Barbara Luke

Barbara Luke is Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Medicine, College of Human Medicine, Michigan State University. She has earned degrees in nursing, nutrition, population studies, and maternal-child health. During the past twenty-five years her research has focused on improving outcomes in multiple births through both clinical and vital statistics research. She is the recipient of the 2005 Agnes Higgins Award from the March of Dimes for distinguished lifetime achievement in maternal-fetal nutrition. In 2009 the Institute of Medicine used the weight gain guidelines developed by her research team as the first national recommendations for women pregnant with twins. Health and nutrition information is available on her website, www.drbarbaraluke.com, along with a line of maternity clothes specifically for women expecting twins, triplets, or quads.