EWEB Researcher Awards

Lisa Grisham is a Neonatal NP and Director of the Family Centered NAS Care Program at Banner University Medical Center Tucson.  She has 24 years of experience in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) and will be starting her 4^th year of the DNP/PhD program at the University of Arizona. Lisa’s research is focused on the utilization of babywearing as a non-pharmacologic intervention for infants with neonatal abstinence syndrome.  Through this research, she aims to decrease the need for postnatal opioids to treat NAS and increase neurodevelopmental outcomes in infants with substance exposure.

Lauren Taylor Narbey, PhDc, CNM, WHPN-BC, MS, MSN, FACNM (she/her) is a PhD Student at the University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing and a midwife and nurse practitioner experienced in caring for families before, during, and after pregnancy and childbirth as well as across all stages of life. Lauren has worked with and cared for families with perinatal substance use disorders for over 7 years and is focusing her dissertation research on breastfeeding practices and opportunities among new parents with opioid use disorder. She is currently the President for the Pennsylvania Affiliate of the American College of Nurse Midwives, serves on the Pennsylvania Quality Care Collaborative Advisory Board, and is a consultant to The Midwife Center for perinatal substance use disorders.

Dr. Samantha Bernstein is the co-director of prelicensure nursing programs at the Massachusetts General Hospital Institute of Health Professions. She teaches Nursing of the Childbearing Family in the accelerated BSN and direct-entry masters programs and is a nurse-scientist researching maternal morbidity and mortality through the lens of human factors and patient safety. Sam is certified in inpatient obstetrics, is an internationally board-certified lactation consultant, and is a Certified Nurse Educator and Clinical Nurse Leader. She serves on the Editorial Board of MCN: The American Journal of Maternal/Child Nursing and is a reviewer for Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, and Neonatal Nursing and Nursing for Women’s Health.