Health Disparities and Equity | UNC School of Nursing

Matthew LeBlanc, PhD, RN

Assistant Professor

Becky Salomon, PhD, RN, PMHNP-BC

Assistant Professor

Patrick L McMurray, MSN, RN

Nurse Specialist

Kandyce Brennan, DNP, CNM

Clinical Assistant Professor

Stephanie Fisher, DNP, RN

Assistant Professor

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

Associate Professor

Megan Williams, EdD, MSN, RN, FNP

Associate Professor

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

Associate Professor

Lixin Song, PhD, RN, FAAN

Professor Emeritus

Karen Sheffield-Abdullah, PhD, RN, CNM

Assistant Professor

Sandra Soto, PhD, MPH, BSN

Assistant Professor

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

Leslie Sharpe, DNP, FNP-BC

Assistant Professor, Lead Faculty FNP Program

Theresa Raphael-Grimm, PhD, PMHCNS-BC

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, RN

Clinical Assistant Professor

Saif Khairat, PhD, MPH

Associate Professor and Beerstecher-Blackwell Distinguished Term Scholar

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

Sarah Frances Russell Distinguished Term Professor

Rachel Hirschey, PhD, RN

Assistant Professor

Eric Hodges, PhD, FNP-BC, FAAN

Associate Professor

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

Interim Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs; Levine Family Distinguished Professor of Quality of Life, Health Promotion, and Wellness

Jean Davison, DNP, RN, FNP-C

Associate Professor

Rumay Alexander, EdD, RN, FAAN

Clinical Professor

Research Project

Center for Virtual Care Value and Equity

Saif Khairat, PhD, MPH

Research Project

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

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

Research Project

Mind Your Heart Intervention for American Indian Women

Jada Brooks, PhD, MSPH, RN, FAAN

Research Project

Biomarkers of Alzheimer’s Disease and related dementia in midlife Latinos

Yamnia Cortés, PhD, MPH, FNP-BC, FAHA

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

Research Project

Reducing Cardiovascular Risk in Perimenopausal Latinas: Pilot Study of a Multi-Component Intervention

Yamnia Cortés, PhD, MPH, FNP-BC, FAHA

Research Project

Inflammatory Markers, Hazardous Air Pollutants, and Psychosocial Factors

Jada Brooks, PhD, MSPH, RN, FAAN

Research Project

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

Research Project

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

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

Research Project

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

Research Project

Healthy Mothers-Healthy Children: An Intervention With Hispanic Mothers and Their Young Children

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

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

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

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

Ayomide Bankole selected for the Clin-STAR Health Equity Research Scholar Program

Areas of Expertise