Amy Mullenix, MSPH, MSW

Deputy Director

National MCH Workforce Development Center.

Adjunct Instructor

Department of Maternal and Child Health

amy_mullenix@unc.edu

412 Rosenau Hall

CB #7445

Chapel Hill, NC 27599

USA

National MCH Workforce Development Center

About

Amy Mullenix currently serves as the Deputy Director for the National Maternal and Child Health Workforce Development Center, a national training and technical assistance center housed in the MCH Department at the Gillings School of Global Public Health at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She also supports additional projects related to implementation of the National Blueprint for Change for Children & Youth with Special Healthcare Needs and the Partnering with WIC to Advance Maternal Health Equity Center. She is also an Adjunct Faculty Member of the MCH Department.

In these roles, she coordinates and supports partnerships among the multiple academic and practice partners engaged in each Center to build the capacity of MCH practitioners across the country. For the National MCH Workforce Development Center, Ms. Mullenix also serves as a liaison with states and other jurisdictions as they seek technical assistance opportunities and serves as a team coach for their health transformation work.

Mullenix, a Nebraska native, previously worked as the state coordinator of the North Carolina Preconception Health Campaign at the March of Dimes and as a bilingual social worker for pregnant women and families in public health departments and community health centers in North Carolina and Nebraska.

Amy Mullenix in the Gillings News

Key Publications

The Maternal and Child Health Workforce: A Snapshot of Current and Future Needs from Public Health WINS 2021. Menser Tissue M, Fife Donney J, Mullenix AJ, Schaffer K, Stampfel C, Raskin Ramos L, Cilenti D. (2024). J Public Health Manag Pract..

Building a Maternal Health Workforce to Advance Equity, Partnerships and Healthy Communities. In The Practical Playbook III: Working Together to Improve Maternal Health. Mullenix AJ & Menard MK. Cilenti D, Jackson A, Hernandez ND, Yates L, Verbiest S, Michener JL & Castrucci B (editors) (2024). New York: Oxford University Press, Ch. 43.

Enhancing Title V Workforce Capacity to Address Complex Challenges: Impact of the National Maternal and Child Health Workforce Development Center. Coffey, A.M., Powis, L., Mullenix, A. et al (2022). Matern Child Health J.

Developing State Leadership in Maternal and Child Health: Process Evaluation Findings from a Work-Based Learning Model for Leadership Development. Umble KE, Powis L, Coffey AM, Margolis L, Mullenix A, Fatima H, Orton S, Fleming WO, Lich KH, Cilenti D (2022). Matern Child Health J.

Centering Equity and Developing the Maternal Health Workforce: Building the National Maternal Health Learning and Innovation Center. Reddy, J., Mullenix, A., Cannon, A.C. et al (2022). Matern Child Health J .

Insights from the national maternal and Child Health Workforce Development Center on Title V Teams' collaborative readiness and goal accomplishment. Wells R, Coffey AM, Mullenix A, Simon J, Lich KH (2022). Matern Child Health J.

Tools for Supporting the MCH Workforce in Addressing Complex Challenges: A Scoping Review of System Dynamics Modeling in Maternal and Child Health. Guynn I, Simon J, Anderson S, Klaman SL, Mullenix A, Cilenti D, Hassmiller Lich K (2022). Matern Child Health J.

Health Impact Assessment: A Missed Opportunity for MCH Professionals in Their Quest to Address the Social Determinants of Health. Dills JE, Lawson TM, Branscomb J, Mullenix A, Lich KH (2022). Matern Child Health J.

Education

MSPH, Maternal and Child Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2005
MSW, Social Work, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2005

Amy Mullenix, MSPH, MSW