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

Cheryl L. Woods Giscombé, PhD, RN, PMHNP-BC, FAAN, is the Associate Dean of the PhD Division & Program and Levine Family Distinguished Scholar in Quality of Life, Health Promotion, and Wellness. Her program of research focuses on understanding and reducing stress-related health disparities among African Americans. Her research incorporates sociohistorical and biopsychosocial perspectives to investigate how stress and coping strategies contribute to stress-related psychological and physical health outcomes. Dr. Giscombé has a particular interest in the potential for integrative approaches to reduce mental health-related disparities among African Americans.

Dr. Giscombé is dually trained in nursing and psychology. She completed a BA in psychology from North Carolina Central University and a BSN from Stony Brook University in New York. She earned MA and PhD degrees in social and health psychology from Stony Brook University and a MSN from the psychiatric-mental health nurse practitioner/clinical nurse specialist program at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Dr. Giscombé completed certification in holistic health from the Institute of Integrative Nutrition in Manhattan, New York. In addition, she completed postdoctoral training at UNC Chapel Hill (Interventions to Prevent and Manage Chronic Illness funded by NIH/NINR and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Minority Fellowship Program in collaboration with the American Nurses Association). In 2007 Dr. Giscombé was selected as a “Leader in the Field” by the American Psychological Association when she was awarded the Carolyn Payton Early Career Award.

Dr. Giscombé was a member of the 2014–2016 Cohort of the Thorp Faculty Engaged Scholars Program, Sponsored by the UNC Center for Public Service. Her project was conducted in collaboration with Healing with CAARE, Inc. a community health organization in Durham, NC, and her experiences and training as a Thorp Faculty Engaged Scholar resulted in successful community-engaged health equity project continuation, support, and funding from the following sources:

• Josiah Macy Jr Foundation – Macy Faculty Scholars Program (2015-2017)
• Harvard Macy Institute Leadership Innovation and Art Museum-Based Programs for Health Professions Educators (2015-present)
• Health Resources and Services Administration Nursing Workforce Development Grant (2017-2021)
• Health Resources and Services Administration Mindful Behavioral Health Integration Grant (2019-2022)
• National Institutes of Health – National Institute of Minority Health and Health Disparities R01

Dr. Giscombé is particularly grateful for her immediate family (husband, Kessonga and two daughters, Zuri and Zola) her extended family, friends, and mentors who support and inspire her both professionally and personally.

BIBLIOGRAPHY AND PRODUCTS OF SCHOLARSHIP:

(*data-based; †publication with student; ‡senior author):

Book and Chapters, including pages:

Black, B. P., Knobel, R., & Woods-Giscombe, C. (2019). The science of nursing and evidence-based practice.  In Professional Nursing:  Concepts and Challenges. Black, B. P. (Ed.). pp. 220-238.  New York, NY:  Elsevier.

Sherwood, G., Horton-Deutsch, Sara, & Woods-Giscombe, C. (2017). Attention to self as nurse: Caring for patients, caring for self, making sense of practice. In Sherwood & Horton-Deutsch (Eds.). Reflective Practice: Transforming Education and Improving Outcomes, Second Edition.

In Press/Submitted (for books and chapters only)

Woods-Giscombe, C. L. (In Press). Mindfulness training for healthcare providers and healthcare systems: A strategy to increase culturally-sensitive care and the promotion of health equity among racially and ethnically diverse populations. In Mindfulness for Diverse Populations. Womack, V., Fleming, C. M., and Prouix, J. (Eds.). Forthcoming.

Refereed Papers/Articles (published)

*†‡Woods-Giscombe, C. L., Johnson Rowsey, P., Kneipp, S. M., Lackey, C., & Bravo, L. (2019). Student perspectives on recruiting underrepresented ethnic minority students to nursing: Enhancing outreach, engaging family, and correcting misconceptions. Journal of Professional Nursing. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.profnurs.2019.08.006

*†Woods-Giscombe, C. L., Gaylord, S. A., Li, Y., Brintz, C. E., Bangdiwala, S. I….Faurot, K. (2019). Mindfulness-Based stress management and diabetes prevention education for African Americans with prediabetes: A mixed-methods, randomized trial to examine feasibility. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 2019, https://doi.org/10.1155/2019/3962623.

*‡Allen, A. M., Wang, Y., Chae, D. H., Price, M. M., Powell, W., Steed, T., Black, A., Dhabhar, F. S., Marquez-Magana, L., & Woods-Giscombe, C. L.  (2019). Racial discrimination, the superwoman schema, and allostatic load: exploring an integrative stress-coping model among African American women. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1457(1). 104-127https://doi.org/10.1111/nyas.14188  Editor’s Choice

*† ‡ Woods-Giscombe, C. L., Steed, T. C., Allen, A., Li, Y., Lackey, C., & Black, A. R. (2019). The Giscombe Superwoman Schema Questionnaire: Psychometric properties and associations with mental health and health behaviors in African American women. Issues in Mental Health Nursing, 40, 8, 672-681, DOI: 10.1080/01612840.2019.1584654 NOTE: second and fifth authors are Woods-Giscombe’s students/mentees).

Woods-Giscombe, C. L. (2018). Reflections on the development of the Superwoman Schema Conceptual Framework: An intersectional approach guided by African American womanist perspectives. Meridians, 16(2), 333-342. DOI: 10.2979/meridians.16.2.14.

‡†Hubbard, G., Woods-Giscombe, C. L., Vimba, N., & Hageman, A. (2018). Innovative clinical training site for psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner students: Elementary school-based group therapy. Issues in Mental Health Nursing, 39, 357-361. NOTE: third and fourth authors were Woods-Giscombe’s MSN students/mentees).

