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Susan M. Ludington

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Susan Ludington 216-368-5130  
Program of Research:
  • Kangaroo Care
  • Physiologic Responses to Skin-to-Skin Care
  • Infant Stimulation
  • Early Development Issues
 
Research Projects:
  • Principal Investigator, "Effect of Skin Contact on Electrophysiologic Sleep in Preterm Infants," National Institutes of Health-National Institute of Nursing Research, 5 RO1 NR04926, 2000-2005.
  • Principal Investigator, "Kangaroo Care to Blunt Pain in Premature Infants," National Institute of Health and National Institute of Nursing Research, RO3 NR08587, 2003-2005.
  • Principal Investigator, "Antenatal Lactation Education for High-Risk African American Mothers and Mother's Milk," RIG, 2003-2004.
 
Training Projects:
  • Core Faculty, "Childbearing, Childrearing, Caregiving Research Training," May Wykle, National Institute of Nursing Research, National Institute of Health, T32 NR07108.
  • Core Faculty, "Neonatal Nurse Practitioner Advanced Education Program," Donna Dowling, Health Resources and Services Administration, Bureau of Health Professions, HP-00263-01, 2001-2004.
 
Education Interests:
  • Neonatal Nursing; Maternal-Child Health; and Nurse-Midwifery

Educational Background:
  • BS, Cell Biology, Univeristy of California, Santa Barbara, CA
  • BS, Nursing, University of California at San Francisco, CA
  • MS, Maternal-Child Health, University of California at San Francisco, CA
  • PhD, Nursing/Child Development, Texas Woman's University, Denton, TX
  • Certificate, Nurse Midwife, State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center, New York, NY

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