Stefanie Podlog is the Graduate Dean and General Education Department Chair at the Midwives College of Utah (MCU), where she leads work in evidence-informed curriculum design, assessment, and institutional policy development in midwifery education. Her engagement with midwifery is grounded in her experience as a DONA-certified doula, which informs her commitment to maternal health equity and client-centered care.
With more than two decades of experience as a nurse, researcher, educator, and academic leader, her work focuses on translating evidence into ethical, equitable, and usable systems across health and education contexts. Stefanie holds a PhD in Exercise Science from the German Sport University Cologne and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the National Center for Veterans Studies at the University of Utah, with research spanning neurophysiology and health outcomes across clinical and applied settings.
Increasingly, her work centers on the responsible use of generative artificial intelligence in midwifery education, including AI literacy initiatives, faculty development, and institutional guidance grounded in ethical frameworks such as the GREAT PLEA principles. She supports midwifery educators and midwifery students in engaging with emerging technologies while protecting professional judgment, maternal health equity, and the relational foundations of midwifery care within global midwifery education contexts.
