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Venus Standard, MSN, CNM, APRN, FACNM, LCCE, CD(DONA) (she/her/hers)

Ass't Prof
UNC School of Medicine, Department of Family Medicine
UNC School of Medicine
Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States

 
Venus Standard received a Bachelor's Degree in Nursing from Duke University's School of Nursing and earned a Master of Science Degree in Nursing and a Certification in Nurse-Midwifery from East Carolina University. She’s an assistant professor at UNC School of Medicine, a certified nurse midwife at UNC’s Department of Family Medicine, the Director of DEI of Education and Community Engagement for UNC Family Medicine, Lamaze Certified Childbirth Educator of 24 years, a DONA certified Doula, the owner of 4Moms2Be, a perinatal education practice for the last 20 years, and the co-founder and the Program Director of the LEAD - Lived Experience Accessible Doula program.

Professor Standard has supported more than 1000 women and their families through pregnancy, labor, and their childbirth journey. She also serves as an attending to the family medicine residents, supporting and guiding them during their obstetrical rotation on labor and delivery. 

She is the president-elect of the NC Perinatal Association and sits on the board of directors of the American Association of Birth Centers. She serves on the Maternal Health Learning & Innovations Center advisory committee and The 4th Trimester Project.

Professor Standard is published and has had the pleasure of speaking nationally and internationally on maternal healthcare disparities.

She promotes and teaches a culturally sensitive, patient-centered approach to managing normal labor for the family medicine residents. While providing a workable, easy-to-navigate road map that educates, empowers, inspires, and supports pregnant people to have a positive, satisfying, and safe birth experience as they transition into the next phase of parenthood.

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