Joan R. Bloch, PhD, CRNP, is Associate Professor of Nursing (tenured), and has secondary appointments as Associate Professor of Nutritional Science and Public Health at Drexel University. In her over 30+ years experience as an educator, she has extensive experience supervising master's and doctoral level students in the field of women's health. Since 1981, Dr. Bloch has practiced as a Women's Health Nurse Practitioner and most currently, practices in a public-funded prenatal clinic. After completing a National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) post-doctoral research fellowship, Dr. Bloch h