2023 Betty Irene Moore Fellows

Fellowship project: Structural racism and cardiometabolic risk in pregnant and postpartum women

Self-selected mentor: Debra Barksdale, Ph.D., R.N., F.N.P.-B.C., C.N.E., F.A.A.N.P., A.N.E.F., F.A.A.N., Dean and Professor, UNC Greensboro School of Nursing

Self-selected research mentor: Michelle Meyer, Ph.D., M.P.H., Associate Professor and Associate Chair of Research for Emergency Medicine, Adjunct Associate Professor for Epidemiology, and Deputy Director of the UNC Cardiometabolic Lab at UNC at Chapel Hill

Program-appointed mentor: Jacquelyn Y. Taylor, Ph.D., P.N.P.-B.C., F.A.H.A., F.A.A.N., Helen F. Pettit Endowed Professor of Nursing, Executive Director of the Center for Research on People of Color, Columbia University School of Nursing

Fellowship project: Sleep, circadian misalignment and medication errors: informing nursing scheduling policy

Self-selected mentor: Patrick Strollo, M.D., F.A.C.P., F.C.C.P., F.A.A.S.M., Vice President of the Medical Service Line at the Veterans Affairs Pittsburgh Healthcare System, Vice Chair of Medicine for Veterans Affairs at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, and Professor of Medicine and Clinical and Translational Science at the University of Pittsburgh

Program-appointed mentor: Steven A. Shea, Ph.D., Professor at Oregon Institute of Occupational Health Sciences, Professor at OHSU-PSU School of Public Health, and Director of the Oregon Institute of Occupational Health Sciences

Fellowship project: Training health care providers to address the mental health treatment gap in Native American communities

Self-selected mentor: Donald Warne, M.D., M.P.H., Co-Director of the Center for Indigenous Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Program-appointed mentor: Mary Wakefield, Ph.D., R.N., F.A.A.N, Professor at the LJB School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas Austin School of Nursing and Former U.S. Acting Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services (Fellowship National Advisory Council)

Fellowship project: Enhancing social support for Black women with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) using technology

Self-selected mentor: Renee Heffron, Ph.D., M.P.H., Jim Straley Endowed Professor of Medicine, Director of the Center for Aids Research, University of Alabama at Birmingham

Program-appointed mentor: Diane Santa Maria, Dr.P.H., R.N., P.H.N.A.-B.C., F.S.A.H.M., F.A.A.N., Dean, Professor, Jane and Robert Cizik Distinguished Chair, Huffington Foundation Endowed Chair in Nursing Education Leadership, Cizik School of Nursing at UTHealth Houston

Fellowship project: Interactive voice-assisted self-management systems for low-income older adults

Self-selected mentor: Suzanne Ameringer, Ph.D., R.N., F.A.A.N., Professor Emeritus, Virginia Commonwealth University

Program-appointed mentor: Leigh Ann Simmons, Ph.D., M.F.T., F.A.A.H.B., Professor at the Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing at UC Davis and Co-Director of the Perinatal Origins of Disparities Center at UC Davis

Fellowship project: Listen to her: communicating to improve racially disparate birth outcomes

Self-selected mentor: Regina Cunningham, Ph.D., R.N., N.E.A.-B.C., F.A.A.N., Chief Executive Officer at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia and Adjunct Professor of Nursing and Assistant Dean for Clinical Practice at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing

Self-selected research mentor: Milisa Manojlovich, P.h.D., R.N., F.A.A.N., Professor, University of Michigan School of Nursing

Program-appointed mentor: Amber Weiseth, D.N.P., R.N., Director for the Delivery Decisions Initiative at Ariadne Labs and Research Scientist at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health in the Department of Health Policy and Management 

Fellowship project: Advancing sexual health education (SHE) through youth engagement for health equity

Self-selected mentor: Claire Brindis, Dr.P.H., Distinguished Emerita Professor, Department of Pediatrics and Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Health Services, Edward A. Dickson Emerita Professor, Emerita Director of the Phillip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies, and Co-Director of the Adolescent and Young Adult Health National Research Center, University of California, San Francisco

Program-appointed mentor: Rosa Gonzalez-Guarda, Ph.D., R.N., M.P.H., C.P.H., F.A.A.N., Assistant Dean of the Ph.D. Program, Associate Professor, Duke University (Fellowship National Advisory Council member)

Fellowship project: Developing innovative technology-delivered strategies to facilitate follow-up after acute sexual violence care 

Self-selected mentor: Monica McLemore, Ph.D., M.P.H., R.N., Professor in the Department of Child, Family and Population Health Nursing at the School of Nursing, Adjunct Professor in the Department of Health Systems and Population Health at the School of Public Health, and Interim Director for the Center for Anti-Racism in Nursing, University of Washington

Program-appointed mentor: Connie Mitchell, M.D., M.P.H., Deputy Director of the Center for Family Health, California Department of Public Health

Fellowship project: Implementing innovative and sustainable oncology legal navigation programs

Self-selected mentor: Lovoria Williams, Ph.D., A.P.R.N.-C., F.A.A.N.P., F.A.A.N., Professor, University of Kentucky College of Nursing and Graduate Studies, Associate Director of Cancer Health Equity, Diversity and Inclusion and Sally Humphrey Research Professorship in Cancer Health Equity, Markey Cancer Center, Associate Director and Director of Integrated Special Populations, UK Center for Clinical and Translational Science at the University of Kentucky, and Director of the Community Health Advocacy iNterventions Generating Equity (CHANGE) Team, University of Kentucky

