Jessica Roach

Jessica M. Roach, LPN, MPH

ROOTT Restoring Our Own Through Transformation, CEO, Clinical Director and Founder

Ms. Roach is a subject matter expert in Black Maternal and Infant Health with over 20 years of experience in neuroscience, maternal, infant, and family health. Ms. Roach’s “Web of Causation- Structural and Social Determinants of Health” is utilized as a core component of federal policy, HRSA continuing education on Maternal and Infant Health, and will be featured in the curated museum at the Center for Disease Control in late fall, 2024.

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  • National Healthy Start Conference- Plenary Session, Washington, D.C.- 2016,
  • University Of Missouri- Kansas City, School of Nursing, Panel Discussion, 2017
  • Black Mamas Matter Alliance Conferences-Keynote and workshop presenter-2018, Presenter-2020 virtual
  • St. Louis Health Equity Conference-Pathways to Reproductive Freedom- Keynote, 2018
  • UCSF- Getting to the ROOTT- Grand Rounds OB/GYN, 2018
  • APHA, 2018- History Matters: The Continued Geography of Racism, Mass Incarceration, & Infant Health
  • Ohio State University, 2016, 2019- Restoring Our Own Through Transformation: The Role of Black Community Based Organizations
  • Nationwide Children’s Hospital and The Ohio State University, 2023: Obstetric Racism: Impact on Black Maternal, Infant, and Family Health
  • ROOTT Learning Academy online Healthy Start TASC: https://healthystart-tasc.org/learn/learning-academies/roott-learning-academy/
  • TEDx, 2018- https://youtu.be/43_9E_aOB9g?si=NnBZ3YEexuf7VRFs
  • Ohio Legislative Testimony: https://youtu.be/1x4M3B2jgnQ?si=sqMZM6NxcSjUWaXk