*Kowlowitz, V., Johnson Rowsey, P., Byrns, P., Woods-Giscombe, C., Kneipp, S. M., Page, J., & Fowler-Gray, T. (2018). Careers Beyond the Bedside: An Effective Program to Increase Diversity in Nursing.  Journal of Cultural Diversity, 25(2), 41-48.

*†Devane-Johnson, S., Woods-Giscombe, C., Williams, R., Thoyre, S., & Fogel, C. (2018). A qualitative study of social, cultural, and historical influences on African American women’s infant feeding practices. Journal of Perinatal Education. NOTE: first author was Woods-Giscombe’s PhD advisee).

Stress and Health Disparities Working Group at the American Psychological Association (Brondolo, E., Byer, K., Kaplan, J., Liu, C., Prather, A., Thomas, K., & Woods-Giscombe, C. (2017). Stress and Health Disparities: Contexts, Mechanisms and Interventions among Racial/Ethnic Minority and Low Socioeconomic Status Populations.  An Official Report of the American Psychological Association: Washington: DC. Retrieved from http://www.apa.org/pi/health-disparities/resources/stress-report.aspx

*†Vinesett, A. L., Whaley, R. R., Giscombe, C. W., Dennis, P., Johnson, M., Li, Y., Mounzeo, P., Baegne, M., & Wilson, K. H. (2017). Modified African Ngoma healing ceremony for stress reduction: A pilot study.  Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, 2 (10), 800-804. DOI 10.1089/acm.2016.0410

*†Devane-Johnson, S., Woods-Giscombe, C. (2017). Integrative literature of factors related to breastfeeding in African American women: Evidence for a potential paradigm shift. Journal of Human Lactation.

Hodges, E. A., Johnson Rowsey, P., Fowler, T., Kneipp, S., Giscombe, C., Foster, B., Alexander, R., & Kowlowitz, V. (2017). Bridging the Gender Divide: Smoothing the Educational Path for Men in Nursing. Journal of Nursing Education.

Woods-Giscombe, C. L. (2017). The development of the Interprofessional Leadership Institute for Mental Health Equity. Collaborative Healthcare: Interprofessional Practice, Education and Evaluation (JCIPE), 7(2), Article 3.

*† ‡Woods-Giscombe, C. L., Carthron, D., Robinson, M., & Devane-Johnson, S. & Corbie-Smith, G. (2016). Superwoman Schema, stigma, spirituality, and (culturally) sensitive providers: Factors influencing mental health service utilization in African American women. Journal of Best Practices in Health Professions Diversity: Research, Education, and Policy, 9, 1124-1144.

Samuel, C. A., Pinheiro, L. C., Reeder-Hayes, K. E., Walker, J. S., Corbie-Smith, G., Fashwaw, S. A., Woods-Giscombe, C., & Wheeler, S. (2016). To be young, Black, and living with breast cancer: A systematic review of health-related quality of life in young Black breast cancer survivors. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment. DOI: 10.1007/s10549-016-3963-0

†Chung, J. & Woods-Giscombe, C. (2016). Influence of dosage and type of music therapy in symptom management and rehabilitation for individuals with schizophrenia. Issues in Mental Health Nursing DOI: 10.1080/01612840.2016.1181125

‡Woods-Giscombé, C. L., Lobel, M., Zimmer, C., Cene, C. W., & Corbie-Smith, G. (2016). Whose stress is making me Sick?  Network-stress and emotional distress in African American women. Issues in Mental Health Nursing, 36, 71-0-717.

†Mitchell, S., Kneipp, S., Giscombe, C. (2016). Social factors related to smoking among rural, low-income women: Findings from a systematic review. Public Health Nursing. DOI: 10.1111/phn.12233.

*† ‡Diggins, A., & Woods-Giscombe, C. L. (2015). The association of perceived stress, contextualized stress, and emotional eating with body mass index in college-aged Black women. Eating Behaviors. DOI:10.1016/j.eatbeh.2015.09.006

*† ‡Woods-Giscombe, C. L., Rowsey, P. J., Kneipp, S. M., Owens, C., Sheffield, K. M., Galbraith, K. V., Hammad, S., Fowler, T., Hodges, E. A., Kowlowitz, V., & Alexander, G. R. (2015). Underrepresented students’ perspectives on institutional climate during application and admission to nursing school: Implications for enhancing diversity and inclusion.  Journal of Nursing Education, 54, 261-9.

†Sheffield, K. M., Giscombe, C. (2015). Efficacy, feasibility, and acceptability of perinatal yoga on women’s mental health and well-Being: A systematic literature review. Journal of Holistic Nursing. 10.1177/0898010115577976.   NOTE: K. Sheffield is Woods-Giscombe’s doctoral student and mentee.

† ‡DeGuzman, E., Woods-Giscombe, C. L., Beeber, L. S. (2015). Barriers and facilitators of Hispanic older adult mental health service utilization in the United States. Issues in Mental Health Nursing, 36, 11-20. NOTE: first author was Woods-Giscombe’s MSN student and mentee).

*Woods-Giscombé, C. L., & Gaylord, S. A. (2014). The Cultural Relevance of Mindfulness Meditation as a Health Intervention for African Americans:  Implications for Reducing Stress-Related Health Disparities. Journal of Holistic Nursing. 32, 147-160.

† ‡Hagen, S., Woods-Giscombe, C. L., Beeber, L.S., *Chung, J. (2014). The Potential Benefits of Dialectical Behavioral Therapy Interventions on Adolescent Inpatient Units for Patients with Borderline Personality Disorder Traits:  Implications for Psychiatric Nurses. Nursing & Health, 2(5), 89-99.  NOTE: first and last authors are Woods-Giscombe’s graduate students/ advisees).

