Biography

Dr. Judith Mercer obtained her midwifery education at Columbia University graduating in 1974 and a doctorate from The Catholic University of America in 1989. She practiced midwifery in all settings throughout her career while focusing on midwifery education and serving as program director at Georgetown and at the University of Rhode Island.

Mercer has been funded by National Institutes of Health four times for her work on the effects of delayed cord clamping for preterm and term infants and has presented her research worldwide. In 2014, she received the Hattie Hempschmeyer Award from the American College of Nurse-Midwives, the highest honor given. She was former Research Scientist at Women & Infants Hospital, and Adjunct Professor of Pediatrics at Alpert School of Medicine, Brown University. 

Currently, she is Professor Emerita at the University of Rhode Island and a consultant at the Neonatal Research Institute at Sharp Mary Birch Hospital for Women and Newborns in San Diego, where she is co-investigator with Dr. Anup Katheria on the MINVI Trial (Milking in Non-Vigorous Infants).