Stacey Iobst

Biography

Stacey Iobst, Ph.D., RNC-OB, C-EFM, is an Assistant 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

• Iobst, S. E., Breman, R. B., Walker, M., Wysong, G. Best, N., & Edmonds, J. K. (2023). Challenges, job satisfiers, and self-care among U.S. perinatal nurses. MCN: The American Journal of Maternal/Child Nursing, 48(3), 118-126. https://doi.org/10.1097/nmc.0000000000000912
• Iobst, S. E., Best, N., Smith, D. C., Philips, A. K., Wilson, C., & Trego, L. (2022). Promoting military women’s health through research design. Military Medicine, 188(3-4), 71-76, Article usac310. https://doi.org/10.1093/milmed/usac310

• Iobst, S. E., Phillips, A. K., & Wilson, C. (2022). Shared decision-making during labor and birth among low-risk, active-duty women in the U.S. military. Military Medicine, 187(5-6), e747-e756, Article usab486. https://doi.org/10.1093/milmed/usab486

• Iobst, S. E., Phillips, A. K., Foster, G., Wasserman, J., & Wilson, C. (2022). Integrative review of racial disparities in perinatal outcomes among beneficiaries of the military healthcare system. JOGNN: Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, & Neonatal Nursing, 51(1), 16-28. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jogn.2021.09.002

• Iobst, S. E., Smith, D. C., Best, N. I., Allard, R. J., & Trego, L. L. (2021). A scoping review of pregnancy, childbirth, and the postpartum period in active duty U.S. military women. Women’s Health Issues, 31(S1), S81-S92. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.whi.2020.05.005

• Trego, L. L., Iobst, S. E., Best, N., & Smith, D. (2021). A scoping review of breastfeeding in active duty U.S. military women. Women’s Health Issues, 31(S1), S93-S103. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.whi.2021.06.007

• Wilson, C., Phillips, A. K., Iobst, S. E., Meyers, E. R., Trego, L., Allard, R. J., & Landoll, R. (2021). A scoping review of unintended pregnancy in active duty United States military women. Women’s Health Issues, 31(S1), S66-S80. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.whi.2020.11.006

• Novak, P., & Iobst, S. (2020, July 17). Rural postpartum mental health: The challenge to improve. The Medical Care Blog. https://www.themedicalcareblog.com/rural-postpartum-mental-health/ 

• Iobst, S. E., Storr, C. L., Bingham, D., Zhu, S., & Johantgen, M. (2020). Variation of intrapartum care and cesarean births across providers of low-risk, nulliparous women. Birth: Issues in Perinatal Care, 47(2), 227-236. https://doi.org/10.1111/birt.12483

• Sullivan, K., Krengel, M., Heboyan, V., Schildroth, S., Wilson, C., Iobst, S., Klimas, N., & Coughlin, S. S. (2020). Prevalence and patterns of symptoms among female veterans of the 1991 Gulf War era: 25 years later. Journal of Women’s Health, 29(6), 819-826. https://doi.org/10.1111/birt.12483   

• McElroy, K. G., Iobst, S. E., DeVance-Wilson, C., Ludeman, E., & Barr, E. (2020). Systematic review and meta-analysis of the effect of nutrients on blood lead levels in pregnancy. JOGNN: Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic & Neonatal Nursing, 49(3), 243-253. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jogn.2020.02.004

• Iobst, S. E. Bingham, D., Storr, C., Zhu, S., Johantgen, M. (2020). Associations among intrapartum interventions and cesarean birth in low-risk nulliparous women with spontaneous onset of labor. Journal of Midwifery and Women’s Health, 65(1), 142-148. https://doi.org/10.1111/jmwh.12975

• Breman, R. B., Iobst, S., Paul, J., & Low, L. K. (2019). Clinicians’ perspectives on admission of pregnant women: A triad. MCN: The American Journal of Maternal Child Nursing, 44(5), 260–268. https://doi.org/10.1097/nmc.0000000000000550

• Heboyan, V., Krengel, M. H., Sullivan, K., Iobst, S., Klimas, N., Wilson, C., & Coughlin, S. S. (2019). Sex differences in Gulf War illness: A reanalysis of data from the CDC Air Force study using CDC and modified Kansas case definitions. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 61(7), 610-616. doi: https://doi.org/10.1097/jom.0000000000001620 