Kneipp, S. M., Rowsey, P. J., Giscombé, C., Hodges, E., Fowler, T., Alexander, R. (2014). Countering the Influence of Cultural Hegemony on Choosing a Nursing Career: A Group Mentoring Approach for Student Recruitment. Journal of Nursing Education. DOI:10.3928/01484834-20140408-02.

† ‡Reeves, E. A. & Woods-Giscombé, C. L. (2014). Examining social, cultural, and personal factors that affect infant feeding practices among low-income African-American women. Journal of Transcultural Nursing. DOI: 10.1177/1043659614526244. NOTE: first author was Woods-Giscombe’s Honors student and mentee).

Rowsey, P. J., Kneipp, S., & Woods-Giscombe, C. L. (2013). Careers beyond the bedside: One approach to developing the ethnic minority nursing faculty pool. Journal of Nursing Education, 52, 1-4.

Halstead, J. Billings, D., Boller, D. M., Cowling, W. R., Giscombe, C. W. Johnson-Mallard, V., Morin, K. H., Patterson, B. J., Sharts-Hopko, N. C. Howell-Adams, M., & Shellenbarger, T. (2013). Doctoral preparation for the educator role (Brief Report of the National League for Nursing Think Tank on Doctoral Preparation for the Educator Role).  Nursing Education Perspectives, 34, 281.

Barksdale, D.J., Giscombe, C.W, Logan, J.G. (2013). Stress, cortisol, and night-time blood pressure dipping in non-hypertensive Black American women. Biological Research for Nursing, 15, 330-337.

Black, A. R. & Woods-Giscombé, C. L. (2012) Applying the Stress and “Strength” Hypothesis to Black

women’s breast cancers delays. Stress and Health: Journal of the International Society for the Investigation of Stress, 28, 389-396.

‡Woods-Giscombé, C. L., & Black, A. R. (2010). Mind-body interventions to reduce risk for health disparities related to stress and “strength” among African American women:  The potential of mindfulness-based stress reduction, loving kindness, and the NTU therapeutic framework. Complementary Health Practice Review, 15, 15-31.

*‡Woods-Giscombé, C. L., Lobel, M., & Crandell, J.L. (2010). The impact of miscarriage and parity on patterns of maternal distress in pregnancy. Research in Nursing & Health, 33, 316-328.

*Woods-Giscombé, C.L.  (2010). Superwoman Schema: African American women’s views on stress, strength, and health. Qualitative Health Research, 20, 668-683.

*Woods-Giscombé, C. L., & Lobel, M.  (2008). Race and gender matter: A multidimensional approach to conceptualizing and measuring stress in African American women.  Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, 14, 173-182.

Giscombé, C. L., & Lobel, M. (2005).  Explaining disproportionately high rates of adverse birth outcomes among African Americans: The impact of stress, racism, and related factors in pregnancy.  Psychological Bulletin, 131, 662-683.

In Press/Submitted

*Mitchell, S. A., Kneipp, S., Giscombe, C. L., Beeber, L., Kulbok, P. (Under Review). Using photovoice from a relativist perspective to study smoking in rural low-income women.

*†‡Sheffield-Abdullah, K. A., & Woods-Giscombe, C. L. (Under Review). Perceptions of the superwoman role an distress among African American women with pre-diabetes.

*Varner, F., Woods-Giscombe, C. L., Martz, c., Jelsma, E., Holloway, K., Lim, S. S., & Chae, D. (Under Review) Superwoman Schema, socioeconomic status, and disease activity in the Black women’s Experiences Living with Lupus (BeWELL) Study.

Woods-Giscombe, C. L. (Under Review). An innovative program to promote health promotion, quality of life, and wellness for school of nursing faculty, staff, and students: Facilitators, barriers, and opportunities for broad system-level and cultural change.

Products of interdisciplinary scholarship 

Giscombe, C. L., Gaylord, S. A., Skelly, A., Faurot, K., Lynch, C., Leniek, K., Smith, S., Mann, J., Young, L. A., Buse, J.  A mindfulness-based intervention to reduce diabetes risk in pre-diabetic African-Americans: Mindfulness-Based Diabetes Risk Reduction and Conventional Diabetes Risk Reduction Curricula. (Unpublished intervention protocol, referenced in Woods-Giscombe et al., Under Review).

Products of engaged scholarship

Elliott-Bynum, S., & Woods-Giscombé, C. L. (2014, January).  Invited Speaker. “Engaging in Community-Academic Partnerships to Improve Mental Health in Diverse and Underserved Populations: A Model of CAARE.”  Program on Ethnicity, Culture and Health Outcomes (ECHO). School of Public Health, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC.

Woods-Giscombe, C. L, & Bynum, S. (2015, August). Academic-community partnerships to positively impact health disparities and overall population health:  Implications for leadership in community healthcare. Invited presentation sponsored by the Health Sector Management and Healthcare Club of the Duke University Fuqua School of Business. Durham, NC.

Woods-Giscombe, C. L., Steed, T. S., Nuru-Jeter, A., & Black, A. R. Superwoman Schema Scale. Unpublished Instrument.

