People Group Archives: Healthcare Disparities

A registered nurse for more than 30 years and public health leader for more than 20, lecturer Fayshonda Cooks created the CommUNITY CollaborACTION Initiative, which emphasizes collaborative unity and action to improve health outcomes. Cooks is a known collaboration champion with belief in the strength and limitless potential of optimizing the assets of all to […]

Ayse Malatyali is a Jonas Scholar with a priority research area of cognitive aging. She focuses her research primarily on biological, behavioral and social risk factors of Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias (ADRD) and falls among underserved older adults. Her additional areas of research include healthcare utilization, palliative care and advanced care planning for individuals […]

Carmen Giurgescu, the Chatlos Foundation Endowed Chair and associate dean of research, is a pioneer and leader in eliminating racial disparities in preterm birth among Black women. She has strategically developed a focused program of nationally recognized research to identify fundamental factors that underlie high rates of preterm birth among Black women. Her pioneering research, […]

A Certified Pediatric Nurse Practitioner and Pediatric Mental Health Specialist, Valerie C. Martinez is passionate about pediatric healthcare. She leverages her extensive nursing experience working with neonates and children with chronic medical conditions in her research, which seeks to address mental health disparities among children and families, as well as improve health outcomes for children […]

Healthy aging; fall prevention in older adults; and aging education.

Gerontology; Chronic disease management; Diabetes care across the age span; Transitional care needs of older adults and family caregivers.

Adult learning; Simulation: Strategies for nursing students to self-advocate and manage conflicting demands and interruptions.

Using simulation to train health care providers to improve the care of underserved patient populations, including correctional health care and limited English proficient patients.

Hospice use among Blacks; End-of-life decision making and caregiving in informal caregivers; Health services use; Spirituality.

Instructor, Faculty Liaison to Nursing at Nike (living learning community) and Association of Pre-Nursing Students (APNS)