Social Justice

Historically marginalized and disadvantaged populations face a higher burden of illness, injury, disability, and mortality, and their access to and use of care is limited. Nursing, and specifically Penn Nursing, has long focused on social justice and improving the outcomes for the most vulnerable.

An ongoing mission

Antonia Villarruel, PhD, RN, FAAN, Professor and Margaret Bond Simon Dean of Nursing “Our mission has always been to make a significant impact on improving the health of all people, to be the preeminent intellectual and transformative force in improving health through nursing.” says Antonia Villarruel, PhD, RN, FAAN, Professor and Margaret Bond Simon Dean of Nursing. “Social justice and inclusion are vital to achieving that mission and the need to dismantle structural racism is even more important today.”

“Nurses, through their research, practice, education, and advocacy are an important component in leading the elimination of health disparities and in achieving health equity. ” says Dr. Villarruel. “Our commitment to social justice and our work challenges dominant truths and disrupts structural inequities in health care to enhance health and quality of life for all.”

Azucena Villalobos
Leonard A. Lauder Community Care Nurse Practitioner Fellow

“I chose Penn Nursing due to the value this institution places on community engagement and social justice. It has challenged me to think critically and outside the box, and I’ve had the pleasure of learning not only from my instructors, but also from my cohort—everyone brings a multitude of experiences, ideas, and backgrounds.”

Faculty Spotlight on Social Justice

<div class="row"><div class="col-sm-4 mb-sm-5"><span class="lw_item_thumb"><a href="/live/profiles/7614-katherine-mcmahon-thompson"><picture class="lw_image"> <source type="image/webp" srcset="/live/image/gid/19/width/200/height/200/crop/1/14829_653193240439c_11973.rev.1697747748.webp 1x"/> <source type="image/jpeg" srcset="/live/image/gid/19/width/200/height/200/crop/1/14829_653193240439c_11973.rev.1697747748.jpg 1x"/> <img src="/live/image/gid/19/width/200/height/200/crop/1/14829_653193240439c_11973.rev.1697747748.jpg" alt="Katherine Thompson, MSN, CPNP-BC" width="200" height="200" data-max-w="240" data-max-h="320" loading="lazy"/> </picture> </a></span></div><div class="col-sm-8 ps-sm-0 mb-5"><h3> Katherine G. McMahon Thompson, DNP, CRNP, CPNP-BC </h3><p> Prior to entering the ABSN program, Katie spent a summer working in medical clinics in the Dominican Republic. She also worked as a child advocate through Boston’s Healthcare for the Homeless in the Jesuit Volunteer Corps program. These experiences laid the foundation for a nursing career committed to examining and addressing the root causes of injustice for children and their families. Her advocacy for compassionate care, fair treatment and systemic change stem from these early experiences.</p></div></div>
<div class="row"><div class="col-sm-4 mb-sm-5"><span class="lw_item_thumb"><a href="/live/profiles/28-christine-bradway"><picture class="lw_image"> <source type="image/webp" srcset="/live/image/gid/19/width/200/height/200/crop/1/src_region/0,0,270,359/14718_6531928af404e_227.rev.1697747595.webp 1x"/> <source type="image/jpeg" srcset="/live/image/gid/19/width/200/height/200/crop/1/src_region/0,0,270,359/14718_6531928af404e_227.rev.1697747595.jpg 1x"/> <img src="/live/image/gid/19/width/200/height/200/crop/1/src_region/0,0,270,359/14718_6531928af404e_227.rev.1697747595.jpg" alt="Christine Bradway, PhD, RN, CRNP, FAAN" width="200" height="200" data-max-w="270" data-max-h="359" loading="lazy"/> </picture> </a></span></div><div class="col-sm-8 ps-sm-0 mb-5"><h3> Christine K. Bradway, PhD, CRNP, FAAN, AGSF </h3><p> In every aspect of my work and personal life, I strive to focus on transcultural similarities and the common humanity we all share.</p></div></div>
