—to eliminate perinatal racial health inequities. She pioneers antiracism training initiatives and action tools developed in partnership with directly impacted communities, emphasizing culturally responsive care and the critical need for racially concordant maternity providers to improve health outcomes for minoritized birthing populations.
Her professional engagement spans key maternal health coalitions:
- Quality Maternal and Newborn Care Research Alliance
- Philadelphia Maternal and Infant Health Community Action Network (CAN)
- PA Campaign for Women's Health
- Philly Metro Midwives
