In May 2023, WAJAMAMA, Zanzibar’s first holistic maternal health clinic, and the State University of Zanzibar (SUZA) launched a newly renovated Simulation Lab on the SUZA campus, signaling an important step toward centering respectful maternity care and building concrete nursing and midwifery skills. These partners, in collaboration with Ariadne Labs’ Delivery Decisions Initiative, Laerdal Global… Continue reading Building Skills and Teamwork for Safe, Dignified Maternity Care in Zanzibar
Coverage of the TeamBirth launch at Hastings Hospital in Cherokee Nation, expanding state-wide implementation in Oklahoma.
Representatives of community members, public sector organizations, and community-based organizations shared their first-hand experiences with inequities in the current system, and their cooperative effort to design an approach of more equitable care.
Misha Severson is a Registered Nurse and Clinical Implementation Specialist with the Delivery Decisions Initiative, primarily supporting the implementation of TeamBirth across the United States. For 20 years Misha worked as an obstetrical nurse in various inpatient locations across the country and was an inpatient obstetric nurse manager for three years before joining DDI, actively… Continue reading Misha Severson
Spokane Journal covers the TeamBirth launch at the Providence hospitals in Washington.
Lynn El Chaer is a research assistant on the Delivery Decisions Initiative team at Ariadne Labs. In this role, Lynn supports the research and data for TeamBirth in Oklahoma and Massachusetts, and the design of TeamBrith extensions in prenatal care and the NICU. Previously, Lynn has supported research, quality improvement, and product development for a… Continue reading Lynn El Chaer
Tyler Fox is a Project Assistant on the Delivery Decisions Initiative (DDI) team. In this role, he primarily supports the TeamBirth project and Dr. Amber Weiseth, the Director of DDI. Before Ariadne Labs, Tyler worked as the Program Coordinator at the Global Health Education and Learning Incubator (GHELI) at Harvard University. In this role, he… Continue reading Tyler Fox
Yara Altaher is a Research Coordinator on the Delivery Decisions Initiative (DDI) program team, where she provides support to the TeamBirth and Nurse Impact projects. She contributes to ongoing solution and design, as well as oversees research on TeamBirth. As part of Nurse Impact, Yara primarily works on qualitative research including conducting interviews and performing… Continue reading Yara Altaher
Jonathan Wolinsky, MPP is the Assistant Director of Project Management for the Delivery Decisions Initiative (DDI) where he oversees project management, planning, and finance, for the team. Jonathan works across the portfolio of DDI projects to support the teams work from project design to funding requests to contracting and deliverable submission. Prior to joining Ariadne… Continue reading Jonathan Wolinsky
Trisha Short is the Clinical Implementation Specialist of the Delivery Decisions Initiative at Ariadne Labs. Trisha has been an obstetrical nurse for 17 years specializing in high risk obstetrics, quality improvement and is a certified AWHONN Intermediate Fetal Monitoring Instructor. She joined the Ariadne team after leading the successful implementation of TeamBirth at her hospital… Continue reading Trisha Short