DM, Thomas Jefferson University - Philadelphia, PA - 2019
MS, SUNY Downstate - Brooklyn, NY - 2000
Adjunct Professor
Education
Most Recent Peer-Reviewed Publications
- A Descriptive Study of Career Satisfaction and Professional Trajectories of Certified Midwives and Certified Nurse-Midwives
- Perceived feasibility of a multicomponent prenatal intervention on childhood vaccinations: Findings from a national cross-sectional survey of prenatal care providers, April–June 2022
- Optimal hepatitis C treatment adherence patterns and sustained virologic response among people who inject drugs: The HERO study
- ACNM's Commentary on the Midwifery Workforce in the US
- Evaluation of a method to identify midwives in national provider identifier data
Board Certification
Certified Midwife
Biography
Karen Jefferson, DM, CM, FACNM, joined the Jefferson faculty after graduating with her Doctorate in Midwifery as part of the inaugural class. Prior to joining the faculty, she was a guest lecturer at many midwifery programs including SUNY Downstate and Columbia University in New York and the University of Pennsylvania and Jefferson in Philadelphia. She co-owned a private midwifery practice in NYC for 17 years, attending births at home. A SUNY Downstate graduate, Karen Jefferson is a member of the board of directors of the American College of Nurse-Midwives and the immediate past president of the New York State Association of Licensed Midwives. Her advocacy work helped pass two major midwifery bills in NY, and she is now working to support licensure for Certified Midwives in all 50 states. Her scholarly focus is on strengthening midwifery associations as well as changing public policy surrounding licensure and regulation of midwives in the U.S.