Digital and other novel forms of scholarship

Hamilton, N., & Woods-Giscombe, C. L. (January 21, 2013). “Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health care is the most shocking and inhumane.” Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Human Capital Blog (One of the top 10 out of 400 most read blogs published on the RWJF Human Capital Blog in 2013). Retrieved from http://www.rwjf.org/en/blogs/human-capital-blog/2013/01/_of_all_the_formsof.html. (Authors contributed equally to work)

Ayoola,A., Giscombe, C., Cohn, E., Gillespie, G., Djukic, M., Breitenstein, S. & Landers, T. (April 26, 2013). “Green eggs and ham: Our TEDMED experience. Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Culture of Health Blog.  Retrieved from http://www.rwjf.org/en/culture-of-health/2013/04/green_eggs_and_ham.html. (Authors contributed equally to work)

Woods-Giscombe, C. L. (December 23, 2013). “A lesson in leadership – Inspiration ignites motivation.” (Reflection on mentorship experience with Dr. Mary Wakefield).  Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Human Capital Blog. Retrieved from http://www.rwjf.org/en/blogs/human-capital-blog/2013/12/a_lesson_in_leadersh.html

Refereed published abstracts

*†Woods-Giscombe, C. L., Gaylord, S. A., Li, Y., Bangdiwala, S. I., Buse, J., Mann, F. D., Lynch, C., Phillips, P. E., Smith, S., Leniek, K., Young, L., A., Al-Barwani, S., Yoo, J., & Faurot, K. (2016). Mindfulness-based diabetes risk reduction for African Americans with pre-diabetes: A pilot, sequential mixed-methods RCT. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 50, S240. PubMed Central PMID:26956014 DOI:10.1007/s12160-015-9766-4

*†‡Giscombe, C. L., Carthron, D., Robinson, M., & Devane-Johnson, S. & Corbie-Smith, G. (2016). Mental health service utilization in Black women: Superwoman Schema, stigma, spirituality, and culturally-sensitive providers. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 50, S45.

*†‡Nuru-Jeter, A., Chae, D.H., David H., Price, M., Telesford, J., Mendoza-Denton, R., & Woods-Giscombé, C. (2013).  Anticipatory racism threat and Superwoman Schema: Elucidating the relationship between racial discrimination and chronic inflammation [Abstract].Circulation, 2013-SS-A09550-AHA.

Black, A. R., & Woods-Giscombé, C. L. (2012, February). The relevance of extraordinary caregiving, stress, emotional suppression, and self-care postponement to late-stage breast cancer diagnoses among Black women [Abstract]. Psych-oncology, 21, S23-24.

*‡Woods-Giscombé, C. L., Lobel, M., & Zimmer, C.  (2012, April). Obesity in African American women: Using structural equation modeling to examine the contribution of multidimensionally-defined stress, superwoman schema – emotional suppression, and the use of food to cope [Abstract].  Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 43, S50-S50.

Black, A. R., & Woods-Giscombé, C. L. (2010). Last on the list: Manifestations of “strength” as barriers to self-care among African American women [Abstract]. Journal of Women’s Health, 19, 1781.

*Woods-Giscombé, C. L. (2008, February).  Superwoman Schema:  An asset or a vulnerability to health in African American women? [Abstract]. Southern Online Journal of Nursing Research, 8 (4)). Available online at:http://snrs.org/publications/SOJNR_articles2/Vol08Num04W_Z.html#WoodsGiscombe

*Barksdale, D.J., Giscombè, C. & Logan, J. (2008, February). Stress, John Henryism and Cortisol Responses in Black Women. Invited special plenary session presented at the 22^nd Southern Nursing Research Society Research Conference: Health Disparities Evidence into Action. (Selected as an Abstract of Excellence) Birmingham, Alabama. [Abstract]. Southern Online Journal of Nursing Research, 8 (4). Available online at: http://snrs.org/publications/SOJNR_articles2/Vol8Num04B.html#barksdale

*Giscombé, C. W. & Lobel, M. (2007, February).  Stress, coping and health in African American Women:  Developing a model to examine the intersection of race, gender, and ‘generic’ stress.  [Abstract]. Southern Online Journal of Nursing Research, 8 (2).Available online at: http://snrs.org/publications/SOJNR articles2/Vol08Num02F_G.html#Giscombe

Refereed unpublished oral presentations and/or abstracts (Selected)

Refereed

Varner, F., Woods-Giscombe, C. Martz, C., Jelsma, E., Holloway, K., Lin, S. S., & Chae, D. (2019, April). The roles of Superwoman Schema and socioeconomic status on systemic lupus erythematosus disease activity among African American women. Population Association of America [Abstract]. Retrieved from http://paa2019.populationassociation.org/abstracts/193704

Sheffield, K.M. & Woods-Giscombe, C. L. (2018, March) Poster Discussion. Examining Views of Stress in African American Women with Prediabetes through the Lens of Superwoman Schema: Implications for the development of a culturally relevant Mindfulness Based Intervention. Poster presented at the 32^nd Annual Conference for the Southern Nursing Research Society. Atlanta, GA.

Woods-Giscombe, C. (2017, April). Cultural Diversity in Psychiatric Nursing: Lessons Learned from the ISPN Diversity & Equity Survey Results. Presented at the 2017 International Society of Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurses Psychopharmacology Institute and Annual Conference. Baltimore, MD.

Woods-Giscombe, C. (2017, April). Culturally sensitive mental health care for LGBTQ populations. Giscombe served as planner, convener/moderator for this panel discussion presented at the 2017 International Society of Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurses Psychopharmacology Institute and Annual Conference. Baltimore, MD.

Chung, J. & Woods-Giscombe, C. (2017, April). Genetic biomarkers and psychological symptoms associated with internet addiction among Korean college students. Paper presented at the 2017 International Society of Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurses Psychopharmacology Institute and Annual Conference. Baltimore, MD.

