Quantrilla Ard, Ph.D.

Quantrilla Ard, Ph.D., serves as the Director of Research and Strategic Partnerships for Health Evolve Technologies, LLC. She is also an Assistant Professor in the online Master of Public Health Program at Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta, GA, of which she is an alumna. Dr. Ard is a champion of reproductive justice and maternal/infant health disparities and advocates in several ways: as a Certified Patient Family Partner with MoMMA’s Voices, a Patient Advisory Council Member with the Preeclampsia Foundation, and a Family Health Advocate through the H.E.A.R.T for Georgia program. She is an engaged member of the Healthier Generations and Atlanta Healthy Start Community Action Networks and volunteers with the March of Dimes Atlanta Area Collective Impact as Co-chair of the Dismantle Racism Workgroup and steering committee member. Dr. Ard partners with her GAPQC as Co-Chair of their ILE Integration Program and serves on the HOPE for GA Maternal Health Taskforce, of which she is Co-Chair for the Maternal Health Data Subcommittee. Furthermore, Quantrilla uses her social media platforms to engage, educate, and inform others about her doctoral research on maternal racialized stress and lived experience as a preeclampsia survivor. In addition, she provides subject matter expertise on the same in various print and online media outlets. Lastly, Dr. Ard also humbly stewards a grief and loss community and podcast, both entitled It’s All Grief to Me, as a coach and liaison for individuals navigating their loss journeys.