Our Team
Team Leaders/Principal Investigators

Kimberly Harper, MSN, RN, MHA
Perinatal Neonatal Outreach Coordinator, UNC Collaborative for Maternal and Infant Health in the School of Medicine at the UNC Chapel Hill
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Alison Stuebe, MD, MSc
Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Distinguished Professor of Infant and Young Child Feeding, UNC School of Medicine & Gillings School of Global Public Health
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Janiya Williams, MA, IBCLC, RLC, CLC
Program Director of the Pathway 2 Human Lactation Training Program at N.C. A&T SU (NCAT P2P) and is the Co-Coordinator for Doula Services at the Women’s and Children’s Center at Cone Health
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Kimarie Bugg, DNP, FNP-BC, MPH, IBCLC
CEO, Reaching Our Sisters Everywhere (ROSE)
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Amelia N. Gibson, PhD
Associate Professor, College of Information Studies, University of Maryland
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Kimberly C. Harper, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of English, North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University
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Carolyn L. Harraway-Smith, MD, FACOG, DABFM
Chief Medical Officer of Women’s Health and Annie Penn Hospital at Cone Health
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Walida Karim-Rhoades, CNM, DNP
Executive Director of Primary Care and Women’s Health, Cone Health
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Jaimie Lea, MPH, IBCLC
Research Associate, UNC Collaborative for Maternal and Infant Health
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Assistant Professor, School of Nursing, UNC Chapel Hill
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Kristin Tully, PhD
Research Assistant Professor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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Sarah Verbiest, DrPH, MSW, MPH
Executive Director, UNC Collaborative for Maternal and Infant Health, UNC Chapel Hill
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Suzanne Woodward
Communications Director, UNC Collaborative for Maternal and Infant Health
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Omar M. Young, MD
Vice Chair of Education, Associate Residency Program Director, UNC
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Ifeyinwa Asiodu, PhD, RN, IBCLC, FAAN
Associate Professor, UCSF School of Nursing
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Stephanie Baker, PhD, MS, PT
Associate Professor of Public Health Studies, Elon University
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Nikki Greenaway, MSN FNP, IBCLC
Founder/Owner, Bloom Maternal Health
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Wanda Irving
Co-Founder & Acting President for Dr. Shalon’s Maternal Action Project
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Meredith Shockley-Smith
Director of Equity and Community Strategies, Cradle Cincinnati
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Tara Owen Shuler
Co-Director, NC Perinatal Association Lamaze Childbirth Educator Program
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LaToshia Rouse
Owner, Birth Sisters Doula Services
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