Kerri D. Schuiling, PhD, CNM, WHCNP, FACNM - Associate Dean Of Nursing Education, Northern Michigan University, Michigan
Kerri Durnell Schuiling has been an advanced practice nurse and educator for over 27 years. She holds a master's degree in Advanced Maternity Nursing from Wayne State University and a PhD in nursing and graduate certificate in Women's Studies from the University of Michigan. Kerri received her nurse practitioner education from Planned Parenthood Association of Milwaukee, WI, and her nurse-midwifery education from the Frontier School of Midwifery and Family Nursing. She is dually certified as a WHCNP and CNM. She has presented nationally on the subject of abnormal uterine bleeding and as a member of the American College of Nurse-Midwives (ACNM) Clinical Practice Committee assisted in the development of two clinical bulletins related to abnormal uterine bleeding. She has been an item writer for the NCC certification examination for women's health care nurse practitioners and currently is a peer reviewer for the Journal of Midwifery and Women's Health and the Journal of Professional Nursing. She has received numerous awards for her work including a Clinical Merit Award from the University of Michigan for outstanding clinical practice, the Kitty Ernst award from the ACNM for recognition of innovative, creative endeavors in midwifery and women's health and was recently inducted as a Fellow of the ACNM. Currently she is the Associate Dean for Nursing Education at Northern Michigan University and works with the ACNM as a senior researcher.
Frances E. Likis, DrPH, FNP, CNM - Journal of Midwifery & Women's Health, Vanderbilt University
Frances E. Likis received her BS and MSN from Vanderbilt University, and Post-Master's Nurse-Midwifery and Women's Health Care Nurse Practitioner Certificates from the Frontier School of Midwifery and Family Nursing. She is certified as a Family Nurse Practitioner, Nurse-Midwife, and Women's Health Care Nurse Practitioner. Her clinical experience includes family practice in community health and urgent care centers, performing sexual assault examinations, and midwifery practice in a freestanding birth center and a large obstetrics and gynecology group practice. She is currently a member of the faculty of the Frontier School of Midwifery and Family Nursing. She is also a doctoral student at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Public Health, where she is the recipient of a Caroline H. And Thomas S. Royster, Jr. Fellowship awarded for academic potential and record of achievement. She is an Associate Editor of the Journal of Midwifery and Women's Health and a reviewer for Obstetrics and Gynecology. She has authored articles in the Journal of Midwifery and Women's Health, The Nurse Practitioner, and the Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, and Neonatal Nursing, as well as book chapters. She is a frequent speaker both locally and nationally and is an active participant in professional organizations. Her primary areas of interest are contraception and the challenges of implementing evidence-based clinical practice.