<div class="row"><div class="col-sm-4 mb-sm-5"><span class="lw_item_thumb"><a href="/live/profiles/14948-peggy-compton"><picture class="lw_image"> <source type="image/webp" srcset="/live/image/gid/19/width/200/height/200/crop/1/14847_6531933823efc_8576.rev.1697747768.webp 1x, /live/image/scale/2x/gid/19/width/200/height/200/crop/1/14847_6531933823efc_8576.rev.1697747768.webp 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/19/width/200/height/200/crop/1/14847_6531933823efc_8576.rev.1697747768.webp 3x"/> <source type="image/jpeg" srcset="/live/image/gid/19/width/200/height/200/crop/1/14847_6531933823efc_8576.rev.1697747768.jpg 1x, /live/image/scale/2x/gid/19/width/200/height/200/crop/1/14847_6531933823efc_8576.rev.1697747768.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/19/width/200/height/200/crop/1/14847_6531933823efc_8576.rev.1697747768.jpg 3x"/> <img src="/live/image/gid/19/width/200/height/200/crop/1/14847_6531933823efc_8576.rev.1697747768.jpg" alt="" width="200" height="200" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/19/width/200/height/200/crop/1/14847_6531933823efc_8576.rev.1697747768.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/19/width/200/height/200/crop/1/14847_6531933823efc_8576.rev.1697747768.jpg 3x" data-max-w="1800" data-max-h="1200" loading="lazy"/> </picture> </a></span></div><div class="col-sm-8 ps-sm-0 mb-5"><h3> Peggy Compton, PHD, RN, FAAN </h3><p> As outlined in her presentation, <em>Opioid</em><em>Addiction</em><em>through the Lens</em><em>of</em><em>Social</em><em>Justice,</em> at the 2018 American Academy of Nursing “Transforming Health, Driving Policy” Conference, Dr. Compton’s contribution to social justice is to remind policy makers that addiction is the most highly stigmatized chronic disease in the US, which is imbued with moral and criminal attributions. This stigmatization is reflected in how sufferers are treated in the health care system; how health professional students are educated about the disease; how sufferers are able to access treatment; how non-evidence-based treatment options profit; and how addiction services are reimbursed. She has also actively contributed to faculty efforts to integrate social justice concepts into the required PhD-level courses.</p></div></div>
<div class="row"><div class="col-sm-4 mb-sm-5"><span class="lw_item_thumb"><a href="/live/profiles/17644-katelin-hoskins"><picture class="lw_image"> <source type="image/webp" srcset="/live/image/gid/19/width/200/height/200/crop/1/14945_65319393bd0f6_13413.rev.1697747860.webp 1x, /live/image/scale/2x/gid/19/width/200/height/200/crop/1/14945_65319393bd0f6_13413.rev.1697747860.webp 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/19/width/200/height/200/crop/1/14945_65319393bd0f6_13413.rev.1697747860.webp 3x"/> <source type="image/jpeg" srcset="/live/image/gid/19/width/200/height/200/crop/1/14945_65319393bd0f6_13413.rev.1697747860.jpg 1x, /live/image/scale/2x/gid/19/width/200/height/200/crop/1/14945_65319393bd0f6_13413.rev.1697747860.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/19/width/200/height/200/crop/1/14945_65319393bd0f6_13413.rev.1697747860.jpg 3x"/> <img src="/live/image/gid/19/width/200/height/200/crop/1/14945_65319393bd0f6_13413.rev.1697747860.jpg" alt="Katelin Hoskins, PhD, MBE, CRNP" width="200" height="200" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/19/width/200/height/200/crop/1/14945_65319393bd0f6_13413.rev.1697747860.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/19/width/200/height/200/crop/1/14945_65319393bd0f6_13413.rev.1697747860.jpg 3x" data-max-w="2500" data-max-h="2500" loading="lazy"/> </picture> </a></span></div><div class="col-sm-8 ps-sm-0 mb-5"><h3> Katelin Hoskins, PhD, MBE, CRNP </h3><p style="font-weight: 400;"> To advance the justice-related elements of implementation science, I am leading a qualitative study that aims to better understand how to characterize, identify, and mitigate the negative unintended consequences of well-intentioned implementation research, with an emphasis on equity considerations (e.g., conceptualization of relational harms and subsequent ethical obligations to redress).</p></div></div>
