Our Work
MayaTech projects vary in size from large, multi-year contracts, to task orders, to short-term consulting assignments. We have supported projects in diverse subject areas, including maternal, child and adolescent health, substance abuse, mental health, criminal justice, chronic disease, nutrition, physical activity, obesity, viral hepatitis, and HIV/AIDS.
Women's Health
HRSA/OWH Cervical Cancer Moonshot Project
MayaTech planned and convened a series of roundtables and is developing patient engagement materials to support accelerated cancer prevention. The roundtables strengthened coordination between Federal partners and stakeholders relative to barriers and facilitators to patient access/engagement on guidelines uptake. Subcontractor support from Abt.
Coalition for a Healthier Community Initiative
MayaTech served as the evaluator for the Office on Women’s Health National Evaluation of the Coalition for a Healthier Community Initiative, using a participatory approach to design and implement the evaluation. The evaluation assessed the effectiveness of a gender-based systems approach to improve women and girl’s health and eliminate gender inequalities.
HPV VAX NOW Campaign
MayaTech supported OWH on researching, planning, implementing, and evaluating a public health campaign focused on increasing young adult human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination rates in three Southern states. The campaign provides health professionals and young adults with information and resources to increase vaccination rates among 18 to 26 year-olds. Read more on the #HPVvaxNOW campaign. Subcontractor support from Hager Sharp.
Hypertension and Insulin Resistance
MayaTech developed, implemented, and evaluated a national program to improve health outcomes for adolescent girls and women at risk for insulin resistance and prediabetes. The program included fostering partnerships with community stakeholders and OASH Regional Offices and their partners.
HIV/AIDS and Infectious Diseases
Social Norming Campaign - Pediatric Vaccination
MayaTech partnered with Hager Sharp to support creation of a national, social norming campaign aimed at getting pediatric vaccinations back on track. This work included an in-depth assessment of the current pediatric vaccination landscape and development of strategies to motivate behavior change to increase vaccination rates, reduce health disparities, and address the decline in pediatric vaccine administration resulting from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
Coordination, Dissemination, and Replication of Innovative HIV Care Strategies in the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program (RWHAP)
In supporting the HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau, MayaTech and our partner, Impact Marketing + Communications, is responsible for the development and promotion of implementation tools and resources and the delivery of capacity building technical assistance to support the uptake and replication of innovative HIV care strategies. The program serves HIV primary care providers and community-based organizations to address needs and gaps in the delivery of HIV care and treatment along the HIV Care Continuum.
OIDP Viral Hepatitis Elimination Support
MayaTech, is working with the Office of Infectious Disease and HIV/AIDS Policy (OIDP) to identify systemic barriers to integrated hepatitis care, prevention, and treatment; develop integrated payment models and policies; facilitate collaboration with federal and non-federal partners; and provide communications and dissemination support. The focus of this effort is to advance progress toward viral hepatitis elimination.
Public Health and Policy
Evaluation of Vaccine-Related Promotional Materials for Community Health Workers
MayaTech surveyed approximately 500 African-American community health workers (CHWs) over the age of 50 to assess the effectiveness of materials aimed at increasing knowledge around vaccination. This work, led by the HHS Office of Regional Health Operations, assisted in understanding the impact of culturally appropriate promotional materials, and the current perceptions around routine adult vaccinations, as well as the COVID-19 vaccine.
Higher Education
University of Miami
The University is developing a social network intervention to increase uptake, retention and adherence to PrEP, bundled with gender affirming therapy (GAT) in Black and Latina transgender women. MayaTech is developing the interview guides, IRB protocols and will contribute to content analysis, interpretation and reporting.
Howard University (AIM-AHEAD Core)
The National Institutes of Health AIM-AHEAD initiative recently funded a national consortium "to establish mutually beneficial and coordinated partnerships to increase the participation and representation of researchers and communities currently underrepresented in the development of Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning (AI/ML) models. The AIM-AHEAD Coordinating Center includes four cores, including the Data Science Training Core (DSTC), a partnership led by Howard University, to provide training opportunities to enhance health equity in AI/ML research. MayaTech is the external evaluator for the DSTC.
Research Centers in Minority Institutions (RCMI)
MayaTech conducted process, implementation, and outcome evaluation activities for RCMI for both Howard University and City College of New York’s NIMHD-funded grant programs. MayaTech’s Chief Science Officer, Suzanne Randolph Cunningham, co-authored an article on the conceptual model, metrics, and best practices for evaluation of NIMHD’s RCMI, which was published in November 2020 in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.