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Michelle O'Grady, MS, CNM
Lecturer, School of Nursing

University of Michigan School of Nursing
400 North Ingalls Building
Room 3220
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0482
Telephone: (734) 647-0148
FAX: (734) 647-0351
mmidwif@umich.edu

HSSP (734/764-1226)
Alice Lloyd Hall
100 Observatory, Room 2066
Ann Arbor, MI 48109

Education
Post-Master's Certificate in Teaching, University of Pennsylvania, 1996
MS, Nurse-Midwifery, University of Illinois-Chicago, 1990
BSN, University of Illinois - Chicago, 1984
BS in Biology, Illinois Benedictine College, 1981

Brief Autobiography
I've been teaching at U-M School of Nursing since 1996, in the nurse-midwifery and undergraduate OB clinical courses; I advise students and serve in other capacities. I am a Certified Nurse-Midwife and have worked in urban settings for many years as a Registered Nurse and a CNM providing care to thousands of women and attending hundreds of births. I received a B.S in Biology from Illinois Benedictine College, a B.S. in Nursing and M.S. in Nurse-midwifery from the University of Illinois-Chicago, a post-Master’s Certificate in teaching from the University of Pennsylvania, and completed the UM's Faculty Scholars Program in Complementary and Alternative Medicine (now MIM). From 2001 to 2009, I directed the UM's Health Sciences Scholars Program, a living-learning community for undergraduates. I am now enrolled in the DNP program at Wayne State University. I consider teaching to be a kind of midwifery, where the work and the joy is in supporting people as they learn and move into new roles. My education as a nurse, experience as a midwife, and personal inclination lead to a supportive, collaborative teaching style and appreciation of life-long learning.