Suellen Miller, PhD, CNM
Director | Safe Motherhood Program, Bixby Center for Global Reproductive Health, UCSF
Principal Investigator and Ignitor of NASG Projects
Professor | Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, UCSF
Emerita Professor | Maternal and Child Health Program, School of Public Health, UC Berkeley
Professor Suellen Miller is a globally recognized expert in international maternal health. Professor Miller pioneered the studies of the LifeWrap/NASG as the Principal Investigator of the NASG clinical trials in Egypt, Nigeria, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. She led the implementation of all Safe Motherhood’s international projects in, among other countries: Bolivia, Cambodia, the Dominican Republic, India, Mexico, Niger, Peru, Tibet, and Vietnam. She has published over 100 journal articles, written numerous book chapters, and co-authored A Book for Midwives, a guide to safe motherhood. As the world’s leading expert on the LifeWrap/NASG, Professor Miller has delivered hundreds of international presentations on the NASG and has trained over 7,000 providers in the use, protocols, data collection, monitoring, and evaluation necessary for large-scale NASG implementation. She is active in the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO), as an expert on their Safe Motherhood Committee and the Health Systems Strengthening/Respectful Care Committee, and co-founder and executive board member of the International Childbirth Initiative (ICI). She has been working closely with the World Health Organization since 2000, in writing/reviewing guidelines, protocols, and on a variety of Technical Advisory Groups. She led a team of global colleagues in the technical consultation on Care Bundles for PPH, and then collaborated on the trial of a PPH package of interventions, the E-Motive trial.