Charlene Ramirez, ADN, enrolled member of the Blackfeet Tribe, is our latest CHAMPion of the week. The CHAMPS initiative now includes our recently funded Am

Congratulations to this week's CHAMPion Hospital, Hancock Medical Center! Located in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, with an average of 210 births per year, Hancock Medical Center enrolled in CHAMPS on March 12th, 2015. Since then, they have been making a lot of progress towards their goals of increasin

This week's CHAMPion is Jennifer White, RN, IBCLC, RLC, who is leading the Baby-Friendly effort as an IBCLC for Children's Hospital of San Antonio in both the Women's Services Area as well as the level IV, 45-bed NICU. Jennifer went to Nursing School where she now lives, in San Antonio TX, and has b

Sabrina Ganaway, our CHAMPion of the week, was born in Tupelo, Mississippi. She grew up in a small rural community, graduated high school in 1973, and later went on to pursue an Associate degree in Nursing from Mississippi University for Women in 1977. Currently she serves as an International Board

For over 35 years, Our CHAMPion of the week Karen Bishop has been a Maternal and Child Health (MCH) nurse at North Mississippi Medical Center (NMMC) in Tupelo, MS. She started her career in 1979 in the NICU/nursery, where she saw very few mothers breastfeeding, and little to no support for breastfee

Congratulations to our first Hospital CHAMPion, Regional One Health! With 3953 births per year, and a level 3 NICU with 69 beds, Regional One, Memphis, TN, is one of the largest hospitals currently enrolled in the CHAMPS Initiative. Regional One joined CHAMPS on March 2nd, 2015, and recently moved i

This week's CHAMPion of the week, Christy Brooks, RN, IBCLC, was the first CHAMPS team lead to enter all the breastfeeding and practice data that CHAMPS is collecting, on all measures! Congratulations! Christy Brooks, born and raised in Memphis, Tennessee, lives in Tipton County and is a full time

Charlene H.Collier MD, MPH, MHS, FACOG is originally from New Jersey, but lives in Mississippi with her husband Gerald and new baby Jordan. She was an undergraduate, and medical school, at Brown University and received a MPH from the Harvard School of Public Health. She trained in Obstetrics and G

Paula V. Bugg, a true ATLien and beloved DAWG fan, is our CHAMPion of the Week! She completed her undergraduate degree at The University of Georgia and she recently received her Master of Biological Science degree from Mississippi College. Paula works as Communications and Media Coordinator for ROSE

Meet Aira Jae Etheridge, this week’s CHAMPion! Aira Jae recently graduated from Boston University School of Public Health with an MPH in Maternal and Child Health. During her last year as an MPH student, she worked as a Regional Coordinator for CHAMPS and has developed a range of CHAMPS materials