Chung, J. & Woods-Giscombe, C. (2016, April). Influence of Dosage and Type of Music Therapy in Symptom Rehabilitation for Individuals with Schizophrenia: Systematic Review. Paper will be presented at the 2016 International Society of Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurses Psychopharmacology Institute and Annual Conference. Minneapolis, MN.

Prather, A. A., Brondolo, E., Byer, K., Liu, C. H., & Giscombe, C. W. (August, 2015). Stress as a key contributor to health disparities in the United States. Symposium conducted by members of the American Psychological Association Working Group on Stress and Health Disparities at the 123^rd Conference of the American Psychological Association, Toronto, CA.

*Robinson, M., Carthron, D., & Woods-Giscombe, C. (April, 2015). Superwoman schema, stigma, spirituality, and culturally-sensitive providers: Implications for mental health service utilization among African American women (Selected for “Best Poster” Award). Poster presented at the 16^th Annual Celebration of Undergraduate Research. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC.NOTE: First author is a UNC-CH McNair Scholar and Woods-Giscombe’s Honors research mentee).

*Patel, E. Y., & Giscombe, C. (April, 2015). Investigating a business case for certified nurse midwifery-led birth center care in the United States. Poster presented at the 16^th Annual Celebration of Undergraduate Research. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC. NOTE: First author is a UNC-CH School of Nursing Hillman Scholar and Woods-Giscombe’s Honors student and mentee).

Woods-Giscombe, C. L., Hines-Martin, V., Posmontier, B, and the ISPN Diversity & Equity Committee (March, 2015). Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in PMH APRN Graduate Program Curriculum: Lessons Learned and Recommendations for Preparing PMH APRNS to Resolve Disparities in Mental Health Care (A Workshop Facilitated by the ISPN Diversity & Equity Committee; Woods-Giscombe, Committee Chair). Workshop convened at the 2015 Conference of the International Society of Psychiatric Nurses.  Seattle, Washington.

Djukic, M., Gillespie, G., & Woods-Giscombe, C. Collaborating with community partners to optimize health outcomes: Challenges and solutions. (September, 2014). The 2014 State of the Science Congress on Nursing Research, The Council for the Advancement of Nursing Science. Washington, D.C.

Gillespie, G., Barr, T., Cohen, E., Woods-Giscombe, C., & Breitenstein, S. Leveraging collegial relationships for the advancement of nursing science. (September, 2014). The 2014 State of the Science Congress on Nursing Research, The Council for the Advancement of Nursing Science. Washington, D.C.

Woods-Giscombe, C. Whose stress is making me sick? The contribution of network stress to emotional well-being of African American women.  (March, 2014). Paper presented at the 2014 Annual Conference of the International Society of Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing.  Greenville, SC.

*Evangelus, J., Woods-Giscombe, C., Beeber, L. S. The potential benefits of breathwork to improve anxiety and distress:  Implications for advanced practice psychiatric mental health nurses.  (March, 2014). Poster presented at the 2014 Annual Conference of the International Society of Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing.  Greenville, SC. [2014 Best Scholarship Poster Award, 2^nd Place].  NOTE: first author was Woods-Giscombe’s MSN student and mentee).

*Smith, A., Woods-Giscombe, C., Beeber, L. S.  Associations between vitamin D and psychological stress and depression among African American women:  Implications for advanced practice psychiatric nurses. (March, 2014).  Plenary presented at the 2014 Annual Conference of the International Society of Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing.  Greenville, SC. NOTE: first author was Woods-Giscombe’s MSN student and mentee).

Rowsey, P. J., Kneipp, S. M., Giscombe, C. (2014). Careers Beyond the Bedside (CaBB): An Intervention to increase Diversity at All Levels in Nursing.  Presented at the NLN Education Summit.

Rowsey, P. J., Kneipp, S. M., Giscombe, C., Kowlowitz, V., Page, J., Fowler, T., & Quarles, E. D. (February, 2014). Careers Beyond the Bedside (CaBB): An Intervention to Increase Diversity at All Levels in Nursing.  Presented at the 35^th Annual Minority Health Conference. Chapel Hill, NC.

Woods-Giscombé, C. L., Black, A. R., Nuru-Jeter, A., Steed, T., Tillman-Meakins, P. (2012, December). Stress and the Superwoman:  An innovative agenda for African American women’s health disparities research, practice, and policy.  Paper presented at the 2012 Summit on the Science of Eliminating Health Disparities:  Building a Healthier Society, Integrating Science, Policy, and Practice. National Harbor, Maryland.

Woods-Giscombé, C. L. (2012, March). The cultural relevance of mindfulness meditation for African Americans:  Implications for psychiatric mental health nurses addressing mental health disparities.  Paper presented at the International Society of Psychiatric Mental Health Nurses Annual Conference, Atlanta, GA.

Black, A. R. & Giscombé, C. W. (November, 2011). Weathering framework re-visited: How stress and “strength” influence the health experiences of black women across the lifespan. American Public Health Association 139^th Annual Meeting and Exposition, Washington, D.C.

Young, L. A., Faurot, K., Giscombé, C., & Gaylord, S. A. (June, 2011).  Mind Body Therapies:  Patterns of use in the United States among people with pre-diabetes and diabetes.  71^st Scientific Sessions of the American Diabetes Association, San Diego, CA.

Woods-Giscombé, C. L., Jackson, L., Romero, R., Black, A., Meakins, P., Dennis, L. Clayton, A. & Green, B. (2011, August). Strong Black Woman and Strength: Deconstructing the Links among Identity, Resiliency, Health, and Stress in Media and Modern Culture. Presented at the American Psychological Association National Convention, Washington, D.C.

