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Erin George
Assistant Professor
Erin George
Ph.D., CNM, FACNM
Contact
Telephone: 617-552-4250
Email: erin.george@bc.edu
Education
- B.A., Bryn Mawr College
- B.S.N., MGH Institute of Health Professions
- M.S.N., Yale University
- Ph.D., 艾可直播 College
Research Interests
Perinatal decision-making, birth settings, midwifery workforce, physiology of labor and birth
Expertise
- Women and Children鈥檚 Health
Profile
Erin George, Ph.D., CNM, FACNM, is an assistant professor at the Connell School of Nursing. She is a Certified Nurse-Midwife with over a decade of clinical experience providing full-scope midwifery care in academic medical center, community hospital, and birth center settings. Dr. George earned her Ph.D. in Nursing at 艾可直播 College and completed a postdoctoral research fellowship at the University of Arizona College of Medicine. Her program of research includes birth setting effects on perinatal experiences and outcomes, midwifery workforce support and expansion, and the physiology of pregnancy, labor and birth. Dr. George currently serves as the inaugural president of the Massachusetts chapter of the American Association of Birth Centers.听
Selected Publications
- Rushfirth, K. J., Herman, R. S., George, E. K., Goh, A. H., Hernandez, S., Vassell, T., Baril, N., & Anesta, E. (2026). A Landmark Policy for Community Midwifery: The Coalition Effort Behind Massachusetts鈥� 2024 Maternal Health Omnibus Law. Journal of Midwifery & Women's Health.听https://doi.org/10.1111/jmwh.70147
- George, E. K., Goh, A. H., Jean-Baptiste, M. C., & Erickson, E. N. (In Press, 2026). Application of Risk Assessment Criteria for Postpartum Hemorrhage Prediction in a Community Birth Population. JOGNN. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jogn.2026.05.001聽
- George, E. K. & Edmonds, J. K. (2026). Factors Associated with Interest in Birth Center Care for a Future Pregnancy: A Secondary Analysis of the Listening to Mothers in California Survey. Birth: Issues in Perinatal Care, 53(2), 361-369. https://doi.org/10.1111/birt.70038
- Grace, K. T., George, E. K., & Moseley, E. A. (2025). A systematic review of non-binary measures of pregnancy perceptions, attitudes, and associated outcomes. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 26(1), 1-30. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12884-025-08587-9
- George, E. K., Thumm, E. B., & Erickson, E. N. (2025). Collection of Perinatal Data in the United States. Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, & Neonatal Nursing, 54(4), 377-384. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jogn.2025.05.119
- George, E. K., Dominique, S., Irie, W., & Edmonds, J. K. (2024). 鈥淚t鈥檚 My Home Away from Home:鈥� A hermeneutic phenomenological study exploring decision-making experiences of choosing a freestanding birth centre for perinatal care. Midwifery, 139, 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.midw.2024.104164
- George, E. K., Kimball, J., & Edmonds, J. K. (2024). Experiences of midwives attending home births in Massachusetts during the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Midwifery & Women鈥檚 Health, 69(2), 243-248. https://doi.org/10.1111/jmwh.13567
- Edmonds, J. K, George, E. K., Iobst, S. E., & Bingham, D. (2023). Three missed critical nursing care processes on labor and delivery units during the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, & Neonatal Nursing, 52(4), 286-295.听
- George, E. K., Shorten, A., Lyons, K. S., & Edmonds, J. K. (2022). Factors influencing birth setting decision making in the United States: An integrative review. Birth: Issues in Perinatal Care, 49(3): 403-419.听https://doi.org/10.1111/birt.12640
- Jolles, D. R., Montgomery, T. M., Breman, R. B., George, E. et al. (2022). Place of birth preferences and relationship to maternal and newborn outcomes within the American Association of Birth Centers Perinatal Data Registry, 2007-2020. Journal of Perinatal & Neonatal Nursing, 36(2), 150-160. https://doi.org/10.1097/JPN.0000000000000647
- George, E. K., Mitchell, S., & Stacey, D. (2022). Choosing a birth setting: A shared decision-making approach. Journal of Midwifery & Women鈥檚 Health, 67(4), 510-514.听https://doi.org/10.1111/jmwh.13377
- George, E. K. (2022). Birth center breastfeeding rates: A literature review. MCN: The American Journal of Maternal/Child Nursing. 47(6), 310-317. https://doi.org/10.1097/NMC.0000000000000862
Awards and Acknowledgements
- 2025: Fellow, American College of Nurse-Midwives
- 2025: BIO5 Institute Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
- 2024: Elizabeth Bear Education Leadership Fellowship, ACNM Foundation, Silver Spring, MD
- 2022: Henry B. Spencer Scholarship, Nurses Educational Funds, Brooklyn, NY聽 聽
- 2022: Diane S. Moore Midwifery Research Scholarship, ACNM Foundation, Silver Spring, MD