<div class="row"><div class="col-sm-4 mb-sm-5"><span class="lw_item_thumb"><a href="/live/profiles/17548-stephen-bonett"><picture class="lw_image"> <source type="image/webp" srcset="/live/image/gid/19/width/200/height/200/crop/1/14936_653193901f372_13248.rev.1697747856.webp 1x, /live/image/scale/2x/gid/19/width/200/height/200/crop/1/14936_653193901f372_13248.rev.1697747856.webp 2x"/> <source type="image/jpeg" srcset="/live/image/gid/19/width/200/height/200/crop/1/14936_653193901f372_13248.rev.1697747856.jpg 1x, /live/image/scale/2x/gid/19/width/200/height/200/crop/1/14936_653193901f372_13248.rev.1697747856.jpg 2x"/> <img src="/live/image/gid/19/width/200/height/200/crop/1/14936_653193901f372_13248.rev.1697747856.jpg" alt="Stephen Bonett, PhD, MA, RN" width="200" height="200" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/19/width/200/height/200/crop/1/14936_653193901f372_13248.rev.1697747856.jpg 2x" data-max-w="408" data-max-h="452" loading="lazy"/> </picture> </a></span></div><div class="col-sm-8 ps-sm-0 mb-5"><h3> Stephen Bonett, PhD, MA, RN </h3><p> When studying HIV and the significant disparities that exist across race, ethnicity, gender, and sexual orientation, it is critical to acknowledge that individual-level factors do not drive these disparities. Rather, these disparities can be traced to fundamental causes: racism, classism, and other systems of oppression which operate to systematically disadvantage certain groups of people to the benefit of others. Dr. Bonett’s research aims to highlight the root causes of disparities and partner with those in our community to build power and advocate for health and justice.</p></div></div>
<div class="row"><div class="col-sm-4 mb-sm-5"><span class="lw_item_thumb"><a href="/live/profiles/12-patricia-dantonio"><picture class="lw_image"> <source type="image/webp" srcset="/live/image/gid/19/width/200/height/200/crop/1/14709_653192877bd6d_210.rev.1697747591.webp 1x, /live/image/scale/2x/gid/19/width/200/height/200/crop/1/14709_653192877bd6d_210.rev.1697747591.webp 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/19/width/200/height/200/crop/1/14709_653192877bd6d_210.rev.1697747591.webp 3x"/> <source type="image/jpeg" srcset="/live/image/gid/19/width/200/height/200/crop/1/14709_653192877bd6d_210.rev.1697747591.jpg 1x, /live/image/scale/2x/gid/19/width/200/height/200/crop/1/14709_653192877bd6d_210.rev.1697747591.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/19/width/200/height/200/crop/1/14709_653192877bd6d_210.rev.1697747591.jpg 3x"/> <img src="/live/image/gid/19/width/200/height/200/crop/1/14709_653192877bd6d_210.rev.1697747591.jpg" alt=" Patricia D'Antonio, PhD, RN, FAAN " width="200" height="200" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/19/width/200/height/200/crop/1/14709_653192877bd6d_210.rev.1697747591.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/19/width/200/height/200/crop/1/14709_653192877bd6d_210.rev.1697747591.jpg 3x" data-max-w="1365" data-max-h="2048" loading="lazy"/> </picture> </a></span></div><div class="col-sm-8 ps-sm-0 mb-5"><h3> Patricia D’Antonio, PhD, RN, FAAN </h3><p> Dr. D’Antonio’s program of historical research demonstrates nurses’ strong influence on health, social mobility, diversity and the development of cultural and health care norms. Her most recent work, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Nursing-Message-Demonstration-Projects-Critical/dp/0813571022" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable">Nursing with a Message: Public Health Demonstration Projects in New York City</a>, argues that nurses were central in promoting