Research Interests
- Leber's Hereditary Optic Neuropathy
- Communication
- Role of parents of children with complex health conditions
- Palliative Care and Hospice, Pediatric and Adult
- Health disparities/ Structurally Marginalized Populations
- Climate change/Heat impact on health
- Community Health
- LGBTQ+ health
- Death/Dying
- Disparities in Cancer screening and palliative care and hospice treatment
- Homelessness/ housing insecure (Family/ Mother & Children)
Selected Grants
Nurse Education, Practice, Quality and Retention-Mobile Health Training Program (NEPQR-MHTP)
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEParticipating Faculty Member · Awarded by Health Resources and Service Administration · 2022 - 2026Fellowships, Gifts, and Supported Research
Seed Grant: Mentoring Partnerships: Building Strength and Relationships Between Nursing Faculty and Clinical ·
2023
PI ·
Duke Office for Faculty Advancement
Implementing Nursing Student Peer to Peer Chlamydia Awareness Outreach on a College Campus to Increase Rates of Testing ·
December 2018
- December 2019
PI ·
North Carolina Central University
· $2,000.00
The specific aim of this proposal is to develop a chlamydia awareness outreach to educate the NCCU students as to the signs and symptoms of chlamydia, how to prevent contracting chlamydia, how and when to test for it, and how to treat it. We desire to break down the stigma of testing and treating a STI and believe that peer to peer outreach will assist in such on a college campus. This project aims to increase the rates of chlamydia testing of North Carolina Central Students by utilizing Project SAFE as they can track and incentivize testing on campus. Our goals are to help students become more aware of chlamydia, increase rates of sexually transmitted infection testing and treatment, thereby reducing the prevalence of chlamydia effecting the NCCU population.