Reproductive health care of women, with an emphasis on aspects of reproductive related care that are marginalized or involve marginalized people.
Selected Presentations
A Review of the Literature on Post-Abortion Care: Implications for Nursing and Midwifery Practice. Presentation with Janet Singer, MSN, CNM at the 4th International Research Conference, Trinity College Dublin, November 4-6, 2003. Dublin, Ireland, November 5, 2004.
Why I provide, Invited panel member, Medical Students for Choice, Yale University School of Medicine. New Haven, Connecticut: January 22, 2004.
Post-abortion Care in Under Served Areas: A Proposal for Innovative Clinical Practice. Presentation to the Annual National Chairs Meeting of Clinicians For Choice. Seattle, Washington. April 5, 2003.
Moderator and case discussion leader, for session Dealing with Controversial Topics in
Classroom and Clinical Teaching. Conference planning faculty and presenter for Caring for the Woman with an Unintended Pregnancy: Teaching What Nurses Need to Know, a day long continuing education program for undergraduate and graduate nursing faculty. New Haven, CT, March 1, 2003. Ultrasound Evaluation, presentation at a half day workshop First Trimester Surgical
Abortion, at the Annual Meeting of the American College of Nurse-Midwives, Atlanta, Ga., May 28, 2002.
Where East Meets West: Women=s Use of Complementary and Alternative therapies in
Reproductive Health Care. Presentation at the third annual Yale conference on Women=s
Health and Fitness. New Haven, CT., October 28, 2000.
Preventing Perinatal Transmission of HIV: An Update for Midwives. Annual Meeting of
the American College of Nurse-Midwives, May 6-12, 2000. Anchorage, Alaska, May 11,
2000.
Preventing Perinatal Transmission of HIV: An Update for Midwives (invited speaker).
New Haven HIV/AIDS Caseworkers Consortium, sponsored by AIDS Project New Haven
and the Mayor=s Task Force on HIV/AIDS. New Haven, CT, March 29, 2000.
Women's use of Complementary and Alternative Therapies in Reproductive Health Care
(invited speaker). Women=s Health 2000, a conference sponsored by the Health Communications Research Institute, University of California at Davis and California State University at Sacramento January 20-22, 2000. Sacramento, CA., January 21, 2000.
Current Professional Activities
Governing Board, Division of Education, American College of Nurse-Midwives
Clinicians for Choice, National Advisory Committee
Journal of Midwifery and Women's Health, Peer Reviewer