the current norms of primary care within a health care system that reflected and refracted political, gendered, racialized norms, and highlighting how nurses supported economically and racially marginalized families equitable access to services available to white, middle-class families. In her earlier book, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/American-Nursing-Patricia-DAntonio-ebook/dp/B00400OHW8/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=American+nursing+dantonio&qid=1597414592&s=books&sr=1-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable">American Nursing: A History of Knowledge, Power and the Meaning of Work</a>, Dr. D’Antonio also drew on firsthand accounts by White and African-American men and women nurses to discover how strong gender and racial hierarchies reinforced how these groups historically viewed themselves and each other, and underscored the importance of forging a strong nursing identity to bridge some of the historical divides within systems of care and education.</p></div></div>
<div class="row"><div class="col-sm-4 mb-sm-5"><span class="lw_item_thumb"><a href="/live/profiles/18181-sharifah-wilson"><picture class="lw_image"> <source type="image/webp" srcset="/live/image/gid/19/width/200/height/200/crop/1/14967_6531939f688bd_14495.webp 1x"/> <source type="image/jpeg" srcset="/live/image/gid/19/width/200/height/200/crop/1/14967_6531939f688bd_14495.jpg 1x"/> <img src="/live/image/gid/19/width/200/height/200/crop/1/14967_6531939f688bd_14495.jpg" alt="SW" width="200" height="200" loading="lazy"/> </picture> </a></span></div><div class="col-sm-8 ps-sm-0 mb-5"><h3> Sharifah Wilson, MSN, CRNA </h3><p> With my time during the pediatric boot camp, it was important to me that minoritized student nurse anesthetist saw CRNA’s that looked like them. It’s crucial to provide a space in which all students learn from professionals who share their background, yet provide each student the opportunity to understand that CRNA’s of color provide a safe learning environment for everyone. This is how we all learn from each other in a growing profession.</p></div></div>
<div class="row"><div class="col-sm-4 mb-sm-5"><span class="lw_item_thumb"><a href="/live/profiles/31-charlene-compher"><picture class="lw_image"> <source type="image/webp" srcset="/live/image/gid/19/width/200/height/200/crop/1/src_region/0,0,700,1050/14721_6531928c76fb9_12136.rev.1697747596.webp 1x, /live/image/scale/2x/gid/19/width/200/height/200/crop/1/src_region/0,0,700,1050/14721_6531928c76fb9_12136.rev.1697747596.webp 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/19/width/200/height/200/crop/1/src_region/0,0,700,1050/14721_6531928c76fb9_12136.rev.1697747596.webp 3x"/> <source type="image/jpeg" srcset="/live/image/gid/19/width/200/height/200/crop/1/src_region/0,0,700,1050/14721_6531928c76fb9_12136.rev.1697747596.jpg 1x, /live/image/scale/2x/gid/19/width/200/height/200/crop/1/src_region/0,0,700,1050/14721_6531928c76fb9_12136.rev.1697747596.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/19/width/200/height/200/crop/1/src_region/0,0,700,1050/14721_6531928c76fb9_12136.rev.1697747596.jpg 3x"/> <img src="/live/image/gid/19/width/200/height/200/crop/1/src_region/0,0,700,1050/14721_6531928c76fb9_12136.rev.1697747596.jpg" alt="Charlene W. Compher, PhD, RD, LDN, FADA, FASPEN" width="200" height="200" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/19/width/200/height/200/crop/1/src_region/0,0,700,1050/14721_6531928c76fb9_12136.rev.1697747596.