College of Nursing Faculty & Staff
Katherine (Katy) Kissler PhD, CNM
Assistant Professor
- Research & Scholarship
- College of Nursing
Email Address:katherine.kissler@cuanschutz.edu
Primary Phone:303-724-4769
Mailing Address:
- CU Anschutz
Education II North
13120 East 19th Avenue
College of Nursing Mailstop C288
Aurora, CO 80045
Katy Kissler, PhD, CNM is a nurse-midwife scientist at the University of Colorado College of Nursing. She earned a bachelor's degree in Public Health from the University of California at Berkeley, a bachelor’s and master’s degree in Nursing from Columbia University, and a PhD in nursing science from the University of Colorado. She joined the College of Nursing in 2021 and teaches statistics and quantitative research design. Dr. Kissler’s research interests include labor progress, prolonged labor, and physiologic birth from a person-centered care perspective.
Prior to joining the College of Nursing, Dr. Kissler provided family-centered midwifery care in numerous settings including home birth, birth center, and non-profit hospitals. She has been practicing clinically since 2011 and was a founding member of the Birth Center of Denver, an innovative hospital-owned free-standing birth center.
Areas of Expertise
- Labor Dystocia/Prolonged Labor
- Perinatal Research
- Maternal Morbidity and Mortality
- Quantitative Research Design
Education, Licensure & Certifications
- PhD, Nursing Science, University of Colorado, 2021
- Masters, Nursing (Midwifery), Columbia University, 2011
- Bachelors, Public Health, University of California Berkeley, 2009
- Bachelors, Nursing, Columbia University, 2010
- Certified Nurse Midwife since 2011
- Registered Nurse since 2010
Affiliations
- University Nurse Midwives