Stacey Iobst

Biography

Stacey Iobst, Ph.D., RNC-OB, C-EFM, is an Associate Professor at Towson University in the College of Health Professions Department of Nursing. She received a BSN from the University of Maryland School of Nursing and a Ph.D. from the University of Maryland, Baltimore. Upon graduation, Dr. Iobst received the School of Nursing Alumni Association Award for Outstanding Ph.D. Graduate for exemplifying the integration of achievement in research, teaching, and service. Dr. Iobst completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the Uniformed Services University Graduate School of Nursing, where she conducted a qualitative study on shared decision-making among low-risk women during labor and birth. Following her postdoctoral fellowship, Dr. Iobst was a Junior Fellow at the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, where she analyzed data from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey to examine disparities in care among rural women diagnosed with postpartum depression. Her program of research is focused on shared decision-making among childbearing people and the relationship between perinatal mental health and quality of intrapartum care. Dr. Iobst is an alumna of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Future of Nursing program. She has been a corresponding member of the Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN) Research Advisory Panel and is currently chair of the Maryland section of AWHONN.

 Publications

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