Black, A. R. & Giscombé, C. L. (2010, September). Self-care is a luxury: Linkages among self-care, “strength”, and health in the lives of African American Women. Poster to be presented at the National Institutes of Health, Office of Research on Women’s Health 20^thAnniversary Scientific Symposium, Natcher Conference Center, Bethesda, Maryland.

Giscombé, C. W. & Lobel, M. (2010, August).  Obesity and Mental Health among African American women. Poster presented at the 4^thWorkshop of the African American Collaborative Research Network, Philadelphia, PA.

Giscombé, C. W. & Black, A. R., (2010, July). “Know thyself”: Increasing African American Women’s Awareness about Stress, “strength,” and Pathways to Holistic Restoration. Paper presented at the 137^th Annual Meeting of the Association of Black Psychologists, Chicago, IL.

Black, A. R., & Giscombé, C. W. (2009, November). Strong black woman script (SBW-S): The influence of strength embodiment on African American maternal health. Poster presented at the 137^th Annual Meeting and Expo of the American Public Health Association. Philadelphia, PA.

Barksdale, D. J., Logan, J., & Woods-Giscombé, C. L. (2009, February). Psychosocial stress and nighttime blood pressure dipping in Black women. Paper presented at the 23^rd Southern Nurses Research Society Conference: Interdisciplinary Research: A Road More or Less Traveled. Baltimore, MD.

Woods-Giscombé, C.L. (2008, December).  Superwoman Schema:  An innovative approach to understanding health disparities in African American women. Paper presented at the Paper presented    at the National Institutes of Health Summit: The Science of Eliminating Health Disparities. National Harbor, MD.

Woods-Giscombé, C. L. (2008, August).  Superwoman schema and emotional suppression:  Implications for physical and mental well-being of African American women.  Paper presented at the National Black Nurses Association Annual Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada.

Woods-Giscombé, C. L. (2008, March).  Superwoman Schema and emotional suppression in African American women:  Examining the contribution of cultural, historical, and interpersonal phenomena to current mental and physical health disparities.  Poster presented at the 22^nd Annual William T. Small Minority Health Conference, Sponsored by the UNC School of Public Health, Chapel Hill, NC.

*Gregory, S. S. & Woods-Giscombé, C. L. (2008, February).  Self-Actualization and purposefulness: An empowering approach to health promotion and health disparity interventions for African American women.  Poster presented at the annual convention of the Southern Nursing Research Society, Birmingham, Alabama.

Woods-Giscombé, C. L. (2007, December).  Superwoman schema and emotional suppression in African American women:  Lessons learned from a qualitative focus group study.  Paper presented at the Research Symposium for the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Center for Innovations in Health Disparity Research, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

Woods, S., Woods-Giscombé, C., & Lobel, M. (2007, February). Unintended Pregnancy in Black Women: A mixed method study to inform family planning education and clinical practice.  Poster presented at the 2007 Annual Conference of the Southern Nurses Research Society, Galveston, Texas.

Giscombé, C. & Lobel, M. (2006, November). Obesity and Mental Health in African American women:  Examining the role of psychological stress, obligation to be strong, and stress-related eating          behavior.  Poster presented at the American Academy of Nursing 33^rdAnnual Meeting and Conference, Miami, Florida.

Woods-Giscombé, C. L. & Lobel, M. (2006, October). Understanding and reducing obesity among African American Women:  The contribution of Social-Health Psychology and the Transactional Model of Stress and Coping.  Poster presented at the NIH Conference on Understanding and Reducing Disparities in Health: Behavioral and Social Sciences Research Contributions, Bethesda, Maryland.

Giscombé, C. & Lobel, M. (2006, March). The importance of using culturally-appropriate, multidimensional conceptualizations of stress and coping to examine the contribution of stress to health disparities in African American Women.  Paper presented at the 12^th Annual Elizabeth Carnegie Research Conference. Health Care Disparities:  Cultural Perspectives across the Lifespan, Howard University, Washington, D.C.

Steed, T., Peak, T. (Undergraduate Student Researchers); Giscombé, C., & Lobel, M. (Volunteer Research Mentors). (2005, April).  Overweight and obesity among African American women:  An examination of the contributions of psychological stress, eating as a coping strategy, and degree of body satisfaction.  North Carolina Psychological Foundation Poster Session, Chapel Hill, NC.  Poster awarded Honorable Mention for student research.

Giscombé, C., & Lobel, M. (2003, March).  Explaining ethnic disparities in maternal-child health:  The association of bacterial vaginosis with exposure to discrimination and other life stressors.  University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Public Health’s Minority Health Conference.  Chapel Hill, NC.

Woods (Giscombé), C., Bragdon, E. E., Stanwyck, C. L., Adamian, M. S., & Light, K. C. (1997, October).  Increased life stress and blood pressure associated with job stress and interpersonal conflict.  Paper presented at the National Association of African-American Honors Programs Conference.  Jackson, Mississippi.

Invited presentations (Selected)

Invited

Woods-Giscombe, C.L., (2019, June). Superwoman Schema and Health Equity in African American Women. Invited speaker at the Academy of Behavioral Medicine Research. Tucson, Arizona.

Woods-Giscombe, C. L., (2018, December). Dinner with Faculty – Faculty Scholar – UNC General Alumni Association

Woods-Giscombe, C.L., (2018, December). Keynote Speaker. First Annual World AIDS Day Red Ribbon Brunch. Wilmington, NC.

Woods-Giscombe, C. L., (2018, November). Keynote Speaker: Superwoman Schema: Implications for stress-related adverse birth outcomespresented at the South Carolina Birth Outcomes Initiative Annual Symposium, Columbia, SC.

