Home About Courses Meet The Faculty Contact

Meet the Meno Learning Lab Faculty

Meet Your Host 

Sarah Shealy, RN, MSN, CNM, MSCP

 

Designer of the Meno Learning Lab, Sarah Shealy RN, MSN, CNM, MSCP is a menopause specialist, postnatal recovery specialist, nurse midwife, experienced academic, and mother of daughters. Sarah has dedicated her 30-year career to supporting women and families. Her personal journey through perimenopause inspired her to focus on educating and empowering women to navigate midlife with confidence and knowledge. Sarah's extensive teaching experience and deep curiosity about cognitive science and rites of passage led her to design these educational offerings to empower and inform. Learning is a social activity and knowledge is power.

 

  • Certified Menopause Practitioner | One of only 4,100 in the nation
  • Expert Educator | Grounded in science, real solutions, and compassionate care
  • Fierce Advocate for Women | Dedicated to empowering you with knowledge, tools, and community

Co-Director, Clinician Education & Program Development.

Kirsten Berggren, Ph.D, MSN, FNP, MSCP

Meno Learning Lab 

Kirsten Berggren is a Nurse Practitioner, Menopause Society Certified Practitioner, and an experienced medical educator. She earned her Doctorate in Anatomy and Neurobiology in 2000 from the University of Vermont, with work history that includes teaching medical and students, leading breastfeeding promotion projects with the Department of Health, and now educating medical providers about evidence-based menopause care. 

In the past 10 years, Kirsten has focused primarily on clinical practice but has never stopped being an educator. She has been an invited faculty member of the Family Medicine Review Course for the past 10 years, with strong skills in clarity of presentation and audience engagement. She is a Menopause Society Certified Practitioner and brings her years of teaching experience to the Meno Learning Lab lectures. She is an expert educator who delivers evidence-based information and practice guidelines in an engaging format. 

She is passionate about medical equity, strongly believing that educating other providers is the path to getting the best care to the most midlife women.