I have been a member of the College of Nursing faculty since 1986.  With a background in maternal-infant and women's health, I have published research on women's health perceptions during various health and life transitions, including menopause, hysterectomy, HIV/AIDS infection, childbearing in a foreign country, and disability, particularly related to vision.  I have taught undergraduate and graduate nursing students since 1978, and in the mid-1980s I worked for nearly three years in Asia, including Bangladesh, where I was a WHO Short Term Consultant, and Japan, where I was a Visiting Lecturer at St. Luke's College of Nursing.  I have served on two U.S. Food and Drug Administration advisory committees, on Maternal Health and Fertility Drugs and OB/GYN Devices, and I currently serve on the Board of Directors as Treasurer of Sigma Theta Tau International.  I was inducted into the American Academy of Nursing in 1990, and in 2004 I was designated Outstanding Alumna of the Indiana University School of Nursing.  The mother of a grown son, I live in Bryn Mawr with my husband.