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Lisa Kane Low , PhD, CNM, FACNM
Research Assistant Professor and
Lecturer IV, Women's Studies

University of Michigan School of Nursing
400 North Ingalls Building
Room 3249
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0482
Telephone: (734) 647-0334
FAX: (734) 647-0351
kanelow@umich.edu

Education
PhD, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 2001
Graduate Certificate in Women's Studies, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 1999
Post Graduate Certificate in Teaching, University of Pennsylvania, 1996
MS, University of Illinois, 1987
BSN, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 1984

Research Interests
Care practices during the process of birth include the role of social support. Areas of focus have included qualitative review of the experience of childbirth for women and adolescents, the role of social support as provided by Doulas, care practices for women with a history of trauma or PTSD and management of the second stage of labor to prevent pelvic floor trauma.

Current Research
Development and Evaluation of Doulas Care: A community based outreach program (L. Kane Low, Principal Investigator)

The psychobiology of PTSD during childbirth (L. Kane Low, Co-Investigator; J. Seng, PhD, CNM, Principal Investigator)

Transitions in Reproductive Health Care in Northern Rural Honduras (L. Kane Low, Principal Investigator; J. Bailey, CNM, PhD, Co-Investigator)

Adolescents' Experiences of Childbirth: Nothing is Simple Phase 2 SCOR: The Gender Dynamics of Pelvic Floor Injury (L. Kane Low, Co-Investigator; J. Delancy, MD, Principal Investigator)