Martha H Goedert, PhD

Assistant Professor

Department of Health Promotion
University of Nebraska Medical Center
College of Public Health

Professional Summary

• August 2016-present, Assistant Professor, UNMC, College of Public Health, Department of Health Promotion, Center for Global Health and Development
• July 2015-July 2016, Global Health Service Partnership, Peace Corps/Seed Global Health, Dodoma Tanzania, Visiting Professor, lecturer and clinical, University of Dodoma
• July 2012-July 2015, University of Missouri, Sinclair School, Graduate Nursing Education, Specialty Population Health, Family Nurse Practitioner tract
• December 1999- current, Certified Nurse Midwife and Family Nurse Pracitioner (except lapse for Peace Corps year and sabbatical) Metro OB/GYN LLC, full scope midwifery and family nurse practitioner
• June 2010-Jan 2011, Sabbatical combining Midwifery and Engineering Projects: Haiti, Uganda and Mali
• August 2008- June 2010 , Assistant Professor, Seattle University College of Nursing, Seattle, WA, Family Nurse Practitioner and Peds, Global Midwifery Curriculum Development, Clinical site development WA state and Indian Health Service

Education

• 1976, BSN, Nursing and Nutrition, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont
• 1980, MSN, Family Nursing, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky
• 1980, Midwifery Certificate, Frontier University, Hyden, Kentucky
• 1990, PhD, Health Education, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
• 2015, MGH General Hospital Global Health Fellowship, Partnerships and Global Initiatives, Massachusetts General Hospital, Dodoma Tanzania, University of Dodoma

Research interests

I have written curriculum for global health midwifery, pediatric and family nursing across 5 Universities. I am an invited lecturer for peer-reviewed conferences at national and international conferences concerning issues of survival and resiliency for vulnerable populations. I have expertise and research interest in maternal child and women’s health, (management of menopause, family planning, cervical cancer, intimate partner violence, adolescent development, sexuality education across the lifespan, undernutrition, lactation, stunting, child development and complications of pregnancy, along with normal pregnancy and sibling attended birth). Life-saving skills have been a major focus of my work nationally and globally, as the national trainer for vacuum extraction, and as a Master trainer for BeMONC, HBB, ECEB, ECSB, with the American Academy of Pediatrics teams and leaders from the global health community (Haiti, Uganda, Kenya, Mali, Tanzania. As such, I advocate for families and children. My work has centered on vulnerable populations and grassroots sustainable community empowerment.

Selected Publications

• Goedert, M. H., Moeller, M. P. and White, K. R. (2011), Midwives’ Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices Related to Newborn Hearing Screening. Journal of Midwifery & Women’s Health, 56: 147–153. doi: 10.1111/j.1542-2011.2011.00026.x
• Johns Hopkins, International Council on Women’s Health Issues, November 7, 2016, Simulation for life saving, Sub Saharan Africa, Rural Hub and Spoke Outreach, podium, Baltimore, MD.
• UDOM’s First Public and Global Health Conference, March 16, 2016, Every Newborn Action Plan: Ending Preventable Neonatal Mortality Workshop, keynote, Dodoma Tanzania
• Tanzanian Public Health Association, Annual Scientific Conference, December 2, 2015 “Every Newborn Action Plan, & Ending Preventable Neonatal Mortality: LSS, Building Capacity for the Most Vulnerable Birthing Families in Dodoma Tanzania”, Dodoma, Tanzania
• Second Scientific Conference, College of Health Sciences of University of Dodoma, Tanzania, September 17, 2015, “Simulation Lab for Life-saving Skills and Health Care Emergencies”, Dodoma, Tanzania

Professional Affiliations

• American College of Nurse Midwives
• American Academy of Nurse Practitioners
• American Public Health Association
• Rotary International