2024 Betty Irene Moore Fellows

Fellowship project: Addressing mental health disparities in persons living with cardiovascular disease and their care partners

Self-selected mentor: Ladson Hinton, M.D., Professor, UC Davis Health

Fellowship project: Mass (parental) incarceration, child health and foster care (in partnership with Founder/CEO of WE GOT US NOW, Ebony Underwood) 

Self-selected mentor: Mary V. Greiner, M.D., M.S., Medical Director at the Comprehensive Health Evaluations for Cincinnati's Kids (CHECK) Foster Care Center, Professor in the Department of Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center 

Self-selected research mentor: Sarah J. Beal, Ph.D., Developmental Psychologist in the Division of Behavioral Medicine and Clinical Psychology, Scientific Director for Child Welfare Research at the CHECK Foster Care Center, Director of the General Pediatrics Research Fellowship in the Division of General and Community Pediatrics, and Associate Professor in the Department of Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

Fellowship project: Community-engaged approach to addressing pediatric sleep and health inequities 

Self-selected mentor: Lauren Hale, Ph.D., Professor in the Department of Family Population and Preventative Medicine, Core Faculty for Program in Public Health, Director of Faculty Development, Director of the Ph.D. Population Health and Clinical Outcomes Program, Stony Brook Medicine

Fellowship project: Advancing comprehensive symptom assessments for children with cancer

Self-selected mentor: Sharron Lee Docherty, Ph.D., P.N.P., R.N., F.A.A.N, Vice Dean for Research and Associate Professor, Duke University School of Nursing, and Associate Professor in the Department of Pediatrics, Duke University School of Medicine

Fellowship project: Developing a nurse-led model for a mobile sexual health clinic

Self-selected mentor: Carolyn K. Clevenger, D.N.P., R.N., G.N.P.-B.C., A.G.P.C.N.P.-B.C., F.A.A.N.P., F.G.S.A., F.A.A.N., Professor of Nursing at Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, Emory University, and Founder and Director of Integrated Memory Care, Emory Healthcare

Self-selected research mentor: Anandi N. Sheth, M.D., M.S.c., F.I.D.S.A.,, Professor of Medicine and Associate Vice Chair for Faculty Development in the Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Emory University School of Medicine

Fellowship project: Women with criminal-legal system involvement leading healthy aging research (WISAR)

Self-selected mentor: Megha Ramaswamy, Ph.D., M.P.H., Professor and Chair, Health Systems and Population Health, University of Washington School of Public Health

Fellowship project: Instilling HOPE in vulnerability: helping outpatient caregivers navigate care

Self-selected mentor: Areej El-Jawahri, M.D., Director of the Bone Marrow Transplant Survivorship Program at Massachusetts General Hospital, Director of Digital Health at Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Associate Director of Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Outcomes Research and Education Program, and Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School 

Institutional mentor: Erin Kent, Ph.D., Associate Professor and Associate Chair for Research in Health Policy and Management at the UNC Chapel Hill Gillings School of Global Public Health, Member of the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, and a Health Services Research Fellow at the Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research at UNC Chapel Hill

Fellowship project: Reducing disparities in healthcare utilization among healthcare support workers

Self-selected mentor: Heather L. Tubbs-Cooley, Ph.D., R.N., F.A.A.N., Associate Professor, Director of the Health Services Research Collaborative, Director of the Ph.D. Program in Nursing, The Ohio State University College of Nursing

Fellowship project: EMPOWER: Nurse-led patient education and management for cervical cancer screening

Self-selected mentor: Holly B. Fontenot, P.h.D., R.N., W.H.N.P.-B.C., F.A.A.N., Associate Dean for Research, Professor and Frances A. Matsuda Chair in Women's Health, Nancy Atmosphera-Walch School of Nursing, and Affiliated Member, University of Hawaii Cancer Center

Fellowship project: Implementing a value based care model using human-centered design

Self-selected mentor: Garrett Chan, Ph.D., R.N., A.P.R.N., F.A.E.N., F.P.C.N., F.N.A.P., F.C.N.S., F.A.A.N.P., F.A.A.N., President and CEO of HealthImpact and Associate Adjunct Professor at UCSF School of Nursing

Fellowship project: A nurse-led diabetes and stress management intervention for rural grandparent caregivers

Self-selected mentor: Lee Ellington, Ph.D., Professor, Robert S. and Beth M. Endowed Chair, Director of the Family Caregiving Collaborative, University of Utah College of Nursing, and Huntsman Cancer Institute Investigator, University of Utah Health

Self-selected research mentor: Nancy A. Allen, Ph.D., A.N.P.-B.C., F.A.D.C.E.S., Associate Professor, University of Utah College of Nursing

Fellowship project: Understanding Medicaid expansion alternatives and maximizing coverage for low-income working people

Self-selected mentor (2024): 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, Georgia State University School of Nursing (Fellowship National Advisory Council member)

Self-selected research mentor: Angie Snyder, Ph.D., M.P.H., Research Professor in the Department of Public Management and Policy, Director of Health Policy and Financing at the Georgia Health Policy Center, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University

Fellowship project: Enhancing dementia care: bridging the rural gap with telehealth 

Self-selected mentor: Karen M. Rose, Ph.D., R.N., F.G.S.A., F.A.A.N., Dean and Professor, The Ohio State University College of Nursing 

Fellowship project: CARDIO: conversational artificial intelligence for reducing disparities and improving health outcomes

Self-selected mentor: Tatiana Sadak, Ph.D., P.M.H.N.P., A.R.N.P., R.N., F.A.A.N., Executive Deputy Dean, Professor, Director of Dementia Palliative Education Network, Yale School of Nursing

Self-selected research mentor (2024): Jun Ma, M.D., Ph.D., F.A.H.A., F.A.B.M.R., F.S.B.M., Beth and George Vitoux Professor of Medicine, Founding Director of the Vitoux Program on Aging and Prevention, Associate Head of Research (Scholarly Activities Council), Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Illinois Chicago

Fellowship project: Assessing the feasibility of Zuri app to promote sexual health 

Self-selected mentor: Sherry Pagoto, Ph.D., Director and Professor, Department of Allied Health Sciences, University of Connecticut

Fellowship project: Addressing pediatric health equity through nurse-led NICU transition models

Self-selected mentor: J. Margo Brooks Carthon, Ph.D., A.P.R.N., F.A.A.N., Tyson Family Endowed Term Chair for Gerontological Research, Professor of Nursing in the Department of Family and Community Health, Associate Director of the Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research, Director of the Bates Center for the Study of the History of Nursing, University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing