Elizabeth (Libby) Mollard, PhD, WHNP, CNM
Assistant Dean of Research
Dorothy Hodges Olson Endowed Chair in Nursing
Associate Professor, UNMC College of Nursing
Dr. Mollard serves as Assistant Dean of Research and is an Associate Professor and the Dorothy Hodges Olson Endowed Chair in Nursing at the UNMC College of Nursing. Her program of research focuses on maternal and women’s health, with particular emphasis on rural and community health, maternal health disparities, and strengths-based approaches to improving health and well-being.
Dr. Mollard is an NIH-funded investigator, including support as principal investigator from NIH/NINR and NIH/NIGMS. Her scholarship includes the development of Maternal Adaptive Capacity, a strengths-based theory to guide maternal health research. She was selected as an NIH/NIMHD Health Disparities Research Institute Scholar, served as an AHRQ Expert Advisor on Rural Postpartum Mental Health, and is a recipient of the UNMC Distinguished Scientists New Investigator Award.
Dr. Mollard earned her PhD in Nursing from the University of Nebraska Medical Center and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Cleveland Clinic, where her work focused on maternal health disparities and large-scale clinical research.
Dr. Mollard served as a founding member and co-lead of the NU Women’s Health Research Collaborative and now leads the UNMC College of Nursing Rural and Community Health Collaboratory, bringing together investigators, clinicians, and community partners to advance interdisciplinary, community-engaged research. Her work is grounded in identifying and building upon the strengths of individuals, communities, and systems to improve maternal health, expand research capacity, and develop sustainable solutions to health priorities across Nebraska and beyond.
Dr. Mollard teaches in the women’s health nurse practitioner program and remains actively engaged in maternal health practice, professional leadership, and policy efforts to strengthen maternity care and improve access to high-quality maternal health services.
- 2004, BA, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
- 2005, BSN, UNMC
- 2009, MSN, University of Cincinnati
- 2016, PhD, UNMC
- 2023, Postdoctoral Fellowship, Cleveland Clinic
- Maternal Health
- Women’s Health
- Health disparities
- Midwifery care
- Reproductive life transitions (e.g. pregnancy, postpartum, menopause)
- Postpartum depression and women's mental health
- Chronic illness in women (Rheumatoid Arthritis, Diabetes, Osteoporosis)
- Lactation and Breastfeeding
- Qualitative methods
- Community based participatory research
- September 2023-July 2024 Title: PARITY: An Integrated Community Care & Strengths-based Technology Intervention to Improve Maternal Wellness & Reduce Health Disparities in Black Women , Award Amount: $304,641, Role: Elizabeth Mollard (P.I.)
Mollard, E. & Cottrell, C. (2023). Maternal Adaptive Capacity: A strengths-based theory to guide maternal health research. Journal of Midwifery and Women’s Health.
Mollard E. & Cottrell, C. (2023). Lifestyle and the Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy in Nulliparous Women in the United States: A secondary data analysis of the nuMom2b. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth.
Mollard, E. & Kupzyk, K. (2021) Birth satisfaction during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic. MCN, The American Journal of Maternal Child Nursing.
Mollard, E., Kupzyk, K., & Moore, T. (2021). Postpartum stress and protective factors in women who gave birth in the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic. Women's Health, 17, 17455065211042190.
Klein, A. J., Mollard, E., & Eisenhauer, C. (2021). Self-management of urinary incontinence in women: A concept analysis. Urologic Nursing, 41(4), 195-207.
Tippens, J. A., Roselius, K., Padasas, I., Khalaf, G., Kohel, K., Mollard, E., & Sheikh, I. (2021). Cultural Bereavement and Resilience in Refugee Resettlement: A Photovoice Study With Yazidi Women in the Midwest United States. Qualitative Health Research
Schmaderer, M., Miller, J. N., & Mollard, E. (2021). Experiences of Using a Self-management Mobile App Among Individuals with Heart Failure: Qualitative Study. JMIR nursing, 4(3), e28139.
Mollard, E., & Wittmaack, A. (2021) Experiences of Women Who Gave Birth in US Hospitals During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Journal of Patient Experience. 8, 1-6.
Mollard, E., & Michaud, K. (2020). Self-Management of rheumatoid arthritis, mobile apps. Current Rheumatology Reports. 23(1), 1-8.
Mollard, E., Hatton-Bowers, H., Tippens, J. (2020). Finding strength in vulnerability: Ethical approaches and considerations when conducting research with vulnerable populations of women. Journal of Midwifery and Women’s Health. 65(6), 802-807.
Alonso, W., Mollard, E., Zimmerman, L., Lundgren, S., Clark, A., & Pozehl, B. (2019). Self-care management after ventricular assist device implantation: Recipient needs and experiences after hospital discharge. The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation, 38(4), S303-S304. *
Mollard, E., & Michaud, K. (2019). Mobile Apps for Rheumatoid Arthritis: Opportunities and Challenges. Rheumatic Disease Clinics of North America. 45(2), 197-209
- American College of Nurse Midwives.
- Sigma Theta Tau, Gamma Pi.
- Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric, and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN).
- Midwest Nursing Research Society (MNRS).
- American Nurses Association.
- Nebraska Nurses Association.
- 2021 NIMHD, Health Disparities Research Institute Scholar.
- 2020 UNMC CON, Women’s Health Fund Scholar.
- 2020 Sigma Theta Tau, Sister Patricia Miller Award.2020 AHRQ, Expert Advisor: Rural Postpartum Mental Health Challenge.
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2020 AHRQ, Expert Advisor: Rural Postpartum Mental Health Challenge.