The Body Gives Birth: It’s Complicated…Necessarily

Clinical Breakout

DATE: Friday, October 13th
TIME: 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
FACULTY: Elise Erickson, PhD, CNM, FACNM

Current thinking on the physiology of a healthy birth process, including the role of the fetus, placenta and the maternal body including the autonomic nervous system.

Faculty

Elise Erickson, PhD, CNM, FACNM
Elise has been a Certified Nurse Midwife for over 17 years and earned a PhD in 2018 at Oregon Health and Science University where she was a faculty midwife for 8 years. Her research is broadly focused on understanding variation in the physiology governing labor and birth to improve individual care practices. She recently joined the University of Arizona College of Nursing and is conducting research on epigenetic and genetic variation in oxytocin function for improving the use of oxytocin and addressing postpartum hemorrhage. She also studies the role of epigenetic aging in maternal morbidity as well as the use of wearable devices for monitoring maternal autonomic/ hormonal physiology during pregnancy.