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Denise Côté-Arsenault, Ph.D., RN, CPLC, FNAP, FAAN

Professor; Hemak Endowed Professor of Maternal Child Nursing; Research Institute Fellow


Education

  • Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Women's Health Research, University of Washington School of Nursing, 1998-99
  • Ph.D., Nursing, University of Rochester, 1995
  • 1985, M.S.N., Childbearing Family Nursing/ Nurse Educator, Syracuse University, 1985
  • B.S.N., Syracuse University, 1976

Research Interests

Côté-Arsenault's program of research is focused on childbearing experiences, primarily experiences of pregnancy loss and infant death, pregnancy subsequent to perinatal loss, continuing pregnancy with life-limiting fetal condition. Additional interests: Perinatal Palliative Care; Pregnancy Theories; Qualitative Research 

Publications and Media Placements

Honors and Awards

  • Fulbright Specialist, Poland, 2024
  • Fulbright Research Scholar, United Kingdom, 2019 - 2020
  • Distinguished Investigator Award, Midwest Nursing Research Society Qualitative Methods Research & Implementation Interest Group, 2023
  • March of Dimes Heroes in Action Award Finalist, Maternal Child Health Category, 2022
  • Distinguished Career Award, Midwest Nursing Research Society, Palliative and End of Life Care Research Interest Group, 2022
  • Saint Louis Magazine Finalist, Research Category, 2021

Professional Organizations and Associations

  • American Academy of Nursing, 2013 - present
  • Pregnancy Loss and Infant Death Alliance (PLIDA), 2000 - present
  • Sigma Theta Tau Nursing Honor Society, Delta Lambda Chaper, 1985 - present
  • AWHONN, 1985 - present
  • Midwest Nursing Research Society, 2019 - present