BARBARA MORRISON

Program of Research:

Mother-Infant Relationships and Health Outcomes; Kangaroo Care; Breast Feeding; Young Developing Families (supporting new parents and their infants); Factorial Surveys

Research Projects:

Co-Investigator, "Skin-to-Skin Care for Breastfeeding Difficulties Post Birth," Gene Anderson, Principal Investigator.

Principal Investigator, "Interruptions to the Breastfeeding Process the First Postpartum Day," Foundation for Neonatal Research and Education (FNRE) and Ohio Board of Regents.

Co-Investigator, "Antenatal Lactation Education for High-Risk African American Mothers and Mother's Milk Feedings After Birth."

Education Interests:

Midwifery and Women's Health Care; Nursing Theory; Advance Practice Nursing; Cultural Competency

Training Projects:

Core Faculty, "Childbearing, Childrearing, Caregiving Research Training," May Wykle, Project Director. National Institute of Nursing Research, National Institutes of Health, T32-NR07108.

Educational Background:

BA, Biology, College of Wooster, Wooster, OH

BS, Nursing, Columbia University, New York, NY

MN, Primary Health Care/Family Nurse Practitioner, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

Certificate, Nurse Midwife, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL

PhD, Nurse Midwifery/Maternal Child Nursing, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL