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Health Disparities and Equity

Investigating and addressing the factors that increase the risk of poor health outcomes in vulnerable populations is critical to creating health equity.

Faculty Expertise & Practice

All Faculty

Nicole Forlan, DNP, WHNP-BC, IBCLC

Clinical Assistant Professor

Tamryn Fowler Gray, PhD, RN, MPH

Assistant Professor

Isabel Roth, DrPH, MS

Assistant Professor

Lori Byrd, DNP, RN, CNE

Clinical Associate Professor, Associate Dean for Strategic Partnership

Lisa Mansfield, PhD, RN

Assistant Professor

Marco Castro, MS, RN

Clinical Instructor

Cathi Propper, PhD

Associate Professor

Matthew LeBlanc, PhD, RN

Assistant Professor

Becky Salomon, PhD, RN, PMHNP-BC

Assistant Professor

LaTonia Chalmers, DNP-TCN, APRN, PMHNP-BC, APHN-BC, HWNC-BC

Assistant Professor

Kandyce Brennan, DNP, CNM

Clinical Assistant Professor

Stephanie Y. Fisher, DNP, MSN, RN

ANCC Accredited Provider Program Director & Assistant Professor

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

Assistant Professor

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

Assistant Dean, PhD Program & Associate Professor

Lisa Woodley, PhD, MSN-Ed, RN, CNE, CHPN, ANEF

Clinical Professor and Director of Global Education

Megan Williams, EdD, MSN, RN, FNP

Associate Professor & Division Chair, Acute, Tertiary and Specialty Care Innovations

Natalia Villegas Rodriguez, PhD, MSN, RN, IBCLC, FAAN

Associate Professor

Lixin Song, PhD, RN, FAAN

Professor Emeritus

Karen Sheffield-Abdullah, PhD, RN, FACNM

Assistant Professor & EMPOWER Co-Director

Leslie Sharpe, DNP, FNP-BC

Associate Professor, FNP Program Director

Nilda (Nena) Peragallo Montano, DrPH, RN, FAAN

Dean Emeritus

Theresa Raphael-Grimm, PhD, PMHCNS-BC

Professor

Sheila Santacroce, PhD, RN, CPNP, FAAN

Distinguished Professor

Audra Noble Rankin, DNP, APRN, CPNP

Associate Professor and Director, DNP Program

Margaret Miles

Professor Emerita

Betty Nance-Floyd, PhD, RN, CNE, CNL

Associate Professor Emeritus

Leigh G. Mullen, DNP, APRN, FNP-C

Assistant Professor

Rachel McInerney, DNP, FNP-BC, PMHNP-BC

Assistant Professor

Saif Khairat, PhD, MPH

Professor and Beerstecher-Blackwell Distinguished Scholar

Shawn Kneipp, PhD, RN, ANP, APHN-BC

Sarah Frances Russell Distinguished Term Professor

Eric Hodges, PhD, FNP-BC, FAAN

Associate Professor & Division Chair, Population and Biopsychosocial Health Innovations

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

Jean Davison, DNP, FNP-BC, FAAN

Professor

Rumay Alexander, EdD, RN, FAAN

Professor

Related Projects

Digital Innovation

Center for Virtual Care Value and Excellence

Saif Khairat, PhD, MPH
Community Engagement

Examining the impact of a filmed dramatized story intervention for HIV prevention in Latinas 

Natalia Villegas Rodriguez, PhD, MSN, RN, IBCLC, FAAN
Community Engagement

Mind Your Heart Intervention for American Indian Women

Jada Brooks, PhD, MSPH, RN, FAAN
Practice and Service

Megan Williams | Invest In Nursing: An Educational Redesign to Strengthen the Primary Care Workforce

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

Multilevel Determinants of Health

Promoting Stretching Exercise to Reduce Cardiovascular Health Risk in Late Pregnant Women with Obesity

SeonAe Yeo, RNC, PhD, FAAN
Practice and Service

Mobile Health Clinic

Community Engagement

NC WORKS4HEALTH: Reducing Chronic Disease Risks in Socioeconomically disadvantaged, unemployed populations

Shawn Kneipp, PhD, RN, ANP, APHN-BC
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

Recent News & Publications

News

Mobile Health Clinic receives gold rating from the National Association of Free and Charitable Clinics

News

Carolina nursing student awarded F31 grant from the National Institutes of Health

News

Sheffield-Abdullah featured on NPR’s All Things Considered for insights on rising maternal deaths in the U.S.

News

Carolina Nursing students lead community health fair in partnership with El Centro Hispano

Areas of Expertise