Dr. Marlo Vernon is an Associate Professor at the Georgia Prevention Institute, with an appointment in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University. Her work focuses on addressing health disparities and inequities through family-based approaches to healthy behavior change and maternal mortality and morbidity prevention. She is the Principal Investigator and developer of VidaRPM – a remote self-monitoring application for blood pressure and mental health, now with wrap around care coordination for pregnant and postpartum women (funded by the Health Resource and Services Administration (HRSA) and the GA Department of Public Health), Project Director of Mothers Informed Lactation Knowledge and Support (MILKS), funded by the National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO), Co-Project Director for Access to Services for Pregnant and Postpartum Persons in Northeast Georgia (ASPiriNG) (funded by HRSA), and the community engagement coordinator for the NIH funded Rural, Obese, and At-Risk (ROAR) SCORE project. Dr. Vernon is the mother of seven children – six of whom are girls. Promoting and supporting women’s health is a lifetime passion.