Editorial Board : MCN: The American Journal of Maternal/Child Nursing

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​Editor in Chief
Kathleen R. Simpson, PhD, RNC, CNS-BC, FAAN
Perinatal Clinical Nurse Specialist
St. Louis, MO

Associate Editor
Annie J. Rohan, PhD, RN, FAANP, FAAN

Editorial Office
7140 Pershing Avenue
St. Louis, MO 63130
[email protected]  

Editor Emerita
Margaret Comerford Freda, EdD, RN, CHES, FAAN

Editorial Board

Ellise D. Adams, PhD, CNM
Associate Professor, College of Nursing
Doctor of Nursing Practice Coordinator
University of Alabama in Huntsville
Huntsville, AL

Judy A. Beal, DNSc, RN, FNAP, FAAN
Dean, School of Nursing and Health Sciences,
Professor of Nursing, Robert Wood Johnson
Executive Nurse Fellow 2008-2011,
Simmons College, Boston, MA
[email protected]

Samantha L. Bernstein PhD, RNC-OB, IBCLC, CNL
Assistant Professor
MGH Institute of Health Professions
Boston, MA

Rachel Blankstein Breman, PhD, MPH, RN
Assistant Professor
University of Maryland
School of Nursing
Baltimore, MD

Adriane Burgess PhD, RNC-OB, CCE, CNE, C-ONQS, CPHQ
Director Perinatal and Neonatal Quality and Patient Safety
Maryland Patient Safety Center
Elkridge, MD

Lynn Clark Callister, PhD, RN, FAAN
Professor Emerita, College of Nursing
Brigham Young University, Provo, UT

Kathleen Leask Capitulo, PhD,
RN, FAAN
Chief Nurse Executive, James J. Peters
VA Medical Center, Bronx, N.Y. Assoc.
Professor, Case Western University,
Frances P. Bolton School of Nursing,
Cleveland, OH

Colette Dieujuste, RN, PhD
Dean of Nursing and Associate Professor
Wheaton College
Norton, Massachusetts

Carmen Giurgescu, PhD, RN, WHNP, FAAN
Professor and Associate Dean for Research
Chatlos Foundation Endowed Chair in Nursing
College of Nursing
University of Central Florida
Orlando, FL

Yuqing Guo, RN, PhD
Associate Professor
Sue & Bill Gross School of Nursing
University of California, Irvine

Laura L. Hayman, PhD, RN, FAAN
Associate Dean for Research,
Professor of Nursing,
College of Nursing and Health Sciences
University of Massachusetts—Boston

Mary Dawn Koenig, PhD, RN, CNM
Associate Professor
Dept. Human Development Nursing Science
University of Illinois at Chicago
College of Nursing
Chicago, IL

Eileen T. Lake, PhD, RN, FAAN
Jessie M. Scott Term Chair in Nursing
and Health Policy
Associate Professor of Sociology
Associate Director, Center for Health
Outcomes and Policy Research
Chair, Graduate Group in Nursing
University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing

Terri H. Lipman, PhD, CRNP, FAAN
Miriam Stirl Endowed Term Professor of
Nutrition, Professor of Nursing of Children
University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Division of
Endocrinology/Diabetes
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

Karen H. Morin, PhD, RN, ANEF, FAAN
Professor Emerita
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Nancy O’Brien-Abel, MN, RNC
Perinatal Clinical Nurse Specialist
Affi liate Instructor
University of Washington, School of Nursing,
Seattle, WA

Annie J. Rohan, PhD, RN, FAANP, FAAN
Dean and Professor, 
Becton School of Nursing and Allied Health 
Fairleigh Dickinson University 
Teaneck, NJ

Cheryl Roth, PhD, WHNP-BC,
RNC-OB, RNFA
Nurse Practitioner
HonorHealth Scottsdale Shea Medical
Center in Scottsdale, AZ

Diane L. Spatz, PhD, RN-BC, FAAN
Professor of Perinatal Nursing and Helen
M. Shearer Professor of Nutrition
University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing
Nurse Researcher-Lactation
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia