JoAnne Silbert-Flagg’s scholarship focuses on promoting breastfeeding from pregnancy through weaning via direct patient care and the education of health care professionals. Dr. Silbert-Flagg is on the editorial review board of the Journal of Human Lactation. She is editor of the textbook Maternal and Child Health Nursing (9th ed.), 2023, Wolters Kluwer, authoring five chapters, including “Nutritional Needs of a Newborn.” She is co-editor of the Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Certification Review Guide: Primary Care, 2021, Jones and Bartlett, authoring the “Health Promotion” chapter with expanded content on breastfeeding. She is co-author of the NAPANP Position Paper Statement on Breastfeeding published in the Journal of Pediatric Health Care. She is past-chair of the Breastfeeding Expert Panel for the American Academy of Nursing. She provides primary care as a pediatric nurse practitioner (CPNP) and certified lactation consultant (IBCLC) at Columbia Medical Practice. She co-developed the JHUSON Breastfeeding Practice and Research course, one of the few International Lactation Consultant Association (ILCA) approved-graduate-leveled online lactation courses, which nearly 240 students have completed and receive continuing education credits for (CERPS). She co-teaches Community Perspectives on the Childbearing process to prepare students for the role of birth companions. She has developed and provides lactation simulation experiences for Masters Entry Students. Dr. Silbert-Flagg is the Associate Dean for Clinical Practice.
JHU Center Affiliation:
Center for Equity in Child and Youth Health and Wellbeing