Sharon Ann Taylor-Smalls is a clinical assistant professor. Her interests include midwifery continuity of care, adherence to care, reduction in perinatal mortality and morbidity, and entrepreneurial midwifery practice.
Prior to joining the faculty at NYU Meyers, Taylor-Smalls served as an assistant professor of clinical nursing at Columbia University, and a midwife at South Brooklyn Health/ NYC Health and Hospitals.
Among her many honors, Taylor-Smalls received the Koko Roy Award for Midwifery Excellence from the NYU Midwifery Program.
Taylor-Smalls earned her DNP in nurse midwifery at SUNY Stony Brook in 2022. Her project was “The impact of midwifery continuity of care on adherence to care in a US urban setting.” She earned her MS in nurse midwifery and BS in nursing at Columbia University School of Nursing. Taylor-Smalls also has an MS in social work from Columbia University and a BA in psychology from Long Island University Brooklyn Campus.
Taylor-Smalls was a panel presenter for a table talk series, “Labor of Love: Putting Heart into Maternal Health” with the Association of Black Cardiologists (ABC). She also presented during the “We are the Faces of Black Maternal Health” with ABC and the Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN).
