Mental and Behavioral Health | UNC School of Nursing

Marco Castro, MS, RN

Clinical Instructor

Cathi Propper, PhD

Associate Professor

Becky Salomon, PhD, RN, PMHNP-BC

Assistant Professor

Stephanie Machalicky, DNP, PMHNP-BC

Assistant Professor & Program Director for Psychiatric Mental Health

Krystal Pendergraft-Horne, DNP, RN, FNP-C

Clinical Instructor

Caroline Kraft, DNP, PMHNP-BC, PMHS

Clinical Associate Professor

Sara Hubbell, DNP, APRN, FNP-C, PMHNP-BC

Adjunct Assistant Professor

Susan Catchings, DNP, FNP-C

Clinical Assistant Professor

Rose Mary Xavier, PhD, MS, RN, PMHNP-BC, FAAN, FAANP

Assistant Professor & Director, Biobehavioral Laboratory

Jessica Williams, PhD, MPH, PHNA-BC, FAAN

Assistant Dean, PhD Program & Associate Professor

Ya-Ke "Grace" Wu, PhD, RN

Assistant Professor

Karen Sheffield-Abdullah, PhD, RN, FACNM

Assistant Professor & EMPOWER Co-Director

Victoria Soltis-Jarrett, PhD, PMHCNS/NP-BC, FAANP, FAAN

Carol Morde Ross Distinguished Professor of Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing

Leslie Sharpe, DNP, FNP-BC

Associate Professor, FNP Program Director

Theresa Raphael-Grimm, PhD, PMHCNS-BC

Susan Pelliccio

Assistant Professor

Ann-Marie Jones, DNP, PMHNP-BC

Assistant Clinical Professor

Rachel Hirschey, PhD, RN, FAAN

Assistant Professor

Grace Gunderson-Falcone, RN, DNP, FNP, A/GNP-BC, PMHNP-BC

Clinical Instructor

Cheryl Woods Giscombe, PhD, RN, PMHNP-BC, FAAN

Senior Associate Dean and Chief Wellness Officer & Levine Family Distinguished Professor of Quality of Life, Health Promotion, and Wellness

Digital Innovation

Re-examining links between screen time, health behaviors, and executive functioning

Cathi Propper, PhD

Multilevel Determinants of Health

The Development of Gut Microbiota and Behavioral Inhibition in Childhood

Cathi Propper, PhD

Community Engagement

Mind Your Heart Intervention for American Indian Women

Jada Brooks, PhD, MSPH, RN, FAAN

Practice and Service

Victoria Soltis-Jarrett | Nurse Practitioner Residency: Behavioral Health Integration in Rural Primary Care using the TANDEM3-PC Model

Practice and Service

Victoria Soltis-Jarrett | Partners in Practice, Engagement, and Education in Rural NC: Preparing Nurse Practitioners for Behavioral Health Integration in Primary Care

Practice and Service

Theresa Raphael-Grimm | Taking Care of Our Own

Multilevel Determinants of Health

The HARMONY Study — A Culturally-Relevant, Randomized-Controlled, Stress Management Intervention to Reduce Cardiometabolic Risk in African American

Cheryl Woods Giscombe, PhD, RN, PMHNP-BC, FAAN

Endeavors: The Sciences of Schizophrenia

Soltis-Jarrett receives $2.6 million in funding to address mental health crisis in rural North Carolina

Toles & Leeman: Adapting the Connect-Home transitional care intervention for the unique needs of people with dementia and their caregivers: A feasibility study

Leeman, Ledford & Beeber: Implementing mental health interventions within a national nurse home visiting program: A mixed-methods evaluation

Areas of Expertise