Ph.D., Anthropology, Other
University of North Carolina -, 2004
MS, Occupational Therapy/Therapist
Boston University, 1980
BA, Anthropology, Other
Clarion State College All Cmpu, 1975
Certifications
OTL
GA Secretary of State, 2008
Awards & Honors
Elected to The Honor Society Phi Kappa Phi
Phi Kappa Phi, 2016
Fellow, American Occupational Therapy Association
American Occupational Therapy Association, 2016
Teaching Excellence Program Award
ƹ϶Ƶ, 2016
College of Allied Health Sciences Faculty Research Award
2013
Scholar, National Institute of Minority Health and Health disparities: Translational Health Disparities Course
2013
Courses Taught Most Recent Academic Year
EMED 5004
Resch in Emer Medicine
MEDI 5088
Medical Scholars Program
Scholarship
Selected Recent Publications
Factors influencing engagement with adherence-enhancing mobile health app in sickle cell disease, 2024 Journal Article, Academic Journal
“The project did not come to us with a solution”: Perspectives of research teams on implementing a study about electronic health record-embedded individualized pain plans for emergency department treatment of vaso-occlusive episodes in adults with sickle cell disease, 2023 Journal Article, Academic Journal
Point-of-Care Ultrasonography for the Assessment of Dehydration in Children, 2023 Journal Article, Academic Journal
Short-Term Insomnia Disorder in Health Care Workers in an Academic Medical Center Before and During COVID-19: Rates and Predictive Factors, 2021 Journal Article, Academic Journal
The need to consider social and cultural factors when reporting successful non-hospital transmission strategies for COVID 19., 2021 Journal Article, Academic Journal
Department Service
MCG, Department of Emergency Medicine, Research Committee
2014 - Present