Self-selected research mentor: Kimberly Northrip, M.D., M.P.H., F.A.A.P., Associate Professor of Pediatrics, University of Kentucky, and Director, UK Healthcare CECentral

Program-appointed mentor: Dawn M. Aycock, Ph.D., R.N., A.N.P.-B.C., F.A.H.A., F.P.C.N.A., F.A.A.N., Professor, Byrdine F. Lewis College of Nursing and Health Professions, Georgia State University (Fellowship National Advisory Council)

Fellowship project: Family room: an interactive mobile application to support family caregiver participation in patient care during an acute hospitalization

Self-selected mentor: Jessica Castner, Ph.D., R.N.-B.C., F.A.E.N., F.A.A.N., President and Principal Investigator/Consultant, Castner Incorporated, and Professor and Director of Nursing, University of Albany School of Public Health

Program-appointed mentor: Eliotte "Ellie" L. Hirshberg, M.D., Critical Care Physician, Director of the Center for Humanizing Critical Care, Director of the Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Center of Excellence, Intermountain Health 

Fellowship project: Group acupuncture to treat chronic pain in rural North Carolina: a feasibility study

Self-selected mentor: Judith Schlaeger, Ph.D., C.N.M., L.A.c, F.A.C.N.M., F.A.A.N., Professor in the Department of Human Development Nursing Science, University of Illinois Chicago College of Nursing

Program-appointed mentor (2023-2024): Keith J. Mueller, Ph.D., Gerhard Hartman Professor in the Department of Health Management and Policy, Director of the Rural Policy Research Institute (RUPRI) Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis, Chair of the RUPRI Health Panel, University of Iowa

Fellowship project: Developing and testing a novel mobile health solution (CommSense) to improve patient-clinician communication in the context of serious illness

Self-selected mentor: Laura Barnes, Ph.D., Professor and Graduate Program Director in the Department of Systems and Information Engineering, and Associate Director of the Link Lab, University of Virginia School of Engineering and Applied Science

Program-appointed mentor: Susan C. Reinhard, Ph.D., R.N., F.A.A.N., Visiting Professor for the Betty Irene Moore Fellowship for Nurse Leaders and Innovators, Former Senior Vice President and Director of the AARP Public Policy Institute, and Chief Strategist Emeritus at the Center to Champion Nursing in America (Fellowship National Advisory Council)

Fellowship project: Optimizing open notes in palliative care for minoritized populations with cancer

Self-selected mentor: K. David Bailey, Ph.D., M.B.A., R.N., C.C.R.N.-K., N.E.A.-B.C., F.A.C.H.E, F.A.A.N., Chief Nursing Officer, UCLA Health Santa Monica Medical Center, and Past President, Association for Leadership Science in Nursing

Self-selected research mentor: Marie Bakitas, D.N.Sc., C.R.N.P., N.P.-C., A.O.C.N., A.C.H.P.N., F.A.A.N., F.P.C.N., Professor and Associate Dean, University of Alabama at Birmingham

Program-appointed mentor: Alyce Sophia Adams, Ph.D., Inaugural Stanford Medicine Innovation Professor and Professor of Health Policy, Epidemiology and Population Health and of Pediatrics, Associate Chair for Health Equity and Community Engagement for Stanford Health Policy, Associate Director for Health Equity and Community Engagement in the Stanford Cancer Institute, and Associate Director for Stanford Impact Labs, Stanford University

Fellowship project: Improving symptom monitoring and reporting during head and neck cancer treatment in resource diverse settings

Self-selected mentor: Margaret Rosenzweig, Ph.D., F.N.P.-B.C., A.O.C.N.P., F.A.A.N., Distinguished Service Professor, University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing, and Professor of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh

Program-appointed mentor: Marian Grant, D.N.P., A.C.N.P.-B.C., A.C.H.P.N., F.P.C.N., F.A.A.N., R.N., Policy and Marketing Consultant at Marian Grant Consulting, Nurse Practitioner at the University of Maryland Medical Center, Adjunct Faculty at the University of Maryland, and Adjunct Faculty at the Johns Hopkins Schools of Nursing

Fellowship project: Developing an mHealth approach for family caregivers to address asthma inequities among native Hawaiian youth

Self-selected mentor: Halaevalu Vakalahi, Ph.D., President and CEO, Council on Social Work Education

Self-selected research mentor: Holly Fontenot, Ph.D., R.N., W.H.N.P.-B.C., F.A.A.N., F.N.A.P., Research Director for the Department of Nursing, Frances A. Masuda Chair in Women's Health, and Professor, University of Hawaii at Manoa Nancy Atmospera-Walch School of Nursing

Program-appointed mentor: Summer Sylva, J.D., Senior Advisor for Native Hawaiian Affairs, United States Department of the Interior

Fellowship project: Promoting independent living and healthy aging in place among residents of permanent supportive housing: a mixed methods examination

Self-selected mentor: Alexandra García, Ph.D., R.N., A.P.H.N.-B.C., F.A.A.N., Professor, Graduate Adviser and Assistant Dean for Graduate Programs, University of Texas at Austin School of Nursing

Program-appointed mentor: Benjamin Henwood, Ph.D., L.C.S.W., Frances L. and Albert G. Feldman Professor of Social Policy and Health, Director of the Center for Homelessness, Housing and Health Equity Research, Director of the Homelessness Policy Research Institute, University of Southern California