Bio
Christine H. Morton, PhD is a medical sociologist with expertise in maternal mortality and morbidity, women's reproductive and maternal health experiences and maternal quality improvement. Since 2008, she has managed CMQCC's state funded project on California Pregnancy-Associated Maternal Review (CA-PAMR), overseeing data collection, committee matters and conducting qualitative analysis on improvement opportunities identified from case reviews. She served as co-chair of several CMQCC Task Forces, coordinating the development of Maternal Quality Toolkits on leading causes of maternal death in California (hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, cardiovascular disease, and embolism). She collaborates on projects that support CMQCC’s goals and mission, including an qualitative study of women's experiences with severe maternal morbidity and works with Dr. Jochen Profit on research examining clinician and parent's views on racial/ethnic disparities in quality of care in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.
Current Role at Stanford
Research Sociologist at California Maternal Quality Care Collaborative (CMQCC) & California Perinatal Quality Care Collaborative (CPQCC)
