Internal Advisory Committee

Lynn M. Sibley, RN, PhD

Lynn M. Sibley is Associate Professor and Director of Academic Programs for the Lillian Carter Center for International Nursing, and Director of the Center for Research on Maternal and Newborn Survival of the Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing.  Dr. Sibley holds a joint appointment in the Rollins School of Public Health’s Department of Global Health and an associate appointment in the Department of Anthropology

Dr. Sibley’s work has focused on innovative approaches to safe childbirth in low resource settings, where maternal and newborn mortality rates are high and where home birth is still the norm. She is co-author of the American College of Nurse-Midwives’ Home-Based Life Saving Skills, a participatory community-based strategy which aims to reduce mortality by increasing access to basic life saving measures within home and community and to reduce delays in referral in the event of obstetric complications. Dr. Sibley’s current research focuses on the influence of cultural norms and women’s social networks on the recognition of life-threatening obstetric complications such as postpartum hemorrhage, help-seeking behavior, and health system response; as well as systematic review of Traditional Birth Attendant training effectiveness on health behaviors and pregnancy outcomes.

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