Expertise

Research Interests:

  • Health Disparities:
    • Cardiometabolic Risk among Premenopausal Caucasian and African-American women
    • Genetics and Genetic Admixture r/t CVD (Inflammation and Dysfibrinolysis)
    • Telehealth
    • Diabetes Education for Patients and Healthcare Professionals
  • Clinical Interests:
    • Women's Health
    • Health Disparities
    • Cardiovascular Disease Prevention
    • Cardiometabolic Risk, Metabolic Syndrome and Pre-diabetes
    • Telehealth
    • Diabetes Education for Patients and Healthcare Professionals
    • The role of the Nurse Practitioner in acute and episodic care
    • Acute and episodic health issues

Areas of Interest:

  • Social Determinants of Health & Health Disparities
  • Chronic Disease Management and/or Prevention
  • Cardiovascular Health
  • Diabetes

Areas of Interest

  • Biomedical Sciences
  • Cardiovascular Health
  • Clinical Practice
     
Communities
Nursing
Degrees
PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Nursing, 2002
MSN, University of South Carolina, Clinical Nursing, 1984
BSN, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 1982