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2023 Cohort
Research interest is in obstetric violence and the intersectionality of racism, gender-based violence, and the unequal power dynamics present in provider-patient relationships. (MS, Pace University, 1999) Advisor, Dr. Nicole Carlson
Research interest includes maternal health and non-communicable diseases and mobile health intervention. (MPH, University of Tromso, 2018) Advisors: Dr. Erin Ferranti and Dr. Lisa Thompson
Research interest includes LGBTQ+ health; intersectionality; cancer screening and prevention; social determinants of health; health equity; population health science. (BS, Ohio State University, 2023) Advisor, Dr. Jessica Wells
Research interest includes enhancing physical and mental health outcomes of older adults with dementia in community settings - Improving or maintaining cognition and the functional ability that enables well-being in older adults. (MSN, Yonsei University, 2023) Advisor, Dr. Mi-Kyung Song
Research interest includes symptom management using mobile devices in head and neck cancer patients. (MSN, Yonsei University, 2023) Advisor, Dr. Canhua Xiao
Research interest includes black maternal morbidity and mortality, respectful care in birth, the utilization of health information technology to improve health outcomes in black birthing women at the intersection of race, gender, and the social determinants of health. (MPH, Columbia University, 2000) Advisor: Dr. Rasheeta Chandler
2022 Cohort
Research interests include breast cancer survivorship, symptoms/toxicity reporting with chemotherapy, and outcomes post-chemotherapy treatments. (MSN, Emory University 2008) Advisor: Dr. Nicholas Giordano and Dr. Kate Yeager
My research interests include reproductive, sexual, and environmental health equity and justice in the context of historical oppression and trauma. (MSN, University of California, San Francisco, 2003) Advisor: Dr. Lisa Thompson and Dr. Alexis Amore
Research interests include caregiver well-being for patients with chronic diseases. (BSN, Emory University, 2021) Advisor: Dr. Brittany Butts and Dr. Sandra Dunbar
Research interests include Autism participatory research and improving access and engagement with health care for autistic patients and their caregivers. (BSN, UNC Charlotte, 2019) Advisor, Dr. Susan Brasher.
Research interests include the microbiome and the management of treatment-related symptoms in pediatric oncology patients. (MSN, Auburn University, 2021) Advisor, Dr. Jinbing Bai
Research interests include Nurse burnout, nursing workforce issues, and the impact these factors have on patient outcomes (BSN, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, 2020) Advisor, Dr. Jeannie Cimiotti.
2021 Cohort
Research interests include perinatal health disparities, respectful maternity care, trauma/PTSD, epigenetic/physiologic impacts of stress/trauma on perinatal outcomes, trauma informed care (MSN, Emory University, 2013) Advisor, Dr. Nicole Carlson.
Research interests include the consent process, health literacy, and community-based participatory research in marginalized populations with outcomes of interest such as infection markers related to vaccine-preventable or environmental disease factors. (BSN, Johns Hopkins University, 2012)Advisor, Dean Linda McCauley.
Research interests include palliative care for patients with chronic conditions, specifically those with renal disease. (MSN, Duke University, 2019) Advisor, Dr. Mi-Kyung Song.
Research Interests include maternal and child health in underserved populations especially those from underdeveloped countries and migrant populations. (MSc, Aga Khan University, Pakistan, 2009) Advisor, Dr. Lisa Thompson.
Interests include working with community partners to conduct research that explores, addresses, and evaluates programs that reduce health disparities in BIPOC communities, specifically within the field of geriatrics and mental health. (MPH, Emory University, 2021) Co-Advisors: Dr. Kenneth Hepburn and Dr. Fayron Epps.
Research interests include, reducing breast cancer disparities among African American women. (BSN, Emory University, 2021, MPH, Georgia State University, 2009, BS, Xavier University of Louisiana, 2006) Advisor, Dr. Jill Hamilton.
2020 Cohort
Research interests include improving health literacy in African American informal caregivers of persons living with dementia. Other research interests: improving African-American participation and building trust in clinical & social research, disparities in the dementia diagnosis. (MPH, Georgia State University, 2019) Co-Advisors: Dr. Kenneth Hepburn and Dr. Fayron Epps.
Research and practice interests’ center around neuro critical care nursing as it pertains to improving stroke outcomes. (BSN, Emory University 2018) Advisor, Dr. Vicki Hertzberg.
Research interests include oncology nursing, cancer survivorship, and women's health(BSN, Wuhan University (China), 2016; MSN, Sun-Yatsen University (China), 2019), Advisor, Dr. Kate Yeager.
Research interests include the healthcare transition from childhood to adulthood in emerging adults with chronic diseases, particularly childhood cancer survivors. (MSN, Yonsei University, 2017) Advisor, Dr. Canhua Xiao.
Research interests include heart failure in the acute care and palliative care settings. Other interests include caregiver burden, increasing access to care, and out patient symptom management for patients diagnosed with heart failure.(MS, Clemson University, 2018) Advisor, Dr. Rebecca Gary.
Research interests focus on issues related to human resources for health in low- and middle-income countries. Other interests include mental health, patient safety, maternal and child health, and reducing disparities & health inequities. (BSN, George Washington University, 2013) Advisor, Dr. Kenneth Hepburn.
Research Interest: Understanding emergency provider practices surrounding mild traumatic brain injury. (MSN, Emory University, 2010), Co-Advisors: Dr. Ann Rogers and Dr. Sharon Pappas.
Research interests focus on health literacy and symptom management in adult oncology patients from underserved, rural areas. Other interests include financial toxicity and reducing barriers to cancer care in rural populations. (BSN, Emory University, 2017) Advisor, Dr. Kate Yeager.
2019 Cohort
I'm interested in the roles that racism, and respectful maternity care impact maternal health outcomes in the United States.My doctoral dissertation work aims to measure the effects of racial discrimination and maternal disrespect on adverse maternal outcomes during the prenatal, intra-partum, and post-partum period-among African American women in Atlanta,Georgia. National Birth Equity Collaborative Fellow. (BSN Emory University,2018) Advisor, Dr. Lisa M. Thompson.
Dr. Avi Wofsy completed her dissertation entitled "Policing Mental Health: An Historical and Geographical Analysis of Mental Health Policy in Atlanta Georgia" in December 2023 and is currently working as a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse in private practice and research assistant for the Center for Healthcare History and Policy.
2018 Cohort
Research interests include interventions for chronic conditions related to self-care, treatment adherence and quality of life. Other interests include mental health well-being and behavior adaptability to long-term conditions inpatients. (BSN, Emory University, 2018) Advisor, Dr. Drenna Waldrop.
2017 Cohort
Research interests include conversations in end-of-life care, particularly for patients with advanced chronic illness who have been admitted to the intensive care unit. Other interests include early palliative care, advance care planning, and facilitating a "good death" (BSN, Emory University, 2017). Advisor, Dr. Kenneth Hepburn.
2016 Cohort
Research interests include investigating the relationship between exercise, the microbiome, and chronic inflammation associated with cardiovascular disease and HIV. (BSN, Johns Hopkins University, 2016). Advisor, Dr. Jeannie Cimiotti.
2013 Cohort
Research and practice interests center around pediatric palliative nursing care as it pertains to quality of life in the context of chronic disease. (BSN, 2010, Emory University). Advisor, Dr. Kate A. Yeager.
