About Dr. Lattof
As CEO and Co-Founder of Maila Health GmbH, Dr. Samantha Lattof works to improve maternal and newborn health by bridging research and technology.
Dr. Lattof has over fifteen years of experience conducting womxn’s health research and driving global health programs and projects. Her research has been used to develop health guidelines and inform policy. She has consulted for the World Health Organization’s Network for Improving Quality of Care for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health; Ipas; and LSE Enterprise. Prior to consulting, she worked for the London School of Economics and Political Science, Harvard School of Public Health, and Columbia University.
Dr. Lattof earned her PhD at the London School of Economics and Political Science and her Master of Science at Harvard School of Public Health.
FROM ACADEMIA TO STARTUP
My story
While the quality of maternal and newborn healthcare has improved in the last 70 years, there is still vast room for improvement. I know this both as a maternal and newborn health researcher and as a mother of two daughters.
All of my pregnancies were complicated by hyperemesis gravidarum (extreme nausea and vomiting in pregnancy that can result in hospitalization). When I experienced complications during my pregnancies and postpartum, my background as a researcher led me to question and identify shortcomings in the quality of care that I received. While I saw a need to improve the speed at which the latest maternal and newborn health research is translated into practice, I also observed opportunities to more effectively utilize existing technologies to improve maternal and newborn health outcomes.
Several months after my youngest daughter’s birth, I started Maila Health GmbH in hopes of accelerating access to high-quality maternal and newborn health care.
