Pregnancy, Labor, Birth and the Early Neonatal and Postpartum Periods
Long-Term (Life-Span) Effects of Events Surrounding Pregnancy and Birth
Importance of Skin-to-Skin Contact (aka "Kangaroo Care")
Negative Effects of the Valsalva Maneuver; Facilitation of Breastfeeding During the First Two Hours Postbirth
Neuroscience Measures; Importance of Water Metabolism; Research Methodology
Research Projects
Principal Investigator, “Selfregulatory Preterm Infant Care: Adaptation Postbirth," National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Nursing, RO1-NR024444-04A1
Training Projects
Core Faculty, "Childbearing, Childrearing, Caregiving Research Training", May Wykle, Program Director. National Institute of Health, National Institute of Nursing Research, T32 NR07108.
Education Interests
Caregiving
Research Methodology
Adult Learning
Educational Background
BSN, Nursing-OB/Peds, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
MS, Child Development, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
PhD, Child (life-span) Development, University of Wisconsin, Madision, WI
