Cecelia Corson, PhD, MBA, is a postdoctoral research fellow whose work focuses on how organizational behavior, organizational culture, and related psychological factors contribute to perinatal staff-reported and patient-reported experiences and outcomes. She is particularly interested in change management, gender differences within health care teams, and the impact of personalized care on women’s postpartum experiences.
Corson has contributed to research with neonatal resuscitation teams, aiming to understand how evidence-based practices are variably accepted and implemented in neonatal resuscitation contexts. She has expanded this work to examine differences in psychological safety reported by male and female resuscitation team members. Her research also explores hospitalization associated with childbirth and the organizational culture of dyad-centered care. In another project, she studied the experiences of Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) birth parents who received doula-coordinated, certified nurse midwife–delivered postpartum care. She incorporates positive emotions such as empathy and belonging into her work and aims to advance research that supports women’s ability to thrive in both professional teams and personal health.
Corson earned a PhD in Positive Organizational Psychology from Claremont Graduate University, an MBA from the Rady School of Management at the University of California, San Diego, and an MS in Global Leadership from the University of San Diego. She has more than 20 years of professional experience across a variety of organizational settings.
