Kelly Danielle Lemon, APRN, CNM, FACNM

Certified Nurse Midwife
Principal Investigator for the ACE Program
Instructor

Organization:

West Virginia University School of Medicine

Department:

Obstetrics & Gynecology

Classification:

Faculty

Assistant Professor

Organization:

West Virginia University School of Nursing

Department:

Family / Community Health Department

Classification:

Faculty

• MSN, Georgetown University, School of Nursing and Health Studies, 2016
• BSN, West Virginia University, 2014

• Hoya Changemaker - (October 9, 2023)
• Fellow, American College of Nurse-Midwives - (May 7, 2023)
• Outstanding Alumni Award - (May 23, 2022)
• Healthcare Hero - (April 15, 2021)
• Future of Nursing 40 Under 40 - (August 19, 2017)

Kelly Lemon is a dual-certified Nurse-Midwife and Women's Health Nurse Practitioner who teaches in the WVU School of Nursing traditional BSN program and has Faculty Practice with the WVU Medicine Dept of Behavioral Medicine Comprehensive Opioid Addiction Treatment Program. She is the Principal Investigator for the SBIRT+ Pilot Study, which is a funded study through the National Center for Domestic Violence, Trauma, and Mental Health. This is funded and currently in year 3 of implementation. She is a peer reviewer for the Journal of Midwifery and Women's Health and the Journal of Addiction Medicine. She is a Fellow in the American College of Nurse-Midwives (inducted in 2023) and serves as a board member of the ACNM Political Action Committee. Through a courtesy faculty appointment as an in the WVU Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, & Reproductive Sciences, she is the principal investigator for the ACE Program (a WV Perinatal Partnership Drug Free Moms and Babies project site) and does full-scope Midwifery on a per diem basis. She also engages in education for medical students, OBGYN residents, and new L&D RNs regarding substance use in pregnancy, prenatal care, and supporting physiologic labor and birth.

Teaching interests: - Sexual and Reproductive Health
- Perinatal Health
- Substance Use Disorder

- Substance Use Disorder (targeted focus with individuals assigned female at birth and those identifying as female)
- Sexual and Reproductive Health Care (education and access)

• SOR Grant - DHHR, School of Public Health - 2019 - 2020

Medical Specialties

• Obstetrics and Gynecology