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/19/width/200/height/200/crop/1/src_region/0,0,700,1050/14721_6531928c76fb9_12136.rev.1697747596.jpg 3x" data-max-w="700" data-max-h="1050" loading="lazy"/> </picture> </a></span></div><div class="col-sm-8 ps-sm-0 mb-5"><h3> Charlene W. Compher, PhD, RD, LDN, FASPEN </h3><p><span class="TextRun SCXW250397437 BCX0" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="none"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW250397437 BCX0">Dr. Compher’s scholarship is committed to</span> <span class="NormalTextRun SCXW250397437 BCX0">equitable</span> <span class="NormalTextRun SCXW250397437 BCX0">access to a healthy diet and evidence-based, high quality nutrition care. Nutritional vulnerability can result from food insecurity or structural racism with limited employment opportunities as well as from the impacts of unsafe neighborhood environments,</span> <span class="NormalTextRun SCXW250397437 BCX0">all resulting in</span> <span class="NormalTextRun SCXW250397437 BCX0">limited access to healthy food. The strong association between unhealthy diet and increased burden of chronic noncommunicable diseases is recognized in the US and globally. Chronic and acute diseases</span> <span class="NormalTextRun SCXW250397437 BCX0">can</span> <span class="NormalTextRun SCXW250397437 BCX0">lead to</span> <span class="NormalTextRun SCXW250397437 BCX0">malnutrition that requires diagnosis and effective treatment. Dr. Compher’s research, clinical practice, and global collaborations converge to address these key concerns in vulnerable populations.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW250397437 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{&lw_quot;134233118&lw_quot;:true,&lw_quot;201341983&lw_quot;:0,&lw_quot;335559739&lw_quot;:160,&lw_quot;335559740&lw_quot;:240}"></span></p></div></div>
<div class="row"><div class="col-sm-4 mb-sm-5"><span class="lw_item_thumb"><a href="/live/profiles/17973-michael-stawnychy"><picture class="lw_image"> <source type="image/webp" srcset="/live/image/gid/19/width/200/height/200/crop/1/14961_6531939b2ff64_14371.rev.1697747867.webp 1x, /live/image/scale/2x/gid/19/width/200/height/200/crop/1/14961_6531939b2ff64_14371.rev.1697747867.webp 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/19/width/200/height/200/crop/1/14961_6531939b2ff64_14371.rev.1697747867.webp 3x"/> <source type="image/jpeg" srcset="/live/image/gid/19/width/200/height/200/crop/1/14961_6531939b2ff64_14371.rev.1697747867.jpg 1x, /live/image/scale/2x/gid/19/width/200/height/200/crop/1/14961_6531939b2ff64_14371.rev.1697747867.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/19/width/200/height/200/crop/1/14961_6531939b2ff64_14371.rev.1697747867.jpg 3x"/> <img src="/live/image/gid/19/width/200/height/200/crop/1/14961_6531939b2ff64_14371.rev.1697747867.jpg" alt="Portrait of Michael Misho Stawnychy, PhD, CRNP" width="200" height="200" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/19/width/200/height/200/crop/1/14961_6531939b2ff64_14371.rev.1697747867.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/19/width/200/height/200/crop/1/14961_6531939b2ff64_14371.rev.1697747867.jpg 3x" data-max-w="1200" data-max-h="1503" loading="lazy"/> </picture> </a></span></div><div class="col-sm-8 ps-sm-0 mb-5"><h3> Michael A. Stawnychy, PhD, CRNP </h3><p> Dr. Stawnychy has presented on health equity and person-centered care for sepsis survivors.</p></div></div>
<div class="row"><div class="col-sm-4 mb-sm-5"><span class="lw_item_thumb"><a href="/live/profiles/17577-seul-choi"><picture class="lw_image"> <source type="image/webp" srcset="/live/image/gid/19/width/200/height/200/crop/1/14937_6531939044372_13262.rev.1697747856.webp 1x, /live/image/scale/2x/gid/19/width/200/height/200/crop/1/14937_6531939044372_13262.rev.1697747856.webp 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/19/width/200/height/200/crop/1/14937_6531939044372_13262.rev.1697747856.webp 3x"/> <source type="image/jpeg" srcset="/live/image/gid/19/width/200/height/200/crop/1/14937_6531939044372_13262.rev.1697747856.jpg 1x, /live/image/scale/2x/gid/19/width/200/height/200/crop/1/14937_6531939044372_13262.rev.1697747856.