Lisa Kane Low

Biography

  Education: PhD, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 2001 Graduate Certificate, Women’s Studies, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 1999 Post Master’s Certificate in Teaching, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 1995 MS, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL, 1987 BSN, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 1984

Research Interest

Management of second stage labor and associated perineal and pelvic floor outcomes Care practices during childbirth including social support in labor with doulas Childbirth practices in low resource settings Physiological or normal childbirth Dissemination of evidence based practices within the maternity care system Dr. Kane Low focuses her research on advancing evidence based care practices during childbirth that promote optimal outcomes for childbearing women and their families. She conducts clinical research aimed at answering significant questions about the ways in which women can best be cared for during the process of normal birth particularly during second stage labor to prevent pelvic floor injury. Currently, Dr. Low is involved in a number of NIH-funded and internally grant supported studies focusing on the process of care during childbirth including: Clinical and Non-Clinical Factors Influencing the use of Electronic Fetal Monitoring, the SCOR Sex and Gender Factors Affecting Women’s Pelvic Floor Health During Childbirth directed by Dr. John De Lancey, Promoting Optimal Outcomes to Prevent Prolapse with Dr. Dee Fenner, Defining Events during Second Stage Labor and a prevention and treatment series of projects focused on incontinence in childbearing women and older age women. She had worked with a model program called Doulas Care to provide volunteer Doulas for low income women and has conducted studies in Honduras aimed at the prevention of post partum hemorrhage. She also has extensive experience working with multi-stakeholder groups to develop and implement model practice and national guidelines focused on the provision of maternity care. She also works as a certified nurse midwife at the University of Michigan Health System.