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
