Lisa Kane-Low

Assistant Professor of Nursing and Women's Studies Ph.D. University of Michigan Post Masters certificate University of Pennsylvania M.S., University of Illinois B.A., University of Michigan

Contact Information:
Office:
2119 Lane Hall
204 S. State St.
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1290
734.615.6612
734.647.0334
Email: kanelow@umich.edu

Scholarly Interests: Care practices during pregnancy and childbirth; social cultural influences on choices related to childbirth such as the use of Doulas, Midwives, and birth sites; influences of social, life stressors on pregnancy outcomes; application of Global Safemotherhood Health Policy in local low-resource communities, particularly Latin America.

Biography: Lisa Kane Low received her bachelors degree in nursing from the University of Michigan, her MS degree in midwifery from the University of Illinois in Chicago, post masters certificate in teaching from University of Pennsylvania and finally her doctoral degree in Nursing and a certificate in Women's Studies from the University of Michigan. Her research area and publications focus on women's and adolescents experiences of childbirth including specific birth care practices, the role of doulas (trained providers of support to women and families during childbirth and postpartum), strategies for pain relief in labor as well as cultural understandings of the significance of the birth experience. She also has an ongoing collaborative project in Honduras to study maternity care transitions in Honduras.  She holds joint appointments in Women's Studies, the department of OBGYN and the School of Nursing. Her courses include Perspectives in Women's Health, Women's Reproductive Health all at the undergraduate level.