Certified Nurse-Midwife for over 20 years, providing clinical services with the University of Utah Birthcare Healthcare practice, for women of all ages, including routine gynecological and prenatal services, contraceptive and family planning, peri and postmenopause care. Gwen offers prenatal care through the University of Utah Health Virtual Prenatal Care Program, which provides convenient and personalized prenatal care to low-risk pregnancies.
Research Statement
Women's health care providers are increasingly aware that environmental exposures—such as chronic stress, depression and anxiety, intimate partner violence, poverty, poor nutrition, maternal smoking, experiences of racism, and even the microbes living in and on the body - are associated with an increased incidence of poor pregnancy outcomes, such as preterm birth and low birth weight babies. It is important to increase our understanding of the pathophysiologic mechanisms involved in these associations, and to introduce safe interventions to improve the health of mothers, babies, and families.
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