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Darina Petrovsky

Assistant Professor in the School of Nursing
School of Nursing

Overview


Dr. Darina Petrovsky is an Assistant Professor at Duke University School of Nursing. Prior to joining Duke in Winter 2024, she was an Assistant Professor on the tenure track at Rutgers University School of Nursing and Core Faculty at Rutgers Institute for Health, Health Care Policy, and Aging Research. Before joining Rutgers University Dr. Petrovsky was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing funded by the Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service …

Current Appointments & Affiliations


Assistant Professor in the School of Nursing · 2024 - Present School of Nursing

In the News


Published March 4, 2025
Help for Dementia: A Customizable Music App

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Recent Publications


Longitudinal association between creative arts participation with cognitive function in late life.

Journal Article International psychogeriatrics · February 2025 Examine relationships between arts participation in high school and later life, cognition, and cognitive change among older adults in the United States. Longitudinal retrospective SETTING: Health and Retirement Survey (HRS) including the Life History Mail ... Full text Cite

Sleep quality differences among caregivers for persons living with and without dementia.

Journal Article Aging & mental health · December 2024 ObjectivesThis study examined the relationship between caring for a person with/without dementia and caregiver sleep quality, and analyzed the extent to which perceived benefits of caregiving and assessments of caregiver-recipient relationship qua ... Full text Cite

Mapping the Landscape of Those Left Behind When a Person With Dementia Dies: Roles of Race and Ethnicity.

Journal Article Alzheimer disease and associated disorders · October 2024 IntroductionPeople with dementia can have many family and friends who might be affected by their deaths. Pursuing the long-term aim of understanding how dementia deaths affect close family and friends, this project lays groundwork through estimate ... Full text Cite
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Recent Grants


Music-based Intervention for Insomnia in Persons Living with Dementia and their Caregivers

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2024 - 2026

Investigating the Mechanism of a Music-based Intervention for Sleep

Clinical TrialPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Alzheimer's Association · 2024 - 2026

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Education, Training & Certifications


University of Pennsylvania · 2017 Ph.D.