Woods-Giscombe, C.L., (2018, April). My career of research to promote health equity and provider well-being via evidence-based mindfulness interventions. Campaign for Carolina Speaker. Atlanta, Georgia.

Woods-Giscombe, C. L. (2018, April). North Carolina Central University Honors Convocation Keynote Address. Durham, NC.

Woods-Giscombe, C. L. (2017, March). Empowering Your Practice. Presented at the Randolph Area Health Education Center. Asheboro, NC.

Woods-Giscombe, C. L. (2016, October). The Cultural Relevance of Mindfulness Meditation for African

Americans: Implications for Wellness and the Reduction of Stress-Related Health Disparities (Keynote Lecture). Mindfulness & Diversity Conference. Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY.

Woods-Giscombe, C. L. (2016, October). Building Compassion in Nursing (Keynote Lecture). NC Area Health

Education Center. Rocky Mount, North Carolina.

Woods-Giscombe, C. L. (2015, June).  STEM Women in Academia: MINDFULNESS-based Leadership Actualization for Personal and Professional Wellness and Prosperity (Keynote Lecture).  STEM Women of Color Conclave (Sponsored by the National Science Foundation), Washington, D.C.

Woods-Giscombe, C. L. (2015, May).  Passion, Perseverance, Patience, and Purpose: Keys to Your Future in Health Care and Life (Keynote Lecture)..  Presented at the North Carolina Health Career Access Program’s Future Leaders in Health Care Conference (in affiliation with NC Area Health Education Centers Program), Asheville, N.C.

Woods-Giscombe, C. L. (2015, April). Superwoman Schema, Stress and Self-care: Implications for Mental Health and Wellness among Women. Women’s Health Awareness Day (Sponsored by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health and Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.).  North Carolina Central University, Durham, NC.

Woods-Giscombé, C. L. (2015, Invited).   The Cultural Relevance of Mindfulness Meditation for African Americans.  Osher Center for Integrative Medicine, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, California.

Woods-Giscombé, C. L. (2015, February) “Money on My Mind: The Relationship between Income and Mental Health.” UNC Minority Health Conference, Chapel Hill, NC.

Woods-Giscombé, C. L. (2014, November). Invited Speaker. “Healing the Healers:  Strength, Caregiving…and Depression in Nursing.”Greensboro Area Health Education Center, Randolph Hospital Asheboro, NC.

Woods-Giscombé, C. L. (2014, January).  Invited Speaker. “Take the Time:  The Importance of Self-Care to Reduce Stress Among Highly Motivated Individuals.” TED^x NCSSM, North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics, Durham, N.C.

Woods-Giscombé, C. L. (2013, November).  Invited Speaker. “Stress, Superwoman Schema, and Mental Health:  My Journey as a Scientist-Practitioner in the Academy and the Community” Board of Trustees Meeting, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC.

Woods-Giscombé, C. L. (2013, October).  Invited Speaker. “Pathways to Innovation and Impact:  The Importance of Passion, Community Service, and Academic Collaboration in Research.” Academic Panel Presentation, Chancellor’s Installation Festivities, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC.

Woods-Giscombé, C. L. (2013, October).  Invited Keynote Speaker. “Stress, Superwoman Schema, and Health:  Implications for Culturally-Relevant Mindfulness- Based Interventions for Social Work Professionals.” Howard University, School of Social Work. Washington, D.C.

Woods-Giscombe, C. L. (2013, April). Invited Presenter. “Stress and Superwoman Schema: Utilizing a culturally-relevant approach to examining and reducing stress-related obesity and diabetes risk in African American women.” University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, Office of Nursing Research, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Giscombe, C. L. (2013, March). Invited Panelist. “Stress and the Superwoman.” 2013 Women’s History Month – Models for a New Century:  Women Advancing New Visions for Human Society.  North Carolina Central University, Durham, NC.

Giscombe, C. L. (2013, March). Invited Panelist.  Policy Formation “On the Hill.” Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Nurse Faculty Scholars 2013 Leadership Meeting, Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences Building, Washington D.C.

Woods Giscombé, C. L. (2012, June), Invited Keynote Speaker.  The Superwoman Scholar: Can mindfulness help women of color in academia achieve both success and balance? Society of STEM Women of Color (National Science Foundation Sponsored), STEM Women of Color Conclave, Washington, D.C.

Woods Giscombé, C. L. (2012, June).  Invited Presenter – Project Uplift Summer Program.  The future of nursing: Will you be a part of it? The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC.

Woods Giscombé, C. (2011, November).  Invited Panelist – 7^th Annual UNC/Duke Conference on the Biologic Consequences of Social Consequences of Social and Economic Disadvantage, Chapel Hill, NC.

Woods Giscombé, C. (2011, April).  Invited Panelist – North Carolina Central University Department of Public Administration and Careers Panel Discussion on Health Disparities, Durham, NC.

Giscombé, C. L., Carter-Edwards, L., & Elliott-Bynum, S. (2010, September). The role of minorities as clinical research participants. Aware for All – National Clinical Research Education Day, North Carolina Central University, Durham, NC.

Giscombe, C. L. (2010, April). Stress, coping, and health disparities among African American women:  The importance of using gender- and culturally-relevant biopsychosocial frameworks. The University of North Carolina Institute on Aging, Chapel Hill, NC.

Giscombé, C. L.  (2010, April). Challenges of psychiatric mental health nursing with adults: The potential benefits of mindfulness-based therapy. Annual Psychiatric Mental Health Conference: Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing Across the Lifespan in Traditional & Non-Traditional Settings, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC.

