Dr. Branda Baker is an Associate Professor at Emory University's Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing in Atlanta Ga. She was a 2021-2022 Robert Wood Johnson Health Policy Fellow, working in Senator Bill Cassidy's office.  Dr. Baker has extensive professional nursing experience caring for women during the childbearing years and with incarcerated pregnant and postpartum women. She is involved in and has completed research related to maternal role and factors influencing role attainment. Dr. Baker has published and presented on these topics for 10+ years.