American Heart Association volunteer expert, Karen Joynt Maddox, M.D., MPH, assistant professor, Washington University School of Medicine, Associate Program Director for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Cardiovascular Fellowship Program, Co-Director, Center for Health Economics and Policy, Institute for Public Health at Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri. Offering perspective on AHA Scientific Sessions 2020 Presentation 209 copyright American Heart Association 2020 "This is a really important study. We know that maternal mortality has been rising across the U.S., and we know that there are really profound racial differences, inequities in these outcomes, and so a study that gives, perhaps, some insight into why that might be the case, and maybe even sets out a place for us to start working on it is extremely important right now."