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GENE CRANSTON ANDERSON

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Curriculum Vitae
Program of Research:
  • 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