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Jody Rae Lori, MS, CNM
Lecturer and Interim Nurse Midwifery Program Coordinator

University of Michigan School of Nursing
400 North Ingalls Building
Room 3220
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0482
Telephone: (734) 763-0097
FAX: (734) 647-0351
jrlori@umich.edu

Education
MS, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 1992
BSN, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 1980
ADN, Bay de NOC Community College, Escanaba, MI 1974

Research Focus:
Improving maternal and reproductive health outcomes
in sub-Saharan Africa and developing countries

Keywords:
Safe Motherhood, maternal mortality, maternal morbidity,
birth outcome disparities

Currently Funded Projects:

2007-2008: A Critical Analysis of Maternal Mortality in
Liberia; UM-IRWG

2007-2008: Maternal Mortality in sub-Saharan Africa, Liberia; UM-GHRT

Brief Autobiography
I am a graduate of the first Nurse-Midwifery class at the University of Michigan (1992). I have worked as a nurse in various aspects of health care since 1974 and practiced full scope midwifery for 9 years prior to joining the Midwifery faculty in 2001. I have a strong commitment to improving women’s lives and their health care. I have worked mainly with vulnerable populations ranging from inner city women with limited resources to women living in rural, isolated settings in both the United States and Central America. I had the opportunity to establish the first nurse-midwifery service in Michigan’s rural Upper Peninsula and also helped to develop a grant funded doula service to provide disadvantaged women with labor and postpartum support.
I have been active on the International Health Committee of the American College of Nurse-Midwives, served as Chair of the Southeastern Chapter of the ACNM and participated on the Maternal/Child Health Advisory Committee on Perinatal HIV Reduction for the State of Michigan. I have worked to establish international placements for our nurse-midwifery students in Guatemala and New Zealand. I also serve on the Board of Directors of Ixmucane, Centro de Partos y Salud de la Mujer, in Antigua, Guatemala.

I am married and have two sons and one grandson! I love to be anywhere near or on the water, travel, garden, cook, and spend time with my family.