About the Instructors Designing for Safety in Labor & Delivery 2016

Jules Sherman has been a professional product designer for 20 years and is currently the CEO of Maternal Life, LLC. She attended RISD (BFA, Industrial Design) and Stanford’s Graduate Design Program, where she concentrated on learning design-thinking methods at the d. school. She started her consultancy in June 2012, which has a focus on health and wellness products, wearable tech and branding. Jules is also a design consultant for the Stanford Medical School. She is currently working with a group of clinicians at Stanford and UCSF to improve safety in labor & delivery.  For over four years Jules and her advisors have been developing Primo-Lacto, a closed system for colostrum collection for mothers who are unable, or choose not to breastfeed after birth. Maternal Life was awarded two grants by the New England Pediatric Device Consortium to fund Primo-Lacto. Maternal Life will begin clinical pilots at two different hospitals starting January 2016. Jules is the proud mama of 5-year-old Sophie-Bess, who has an equal fascination with robots and princesses.

Henry Lee, MD, MS,  is an Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Stanford School of Medicine, and the Director of Research, California Perinatal Quality Improvement Collaborative (CPQCC), Stanford. Dr. Lee is an expert in perinatal outcomes research and leads the research operations for CPQCC, which is a data-driven quality improvement collaborative of 130 neonatal intensive care units in California. CAPE‘s Director, Lou Halamek, M.D., and Henry Lee, M.D., were recently awarded a four-year grant of $4 million from the Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality to optimize the safety of mothers and neonates in a mixed learning laboratory.

CAPE (Center For Advanced Pediatric & Perinatal Education)

CAPE utilizes simulation-based methodologies and cutting-edge technologies to enhance team performance in the neonatal,
pediatric and obstetric domains.

Special thanks to the staff and volunteering clinicians at CAPE including:

Lou Halamek, Director, CAPE
Julie Arafeh, RN, MSN, Sr. Simulation Specialist – Obstetrics, CAPE
Susan Crowe, OB/GYN Clinical Associate Professor
Kay Daniels, OB/GYN Clinical Associate Professor
Barb Beebe, Business Manager, CAPE
Nicole Yamada, MD Associate Director, CAPE
Janene Fuerch, MD Research Fellow and Instructor, CAPE