As a midwife with a background in Africana Studies and history, Dr. Lauren Arrington is interested in applying tactics that emerge from social justice movements to achieve equity in perinatal care. She is an assistant professor in the Doctorate of Nursing Practice Program at Georgetown University School of Nursing, a practicing midwife in Maryland, and previously served as a maternal health advisor for Jhpiego, where she provided technical support for global health projects in Southern, West, and East Africa. She is the co-editor of a maternal health equity toolkit for Maryland Hospitals that was developed through the Maryland Maternal Health Innovation Program (MDMOM). She is also co-leading a community of learning to support Maryland birthing hospitals as they implement the maternal health equity toolkit. She serves on the Board of Commissioners for the Accreditation Commission for Midwifery Education (ACME) and is an Associate Editor for the Journal of Midwifery and Women’s Health. Her work leading a hospital-based quality improvement initiative to reduce peripartum racial and ethnic disparities was recognized with an award from the Alliance on Innovation and Maternal Health. She has been a nursing educator for over seven years and joined the faculty of Georgetown University in 2021.