• Iobst, S. E., Breman, R. B., Bingham, D., Storr, C. L., Zhu, S., & Johantgen, M. (2019). Associations among cervical dilatation at admission, intrapartum care, and birth mode in low‐risk, nulliparous women. Birth: Issues in Perinatal Care, 46(2), 253-261.  https://doi.org/10.1111/birt.12417

• Iobst, S.E., Bingham, D., Storr, C. L., Zhu, S., & Johantgen, M. (2019). Associations among intrapartum interventions and cesarean birth in low-risk nulliparous women with spontaneous onset of labor. Journal of Midwifery and Women’s Health, 65(1), 142-148. https://doi.org/10.1111/jmwh.12975

Presentations

• Ali, M., Iobst, S., & Novak, P. (2022, June 26-29). Behavioral health treatment utilization and barriers to care among reproductive age parenting and women with co-occurring opioid use disorder and major depressive episodes in the United States: Variations by health insurance status [Podium session]. The American Society of Health Economists Annual Conference, Austin, TX, United States.
• Iobst, S., Wysong, G., Breman, R., Walker, M., Best, N., & Edmonds, J. (2022, June 25-29). Professional quality of life and intention to stay among perinatal registered nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic [Poster session]. Association for Women’s Health, Obstetric, and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN) Annual Convention, Aurora, CO, United States.
• Edmonds, J., Iobst, S., George, E., & Bingham, D. (2022, June 25-29). Critical nursing care processes missed on labor and delivery units during the COVID-19 pandemic [Poster session]. Association for Women’s Health, Obstetric, and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN) Annual Convention, Aurora, CO, United States.

• Novak, P., Iobst, S., & Passman, D. (2021, Oct 24-27). Cross-sectional innovation to improve rural postpartum mental health [Poster presentation]. American Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Expo, Denver, CO, United States.

• Iobst, S., Phillips, A., & Wilson, C. (2021, Oct 9-13). Shared decision-making during labor and birth among low-risk, active-duty women in the U.S. military [Poster presentation]. Association for Women’s Health, Obstetric, and Neonatal Nursing (AWHONN) Annual Convention, Kissimmee, FL, United States.

• Iobst, S. & Bingham, D. (2021, May 23-25). Variation in provider practice and physician cesarean birth rates of nulliparous, term women in the United States [Poster presentation]. American College of Nurse-Midwives 66th Annual Meeting & Exhibition, Portland, OR, United States.

• Iobst, S. & A. Foster, G. (2021, May 22). Racial disparities in perinatal outcomes among beneficiaries of the U.S. Military healthcare system [Conference session]. American College of Nurse-Midwives Armed Forces Section Affiliate Training Day, Portland, OR, United States.

• Iobst, S. E., Wilson, C., Braun, L., Hopkins, D., Phillips, A. K., Siaki, L., & Trego, L. (2020, November 1-4). The social ecological model as a framework for scoping reviews of active duty U.S. military women’s health [Conference session]. Association for Women’s Health, Obstetric, and Neonatal Nursing (AWHONN) Annual Convention, Las Vegas, NV, United States.

• McElroy, K., Iobst, S., DeVance-Wilson, C., Ludeman, E., & Barr, E. (2019, November 2-6). Mitigating fetal lead exposure through maternal diet and supplements: A systematic review [Poster presentation]. American Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Expo, Philadelphia, PA, United States.

• Iobst, S. (2019, August 19-22). The social ecological model as a framework for scoping reviews of active duty U.S. military women’s health [Podium presentation]. Military Health System Research Symposium (MHSRS), Kissimmee, FL, United States.

• Iobst, S. (2018, October 9-10). Factors influencing the use of labor management interventions and their effect on cesarean birth [Podium presentation] Huffman Splane Emerging Nurse Scholars Forum, Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.

• Iobst, S. (2018, June 28). Cervical dilation at admission: Association among intrapartum interventions and cesarean births in a low-risk population [Podium presentation]. International Normal Labor and Birth Research Conference, University of Michigan School of Nursing, Ann Arbor, MI, United States.

• Iobst, S. (2017, October). Shared decision making for elective induction of labor [Podium presentation]. Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric, and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN) Maryland Section Conference, Baltimore, MD, United States.

• Iobst, S. (2017, June 24-28). Shared decision making for induction of labor [Poster presentation]. Association for Women’s Health, Obstetric, and Neonatal Nursing (AWHONN) Annual Convention, New Orleans, LA, United States.