Dr. Duva is an Assistant Professor, clinical track, at Emory University Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing. She obtained her BSN from the University of Florida (91), and an MN (94) and PhD (2010) from Emory University Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing. Several years of management and consulting experience led to Dr. Duva's interest in health services research. For three years, she was a senior fellow in the National Quality Scholar's program, led by both the Veteran's Health Administration and Dartmouth University. Here, Dr. Duva gained expertise in quality improvement and how to lead improvement within organizations and healthcare in general. Additionally, Dr. Duva is involved in policy and advocacy work to improve the health of children, specifically within their own community, through school nursing.

1. Cupples, A., Duva, I., Birdsong, H., Massarweh, N., (2025) Surgical turnover time using six sigma. JAMA Surgery. 160(3):352-354. doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2024.4956.

2. Grabbe, L., Duva, I. M., & Nicholson, W. C. (2023). The Community Resiliency Model, an interoceptive awareness tool to support population mental wellness. Global mental health (Cambridge, England), 10, e43. https://doi.org/10.1017/gmh.2023.27

3. Grabbe, L., Duva, I., Jackson, D., Johnson, R., & Schwartz, D. (2023). The impact of the Community Resiliency Model (CRM) on the mental well-being of youth at risk for violence: A study protocol. Archives of psychiatric nursing, 46, 121–126. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apnu.2023.08.002

4. Duva, I.M., Higgins, M., Baird, M., Lawson, D., Murphy, J., Grabbe, L., (2022). A practical resiliency training for healthcare workers during Covid-19: Results from a randomized-controlled trial testing the Community Resiliency Model for well-being support. BMJ Quality Open

5. Duva, I., Murphy, J., Grabbe, L., (2022) A nurse led, collaborative public health intervention to promote well-being using the Community Resiliency Model. American Journal of Public Health.

6. Pak, V., Ferranti, E., Duva, I., Owen, M., Dunbar, S. (2020) The Role of Snap in Improving Diet Quality: Implications for Nursing Practice. Policy, Politics and Nursing Practice. 21(2) 62-70.

7. Phillips, L.S, Barb, D., Yong, C., Tomolo, A.M., Jackson, S , Olsen ,D.E, Rhee, M.K., Duva, I.,M., He, Q., Long, Q. (2015) Translating What Works: A New Approach to Improve Diabetes Management. Journal of Diabetes Science and Technology. 9(4):857-64. doi: 10.1177/1932296815576000

8. Saenger, M., Duva, I. & Abraham, C. (2014). “Nurses, Docs and Drugs” – Inter-Professional facilitation to implement opioid risk mitigation within the Patient Centered Medical Home. American Journal of Medical Quality. 29(3) p. 259 https://doi.org/10.1177/1062860614525120

Dr. Duva teaches across programs within the school of nursing; pre-licensure, DNP, and PhD, at teh school of nursing with expertise in a broad range of topics primarily quality and safety, leadership or professional development, ambulatory and pediatric care for patients. Dr. Duva's role as faculty for an Advanced Fellowship in Quality and Safety includes teaching and mentoring for students in other health profession specialties e.g. surgical and internal medicine residents, physical therapy and physician assistant students. Finally, Dr. Duva maintains part of her clinical practice by regularly teaching in the community to audiences such as in the incarcerated youth in the juvenile justice system, community health workers, faith based communities, non-profits and organizations such as the department of family and children services.

Dr. Duva is a primarily a health services researcher; she studies and supports the work of nurses across the health system to promote quality patient care. In her doctoral work, she examined nurse care coordination in the acute care setting and the relationship to the work environment. During a post doctoral fellowship with the Veteran's Health Administration, this work extended to the primary care environment, and the changing role of nurses. More recently, Dr. Duva's research focuses on the resilience of healthcare workers and the significance of personal and workplace wellbeing, and inter- professional teamwork.