Video: 2025 Distinguished Professor Melissa Cheyney | Osu today

Video by David Baker and Jacob Adams.

Melissa Cheyney is the respected professor of OSU 2025. She is a professor of clinical medical anthropology at the College of Liberal Arts and international leader of maternal health and midwifery research. Their public commitment influences the reform of maternal care in Oregon and the nation, which leads to improved birth results, especially among under -providing population groups.

Your respected professor lecture dated April 29, “Understanding birth treatment: more recent reproductive futures” was recorded and is available here.

Since 1988, the university has been awarding the title of the University Distinguished Professor to the current members of the OSU faculty, who have received national and international awards for their contributions in relation to research and creative work, teaching and mentoring, public engagement and service. The quality, depth and width of Cheyney's work illustrates the highest academic honor of OSU.