Robyn Schafer Faculty Diversity Collaborative Peer Network profile
About
Dr. Robyn Schafer is a nurse-midwife, educator, and scholar who is passionate about evidence-based, person-centered perinatal care. At Rutgers University, she is Assistant Professor in the School of Nursing (Division of Advanced Practice) and Robert Wood Johnson Medical School (Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences), where she educates midwifery and advanced practice nursing students, trains obstetric residents, and provides perinatal care. Dr. Schafer earned a Master of Education from Boston University, Master of Science in Nursing from Yale University, and a PhD in Nursing Science from Vanderbilt University. She holds advanced certification as a Certified Nurse Educator and Internationally Board-Certified Lactation Consultant and is a Fellow of the American College of Nurse-Midwives. Her research focuses on clinical decision-making including risk perception, informed choice, person-centered care, and evidence-based practice in perinatal and reproductive health.
Current Work
Current research efforts focus on: - Qualitative research - Respectful maternity care and health equity - Evidence-based, person-centered perinatal care: perinatal palliative care, vaginal breech birth, community birth (home or birth center) - Breastfeeding and lactation Current service at Rutgers includes: - RU Inclusive LGBTQIA+: Inclusiveness Training (https://sites.rutgers.edu/ru-inclusive-lgbtqia), Primary Investigator - Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Committee, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School