Studying Perinatal Well-being
Join us as we discuss all things related to studying perinatal well-being. We will release monthly episodes with a different guest each month to discuss relevant topics and get to know the podcast guests! One of the Marcé of North America’s missions is to promote studying perinatal mental health through continued education, research, and encouragement of creativity. We’ll see you here soon!
Studying Perinatal Well-being Podcast
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Studying Perinatal Well-being
Studying Perinatal Well-being with Dr. Karlene Cunningham, PhD (Offered in English)
This month’s podcast features an insightful interview with Dr. Karlene Cunningham, who leads essential support for birthing individuals of color. Her work with doulas highlights the importance of recognizing and uplifting the talents and gifts that communities already offer to birthing people. Dr. Cunningham also discusses how her early research on adolescent sexual relationships can inform interventions and studies related to birthing individuals. Additionally, she shares her pioneering efforts to ensure that AI research includes voices often marginalized or overlooked in developing interventions.
Guest bio
Dr. Karlene Cunningham earned her PhD in Clinical Psychology from Auburn University and completed an internship in Behavioral Medicine at Brown University's Alpert Medical School. She has also completed NIH-funded fellowships in Adolescent/Young Adult Bio-behavioral HIV research, Clinical and Community-Based HIV/AIDS, and Leadership in Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning and Health Equity.
Dr. Cunningham is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine at East Carolina University's Brody School of Medicine. She directs the Sexual Health and Reproductive Equity Engagement (SHaRE2) lab. Her passion lies in using a reproductive justice lens to address gaps in perinatal mental health research and improve systems of care for birthing people, especially those in marginalized and rural communities. Her clinical work focuses on hospital-based consultation-liaison, specializing in reproductive psychology.