EP #217 - 02-10-2021 - Maternity Care in the Pandemic

Today is a discussion of maternity care in the pandemic with Zaneta Marie Thayer.

Dr. Zaneta Marie Thayer is an Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Dartmouth College. She earned her PhD at Northwestern University and is the 2020 recipient of the Michael A. Little Early Career Award from the Human Biology Association. Her research addresses how early life environments, including those experienced during pregnancy, affect health. In April 2020, she launched the COVID-19 and Reproductive Effects (CARE) study to understand the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on stress and maternity care experiences among pregnant persons living in the US.