Our Team

Dr. Price is a board-certified neonatologist who practices clinical medicine at the University of North Carolina. He received the Pediatric Division Mentoring Award in 2013 for his excellence as an educator and role model.

Alison Stuebe, MD, MSc

Sarah Verbiest is a Clinical Associate Professor at the UNC School of Social Work and the Executive Director of the Center for Maternal & Infant Health in the UNC School of Medicine. She is also the CDC Senior Consultant for the National Preconception Health and Health Care Initiative and the director of the Every Woman Southeast Coalition, a regional preconception health initiative. In addition to teaching courses on health equity and policy, she directs several programs addressing the needs of women, pregnant women, new mothers and their infants – including tobacco cessation, recurring preterm birth prevention with 17P and postpartum health and wellness. She earned her Masters in Social Work, Masters in Public Health (Maternal and Child Health) and Doctorate in Public Health (Leadership) from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Megan is a key staff member for the NC Infant Safe Sleep Campaign. She also provides training and technical assistance to clinics across the state in integrating tobacco screening and cessation into their practice with the You Quit, Two Quit Program. She earned her Master in Social Work and  Master of Science in Public Health (Maternal and Child Health) from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Her phone number is 919-843-7865.

Jaimie provides training and technical assistance to clinics across the state in integrating tobacco screening and cessation into their practice with the You Quit, Two Quit Program. She received her Master of Public Health from Gillings School of Global Public Health in Maternal and Child Health at UNC in 2015. She also completed the Mary Rose Tully Training Initiative at UNC to become an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC) in 2015. Her phone number is 919-843-7865.

Dr. Kristin P. Tully is a Research Associate at the Carolina Global Breastfeeding Institute. She is also Project Manager of two federally funded research studies through the Center for Developmental Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Dr. Tully’s program of research investigates childbirth decision-making, infant feeding tradeoffs, and parent-infant sleep practices. Broadly, she is interested in understanding and supporting the individualized needs of new families. Kristin majored in Economics and Honors Anthropology for her B.A. at the University of Notre Dame, obtained her Ph.D. in Biological Anthropology from Durham University in England, and was a NICHD Postdoctoral Fellow at the Duke University School of Nursing through the interinstitutional Carolina Consortium on Human Development.

Physically located in Asheville, Megan is focused on extending the reach of the CMIH into the western part of the state. She works primarily with the You Quit, Two Quit program, providing training and technical assistance to clinics in integrating tobacco cessation and screening into their practice. Megan received a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology from the University of Notre Dame, and both a Master of Social Work and a Master of Science in Public Health (Maternal and Child Health) from UNC Chapel Hill. Megan’s phone number is 919-523-3754.

Suzanne specializes in health communications, organization and executive positioning, media relations, and social media strategy. At the Center for Maternal and Infant Health she combines her passion for health, wellness, and patient advocacy with her depth of experience in health/pharma communications and digital marketing. She currently manages the The National Preconception Health and Health Care Initiative (PCHHC), which recently launched the first national preconception consumer campaign, Show Your Love.

Jacki has her BSN and a degree as an early childhood educator. She has over 25 years of combined experience working as an RN in neonatal intensive care and a teacher of special needs families in schools and communities. She is interested in infant and child development and potential. She is available to listen to patient concerns, coordinate medical appointments and connect families with services they need. She is a special needs car seat technician and is available to brainstorm ways to safely transport infants and children.  She can be reached by phone 984-974-2451 or email: Jacquelin.granholm@unchealth.unc.edu.

Maya is social worker who speaks English and Spanish. She has experience working with children, pregnant women, babies and in communities. As a perinatal care specialist, Maya works with families and their providers, both at UNC and in the community. She is available to listen to patient concerns, coordinate medical appointments and connect families with services they need.