Associate Professor
Department
Department of Systems, Populations and Leadership
Contact
University of Michigan School of Nursing
400 North Ingalls Building
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-5482
Clayton Shuman is accepting new PhD students.
In the News
Feb. 2022: The Atlantic, "Omicron Revived a Heartbreaking Pandemic Measure in NICUs"
May 2022: The Washington Post, "Rise in perinatal and postpartum depression needs to be tackled"
May 2022: Michigan Minds, Nursing & Mental Health: "Reducing Health Disparities & Supporting Vulnerable Populations"
Interests
Implementation Science
Maternal-Infant Health
Neonatal Intensive Care
Perinatal Substance Use
Art-Based Interventions
Dr. Shuman is a neonatal intensive care nurse and health services researcher. Most of his work is focused on perinatal mental health and substance use. Dr. Shuman uses implementation science frameworks and methods to improve care and outcomes for mothers, infants, and families. He led development of ArtSpective - a tested and effective arts-based training program to help people learn the skill of perspective taking and apply it to clinical practice to improve outcomes.
Current Research Grants and Programs
Mom is medicine: Implementing maternal-delivered nonpharmacologic care for neonatal opioid withdrawal (NICHD K08HD105986; PI).
Describing Nursing Students’ Knowledge, Skills, and Attitudes Related to Maternal Substance Use Disorders (STTI; MPI).
Impact of reproductive health restrictions on women’s mental health (NIMH R01MH13293701; Co-I).
Comprehensive Opioid Stimulant Substance Use Program (COSSUP; DOJ/MSP; Co-I).
Teaching
Dr. Shuman’s teaching has taken numerous forms, including: classroom instruction, hands-on training and presentation with clinical units, workshops for faculty and healthcare leaders, webinars, student mentoring, and even wilderness and backcountry travel courses. To facilitate numerous learning preferences and to add dimension to his teaching, Dr. Shuman uses various teaching methods, such as, interactive lecture, group discussion, guided reading, written work, and student presentations. Dr. Shuman hopes that when students finish his courses, not only have they mastered the content, but are also better learners, critical thinkers, problem solvers, and leaders.
Affilliations/Service
Member, Association for Multidisciplinary Education and Research in Substance use and Addiction, (AMERSA; Governance Committee Member)
Member, Institute for Health Policy and Innovation, University of Michigan (IHPI; previously Early Career Faculty Advisory Board Member), 2018-present
Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric, and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN; editor of Core Curriculum for Neonatal Intensive Care Nursing)
Member, Midwest Nursing Research Society, (MNRS; previous Health Systems, Policy, & Informatics RIG Chair), 2015-present
Member, Sigma Theta Tau, 2011-present
Notable Awards/Honors
UMSN Healthcare Innovation Impact Program Faculty Innovator of the Year, 2024
AMERSA Marianne Marcus Nursing Award, 2022
MNRS Health Systems, Policy, and Informations RIG Early Career Investigator Award, 2021
MNRS Health Systems, Policy, and Informatics RIG Dissertation Award, 2018
Huffman-Splane Emerging Nurse Leader (University of Toronto), 2018
Sigma Theta Tau Rising Star of Research, 2016
Education
Ph.D., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 2017
MSN, Rush University, Chicago, 2012
BA, Moody Bible Institute, Chicago, 2007
Publications Highlights
Renbarger, K. & Shuman, C. (In press). Perceived nurse stigma experienced by mothers with perinatal substance use disorder: A concept analysis. Journal of Addictions Nursing.
Shuman, C., Zhang, X., Hall, S., Tilea, A., Clark, S., Vance, A., Courant, A., & Zivin, K. (2025). Relationships between opioid use disorder in pregnancy, delivery-related outcomes, and healthcare utilization in Michigan Medicaid claims, 2012-2021. Journal of Substance use and Addiction Treatment, 175.
Rubyan, M., Gouseinov, Y., Morgan, M., Rubyan, D., Jahagirdar, D., Choberka, D., Boyd, C., & Shuman, C. (2025). Evaluating the usability, acceptability, user experience, and design of an interactive responsive platform to improve perinatal nurses’ stigmatizing attitudes toward substance use in pregnancy. JMIR Human Factors, 12, e67685.
Stoltman, J., Marra, A, Shuman, C., & Terplan, M. (2024). Reporting on Addiction: A novel attempt to change the visual language of addiction. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 262, 111382.
Shuman, C. J., Choberka, D., Morgan, M. E., & Boyd, C. J. (2024). ArtSpective™ for Perinatal Substance Use: Feasibility of an arts-based intervention addressing stigma. Journal of Addictions Nursing, 35(2), 43-50.
Shuman, C. J., Isaman, D. J., Morgan, M. E., Kukora, S. E., Rubyan, M., Veliz, P. T., & Boyd, C. (2022). Validity and reliability of the Modified Attitudes About Drug Use in Pregnancy Scale. Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, and Neonatal Nursing, 51(3), 324-335.
Shuman, C.J., Peahl, A., Pareddy, N., Morgan, M., Chiangong, J., Veliz, P., & Dalton, V. (2022). Postpartum depression and associated risk factors during the COVID-19 pandemic. BMC Research Notes, 15(102).
Shuman, C.J., Morgan, M., Chiangong, J., Pareddy, N., Peahl, A., Veliz, P., & Dalton, V. (2022). “Mourning the experience of what should have been”: Peripartum experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic. Maternal and Child Health Journal, 26(1), 102-109.
Shuman, C.J., Wilson, R., VanAntwerp, K., Morgan, M., & Weber, A. (2021). Elucidating the context for implementing nonpharmacologic care for neonatal abstinence syndrome: A qualitative study of perinatal nurses. BMC Pediatrics, 21(489).