C. S. Mott Endowed Professor of Public Health, Director of Patient Engagement, and Associate Professor
Melissa Bauer, DO, is dual fellowship–trained in critical care and obstetric anesthesiology. Dr. Bauer is independently funded by the National Institutes of Health through the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, where her work is focused on reducing maternal mortality and morbidity due to maternal sepsis.
Her research centers on the early identification and treatment of maternal sepsis and the use of patient and community engagement strategies to improve maternal care. Dr. Bauer recently served as Chair of the national Alliance for Innovation on Maternal Health (AIM) and American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) Sepsis in Obstetrical Care Patient Safety Bundle Workgroup. She has led the statewide implementation efforts of the maternal sepsis safety bundle in Michigan (67 hospitals) and serves as a consultant for multiple states on maternal sepsis bundle implementation and quality improvement initiatives. She is currently working with the World Health Organization to determine global research priorities for maternal sepsis on the PROGRESS (PriOrities for Global RESearch in maternal sepsis) committee.