Foster Osei Baah, PhD, RN is a cardiovascular nurse scientist with a program of research focused on the social determinants of cardiovascular health behavior, self-care, cardiometabolic disease and cardiovascular health differences across population groups. Prior to joining the Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing as a Tenure Track Assistant Professor, he completed a PhD in Nursing Science at the University of Pennsylvania and postdoctoral fellowship at the Social Determinants of Obesity and Cardiovascular Risk Laboratory at the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) with a focus on intervention design to address obesity and cardiovascular health disparities in resource limited neighborhoods.

Osei Baah, F. O., Boateng, A. C. O., Brownlow, J. A., So, C. J., Miller, K. E., Gehrman, P., & Riegel, B. (2024). Associations between neighborhood factors and insomnia and their spatial clustering in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Sleep Health.

Osei Baah, F., Sharda, S., Davidow, K., Jackson, S., Kernizan, D., Jacobs, J. A., ... & Powell-Wiley, T. M. (2024). Social determinants of health in cardio-oncology: multi-level strategies to overcome disparities in care: JACC: CardioOncology state-of-the-art review. JACC: CardioOncology.

Powell-Wiley, T. M., Martinez, M. F., Heneghan, J., Weatherwax, C., Osei Baah, F., Velmurugan, K., ... & Lee, B. Y. (2024, March). Health and Economic Value of Eliminating Socioeconomic Disparities in US Youth Physical Activity. In JAMA Health Forum (Vol. 5, No. 3, pp. e240088-e240088). American Medical Association.

Osei Baah F, Brawner BM, Teitelman AM, Ruger JP, Riegel B. A Mixed-Methods Study of Social Determinants and Self-care in Adults With Heart Failure. The Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing. 2023 May. DOI: 10.1097/jcn.0000000000000999. PMID: 37204343.

Powell-Wiley, T. M., Baumer, Y., Baah, F. O., Baez, A. S., Farmer, N., Mahlobo, C. T., ... & Wallen, G. R. (2022). Social Determinants of Cardiovascular Disease. Circulation Research, 130(5), 782-799.

Baah, F. O., Teitelman, A. M., & Riegel, B. (2018). Marginalization: Conceptualizing patient vulnerabilities in the framework of social determinants of health—An integrative review. Nursing inquiry, e12268.

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Dr. Osei Baah conceptualizes teaching as a dynamic phenomenon that exist at the intersection of three independent but linked constructs: 1) Scholarship, 2) Leadership and 3) Social responsibility. He believes these three ideals are the inalienable rights of each student in every virtual or in-person classroom. He strives to provide a conducive, interactive, knowledge sharing classroom environment with thought provoking course content to facilitate the nurturing of these values in students. By situating his teaching philosophy at the intersection of scholarship, leadership and social responsibility and employing a critical pedagogical approach to teaching, his students are well positioned to critique the status quo while recognizing the importance of people’s individuality in a diverse social world. His students recognizes that disease and health are not “a one size fit all” phenomenon. Instead, they understand that the disease-health relationship is multifactorial and requires innovative approaches to address global and domestic health challenges.

As a nurse scientist focused on vulnerable populations, the fundamental goal of his research program is to inform, design, and test interventions that increase access to care, enhance health behavior, and improve outcomes in diverse population groups, particularly in resource limited neighborhoods.

• 2020-23 Marshall W. Nirenberg Postdoctoral Fellow, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, NIH
• 2018-2020 NINR Ruth L. Kirschsetin National Research Service Award Individual Predoctoral Fellowship
• 2016-2018 T32 NIH NINR NewCourtland Center for Transitions and Health
• 2019 Future Leader in Heart Failure HFSA
• 2013 100 Senior Honorary Emory University
• 2013 Nell Hodgson Woodruff Award for Emory University School of Nursing Compassion and Caring
• 2011-13 Nurse Corps Scholar Health Resources and Services Administration