Heather Reynolds

Heather Reynolds has served Yale School of Nursing for more than three decades, and since 2016, as lecturer, specialty director of the Midwifery Program, guiding generations of students with unwavering dedication to health equity and clinical excellence. Her accomplishments have been recognized through numerous awards, including the Kellogg Foundation Student Fellowship, designation as a Primary Care Policy Fellow of the U.S. Public Health Service, Distinguished Alumna Award from YSN, and election as a Fellow of the American College of Nurse-Midwives. Additional accolades include the Nursing Educator Award from the Southern CT Black Nurses Association (2002), the Ruth Steinkraus-Cohen Memorial Outstanding Women of CT Award (2003), the Nightingale Award (2008), STARS Award from YNHH (2010), and the Clinical Expert Award from the CT Affiliate of ACNM (2012). Ms. Reynolds’ research has centered on breastfeeding, midwifery service administration, group prenatal care, adolescent health and risk reduction, and health care delivery in underserved and minority communities. Prior to retiring from clinical practice in 2016, she practiced for over thirty years in YNHH’s Women’s Center and Inpatient Obstetrical Service and continues to mentor health professions students through Yale’s Interdisciplinary Longitudinal Clinical Education program.