Elizabeth Corwin
Sen. Elizabeth Corwin, Ph.D., FAAN, is the Anna C. Maxwell Professor of Nursing Research and Vice Dean of Strategic and Innovative Research in the School of Nursing. On the University Senate, Dr. Corwin serves on the Faculty Affairs, Academic Freedom and Tenure Committee.
Dr. Corwin leads interdisciplinary research aimed at uncovering the biological mechanisms responsible for symptom development and adverse health outcomes in pregnant and postpartum women. She is a doctorally prepared physiologist, as well as a certified family nurse practitioner. Throughout her research career, she has combined her expertise as a basic scientist with her experience caring for women and families across the lifespan. Her research utilizes cutting-edge omic technologies and approaches, including microbiomics and metabolomics, to provide a better understanding of the bidirectional contributions of exaggerated inflammation and chronic stress to adverse pregnancy and infant outcomes, especially among low-income and minority populations. Her work currently focuses on characterizing the vaginal microbiome in light of the health disparity in preterm birth experienced by African American women. Dissemination of her research identifying a biological fingerprint of disadvantage in minority and low-income pregnant women has added urgency to the national dialogue on the need to eliminate health disparity.