LEGACY BUILDING
IN SOCIAL WORK:

Jacquelyn Adams attended Marshall University for her undergraduate and medical school degrees. She completed obstetrics and gynecology residency at Northeast Ohio Medical University/Summa Health in Akron, Ohio. After, she finished her maternal fetal medicine fellowship at the University of Wisconsin where she is now an assistant professor. Her interest in caring for women with substance use disorders began growing up in West Virginia. Her residency research focused on group prenatal care for women in varying stages of recovery where she worked closely with the addiction medicine fellowship. Currently, she leads the Fresh Beginnings group at UnityPoint Health-Meriter for pregnant patients. This group presents multi-disciplinary care planning and introduces the community to hospital staff. Along with caring for pregnant patients with SUD, she is passionate about affecting change in criminalization in pregnancy as well as legal repercussions around SUD.