Yenupini Adams
Assistant Professor of the Practice and the Global Maternal Research Lead for the Eck Institute for Global Health; HHS Affiliate Faculty
Biography
Yenupini Joyce Adams is a concurrent associate professor of the practice in the Keough School of Global Affairs at the University of Notre Dame. She also is an associate professor of the practice and the global maternal research lead at Notre Dame's Eck Institute for Global Health.
Adams holds a Ph.D. in nursing science from Michigan State University and a bachelor of science in nursing from Calvin University in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Her research is dedicated to improving postpartum health outcomes among women most impacted by maternal mortality. She is highly motivated and passionate about using research interventions to improve maternal health, promote safe motherhood and decrease maternal morbidity and mortality among populations disproportionately affected in the United States and in Sub-Saharan Africa where the burden of maternal mortality is most severe.
Research Interests
Dr. Adams’ research addresses maternal health disparities that lead to mortality. More specifically, her research is dedicated to improving postpartum health outcomes among women most vulnerable to maternal mortality. She is highly motivated and passionate about using research interventions to improve maternal health, promote safe motherhood, and decrease maternal mortality and morbidity among vulnerable populations in the United States, and in Sub-Saharan Africa where the burden of maternal mortality is most severe. Her current research builds on her various experiences in maternal health research and her clinical experience as a mother/baby nurse. As PI and Co-I on multiple projects, she has experience conducting patient focused research examining both patient and healthcare facility factors that influence access to quality postpartum care and education. She is focused on developing interventions that can be scaled-up and adopted into existing systems of care to improve maternal health, promote safe motherhood, and decrease maternal mortality and morbidity.