Current Duke Appointments & Affiliations
Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
·
2025 - Present
Obstetrics and Gynecology, Women's Community & Population Health,
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Recent Scholarly Works
Findings from the choices about abortion CaRE options (CARE) study: A discrete-choice experiment.
Journal article Contraception · July 6, 2026 OBJECTIVES: Our study aimed to quantify the extent to which individuals, when considering a hypothetical abortion at eight weeks gestation, accept tradeoffs across attributes of abortion care options. We also sought to evaluate the presence of different pr ... Full text Link to item CiteAccelerating climate action to promote reproductive health: why? who? how?
Journal article Am J Obstet Gynecol · May 2026 Climate change has substantial broad implications for individual and population health. This impact on health, as well as the considerable contribution of the healthcare sector to greenhouse gas emissions and waste production, implicates healthcare workers ... Full text Link to item CitePregnancy outcomes among medically complex populations with high risk of pregnancy mortality in Virginia: a retrospective observational study.
Journal article BMC Med · February 18, 2026 BACKGROUND: Abortion may be medically indicated to avert death or permanent harm of the pregnant person. However, some US states now prevent access to abortion for these patients. To evaluate the population for whom this may cause harm, we aimed to estimat ... Full text Link to item CiteRecent Grants
Improving institutional processes to reduce patient harm using evidence-based standards
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development · 2025 - 2030Promoting the importance of maternal and infant vaccination through a multicomponent prenatal intervention
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Emory University · 2023 - 2026ADEPT - An adaptive prenatal intervention to increase childhood vaccinations
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Emory University · 2022 - 2026View All Grants
Education
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill ·
2007
M.D.