Medical Outreach Director
University of Kentucky
Canton, Georgia, United States
Dr. Stephanie works as the Director of the Lettercase National Center for Prenatal and Postnatal Resources at the University of Kentucky’s Human Development Institute. In this position, Dr. Meredith develops health education materials and training about genetic conditions that foster collaboration and consensus between the disability and medical communities. She regularly offers presentations at national medical and advocacy conferences about how to provide support and information to new and expectant parents learning about genetic conditions, and she has created online courses and training programs for advocacy leaders and medical providers engaged in supporting new and expectant parents.
Additionally, Dr. Meredith researches diagnosis experiences and is the lead author of the journal articles: "The impact of implicit and explicit bias about disabilities on parent experiences and information provided during prenatal screening and testing" and “Recommendations to improve the patient experience and avoid bias when prenatal screening/testing” published in the Disability and Health Journal; “Impact of the Increased Adoption of Prenatal cfDNA Screening on Non-Profit Patient Advocacy Organizations in the United States” published in Prenatal Diagnosis; and the co-author of "Beyond the Genetic Diagnosis: Providing Parents What They Want to Know” in Pediatrics in Review. She is currently working as the Principal Investigator of a Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute award to improve the dissemination of research to Black and Hispanic new and expectant parents of children with Down syndrome.
Dr. Meredith is also the mother of young adult son with Down syndrome, Andy, and two younger daughters.
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Identifying and Dismantling Systemic Ableism in Prenatal Screening
Wednesday, June 12, 2024
10:30 AM – 12:00 PM ET