Woods-Giscombé, C. L. (2007, January).  Stress and its Impact on Diabetes and Health. Integrative Diabetes Series. Piedmont Health Services.  Prospect Hill, NC.

Giscombé, C. & Lobel, M. (2002, October).  Biospychosocial explanations for ethnic disparities in infant mortality, preterm delivery, and low birthweight.  Paper presented at the W. B. Burghardt Turner Fellowship Research Symposium, Stony Brook, NY.

Woods (Giscombé), C., Bragdon, E. E., Stanwyck, C. L., Adamian, M. S., & Light, K. C. (1997, October).  Increased life stress and blood pressure associated with job stress and interpersonal conflict.  Paper presented at the National Association of African-American Honors Programs Conference, Jackson, MS.

Woods (Giscombé), C., McCrae, R., & Herbst, J., Berry, J., & Costa, P. (1998, August).  Comparing personality structures: The Temperament and Character Inventory and the Five Factor Model.  Poster presented at the National Institute on Aging Intramural Research Symposium.  Baltimore, MD.

Woods (Giscombé), C., Bragdon, E. E., Stanwyck, C. L., Adamian, M. S., & Light, K. C. (1997, July).  Increased life stress and blood pressure associated with job stress and interpersonal conflict.  Poster presented at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Summer Pre-Graduate Research Program Symposium, Chapel Hill, NC.

OTHER, INCLUDING BOOK REVIEWS AND OTHER PRODUCTS OF SCHOLARSHIP

Giscombé, C. W. (2006). The association of race-related, gender-related, and generic stress with global distress and coping among African American women, Dissertation Abstracts International, 66 (9-B), 5139.

KEY PROFILES/CITATIONS OF SCHOLARSHIP

American Psychological Association. (n.d.). Fact Sheet: Smoking and Tobacco Use in Rural Populations. https://www.apa.org/pi/health-disparities/resources/smoking-rural-populations.aspx

American Psychological Association. (n.d.). Fact Sheet.  Health Disparities and Stress. http://apa.org/topics/health-disparities/fact-sheet-stress.aspx

MEDIA COVERAGE

Stony Brook 40 Under 40 Awards. Dr. Cheryl Giscombe. http://www.stonybrook.edu/40underforty/

Society for Health Psychology. “Dr. Cheryl Giscombe discusses her research on health disparities and stress.”  June 23, 2016. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zStu1T4OAAU

Washington Post. “What Beyonce’s ‘Lemonade’ means for women who have miscarried.” April 25, 2016. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/04/25/what-beyonces-lemonade-means-for-women-who-have-miscarried/?utm_term=.89e43ef252ae

Carolina Higher Education Opportunity Program. An introduction to health disparities for Health Careers Day on the Hill 2016. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_xK8XXVW4M

Carolina Center for Public Service: In the News. “Faculty Engaged Scholar Cheryl Giscombe Is Dedicated to Serving.” September 23, 2015. http://ccps.unc.edu/category/in-the-news/

University Gazette (The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill). “Cheryl Woods Giscombe feels deep commitment to public service.” January 28, 2014. http://gazette.unc.edu/2014/01/28/cheryl-woods-giscombe-feels-deep-commitment-to-public-service/

TEDx NCSSM. “Take the Time: Cheryl Giscombe at TEDxNCSSM.” January 18, 2014. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSatVjzQd2dSCzHEMPSNa9z2EHPwX3Ful https://nursing.unc.edu/cheryl-woods-giscomb-featured-in-tedxncssm-2014/

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Future of Nursing Scholars Program. September 17, 2014 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQExokp2AjY

Beyond Black & White. Superwoman complex: Deepak Chopra breaks down the dangers of stressful lifestyle. December 3, 2012. http://www.beyondblackwhite.com/superwoman-comple-deepak-chopra-breaks-dangers-stressful-lifestyle/

Carolina Nursing Enews. “Cheryl Giscombe wins RWJF Award, Honors.” September 2012. http://carolinanursingenews.com/2012/09/cheryl-giscombe-wins-rwjf-award-honors/

Triangle Tribune, “Know your neighbor – Woods-Giscombé:  ‘Superwoman’ role causes stress.” April 2012. http://www.triangletribune.com/clientuploads/TTPDFs/tt040112A.pdf

Featured Alumnus on North Carolina Central University’s Department of Psychology webpage. October 2011.  http://www.nccu.edu/academics/sc/socialsciences/psychology/cheryl.cfm

Essence Magazine, “You Deserve a Break.” July 2011. http://www.essence.com/2011/07/06/you-deserve-a-break/

My Carolina Today Television Show, NBC17. April 2011. “Diabetes prevention study targeting African Americans with pre-diabetes.”

Science in the Triangle, “Giving patients a voice could raise number of minorities, women in clinical studies.” September 2010. http://scienceinthetriangle.org/2010/09/

Spectacular Radio Show, WCOM (104.5 FM-Carrboro). August 2010. “Research study addressing diabetes prevention among African Americans with pre-diabetes.”

RESEARCH GRANTS: FUNDED

OTHER FUNDING

Training Grants

• Community-based, culturally-relevant, and mind-body-spirit interventions for health disparities (e.g. mindfulness meditation for African Americans with elevated risk for diabetes, obesity, and other chronic illnesses)
• Bio-psycho-social-cultural issues related to stress and coping, including the Superwoman Schema Conceptual Framework and Using Food to Cope with Stress in African American women.
• Addressing social determinants of health utilizing theories and interventions grounded in Social & Health Psychology and Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing to promote physical and mental health in women, families, and communities of color.