Dawn Shanafelt MPA, BSN, RN
she/her/hers
Director, Division of Maternal and Infant Health
ShanafeltD@michigan.gov
Division of Maternal and Infant Health, Michigan Department of Health and Human Services
Serves as the Title V MCH Director and oversees programs and operations of the Division of Maternal and Infant Health, including Title V, Family Planning, Maternal Infant Health Program, Infant Safe Sleep, Breastfeeding, Fetal Infant Mortality Review, Early Hearing Detection and Intervention, Doula Initiative, Michigan Perinatal Quality Collaborative, and more.
Women/Maternal/Perinatal/Infant
Topic(s) of Interest:
Family/Community engagement, addressing equity, maternal morbidity and mortality, infant mortality, workforce development, reproductive health and access, systems change, birth equity, perinatal substance use disorder, and Perinatal Quality Collaborative.