Francie Likis CNM, NP, DrPH
Editor-in-Chief JMWH (Off-Site)

Francie became the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Midwifery & Women's Health (JMWH) in January 2008. She has been a member of the JMWH Editorial Board since 2002 and has served as a Deputy Editor, Associate Editor, and Contributing Editor. She completed her midwifery education at Frontier School of Midwifery and Family Nursing. She has a bachelor of science and a master of science in nursing from Vanderbilt University and a doctorate in public health from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She is a certified nurse-midwife, family nurse practitioner, and women's health care nurse practitioner. Her clinical experience includes family practice in community health and urgent care centers, and midwifery practice in a freestanding birth center and a large obstetrics and gynecology group. In addition to her work for JMWH, Francie is on the faculty of the Frontier School of Midwifery and Family Nursing and works clinically as a sexual assault examiner in Nashville.