Dr. Moniz is an Associate Professor and physician-investigator in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Michigan and Director of the Obstetrics Initiative, a statewide quality initiative with over 70 hospitals working to improve maternity care quality, outcomes, and inequities in Michigan. She is a board-certified generalist obstetrician gynecologist with over 15 years in clinical practice. She completed the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholars program and a Master of Science at the University of Michigan.
Dr. Moniz’s long-term career goal is to design and evaluate health policies and clinical strategies that improve all people’s access to high-value reproductive healthcare and address inequities in reproductive health outcomes. Dr. Moniz is a nationally recognized expert in obstetric health services research and implementation research, and she has published over 90 manuscripts to date. Her research has appeared in high-impact journals such as Implementation Science, JAMA, BMJ Quality and Safety, and Health Affairs, and has garnered attention in The Atlantic, NPR, and other major media outlets.
She is currently the Primary Investigator of a U01 investigation to develop, disseminate, and evaluate guidelines for pain management after childbirth in the United States.