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/19/width/200/height/200/crop/1/14937_6531939044372_13262.rev.1697747856.jpg 3x"/> <img src="/live/image/gid/19/width/200/height/200/crop/1/14937_6531939044372_13262.rev.1697747856.jpg" alt="Seul Ki Choi, PhD, MPH" width="200" height="200" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/19/width/200/height/200/crop/1/14937_6531939044372_13262.rev.1697747856.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/19/width/200/height/200/crop/1/14937_6531939044372_13262.rev.1697747856.jpg 3x" data-max-w="2133" data-max-h="3200" loading="lazy"/> </picture> </a></span></div><div class="col-sm-8 ps-sm-0 mb-5"><h3> Seul Ki Choi, PhD, MPH </h3><p> In order to address challenges associated with health disparities, the persistent and pervasive nature of these disparities needs to be understood. Dr. Choi is passionate about determining the root causes of social marginalization, thereby improving the well-being of the marginalized sexual and gender minority communities in Philadelphia and beyond.</p></div></div>
<div class="row"><div class="col-sm-4 mb-sm-5"><span class="lw_item_thumb"><a href="/live/profiles/16468-laura-starbird"><picture class="lw_image"> <source type="image/webp" srcset="/live/image/gid/19/width/200/height/200/crop/1/14917_65319383bdb44_10964.rev.1697747843.webp 1x, /live/image/scale/2x/gid/19/width/200/height/200/crop/1/14917_65319383bdb44_10964.rev.1697747843.webp 2x"/> <source type="image/jpeg" srcset="/live/image/gid/19/width/200/height/200/crop/1/14917_65319383bdb44_10964.rev.1697747843.jpg 1x, /live/image/scale/2x/gid/19/width/200/height/200/crop/1/14917_65319383bdb44_10964.rev.1697747843.jpg 2x"/> <img src="/live/image/gid/19/width/200/height/200/crop/1/14917_65319383bdb44_10964.rev.1697747843.jpg" alt="Dr. Laura Starbird" width="200" height="200" data-max-w="560" data-max-h="380" loading="lazy"/> </picture> </a></span></div><div class="col-sm-8 ps-sm-0 mb-5"><h3> Laura Starbird, PhD, RN </h3><p> Dr. Starbird’s research seeks to eliminate barriers to engaging in healthcare for women who are marginalized in society, particularly women who use drugs. Women who use drugs face systemic challenges to accessing high-quality healthcare, including stigma from providers, gender-based violence, setting-based safety concerns, childcare responsibilities and legal fears about child custody, lack of gender-focused services, and inflexibility of healthcare settings. Dr. Starbird’s work is rooted in the belief that the best way to minimize these barriers is for the healthcare system to improve the way it delivers care, rather than putting the burden on the individual patient to change her behavior.</p></div></div>
<div class="row"><div class="col-sm-4 mb-sm-5"><span class="lw_item_thumb"><a href="/live/profiles/16518-subhash-aryal"><picture class="lw_image"> <source type="image/webp" srcset="/live/image/gid/19/width/200/height/200/crop/1/14918_65319384098ef_11060.rev.1697747844.webp 1x, /live/image/scale/2x/gid/19/width/200/height/200/crop/1/14918_65319384098ef_11060.rev.1697747844.webp 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/19/width/200/height/200/crop/1/14918_65319384098ef_11060.rev.1697747844.webp 3x"/> <source type="image/jpeg" srcset="/live/image/gid/19/width/200/height/200/crop/1/14918_65319384098ef_11060.rev.1697747844.jpg 1x, /live/image/scale/2x/gid/19/width/200/height/200/crop/1/14918_65319384098ef_11060.rev.1697747844.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/19/width/200/height/200/crop/1/14918_65319384098ef_11060.rev.1697747844.jpg 3x"/> <img src="/live/image/gid/19/width/200/height/200/crop/1/14918_65319384098ef_11060.rev.1697747844.jpg" alt="Subhash Aryal, PhD" width="200" height="200" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/19/width/200/height/200/crop/1/14918_65319384098ef_11060.rev.1697747844.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/19/width/200/height/200/crop/1/14918_65319384098ef_11060.rev.1697747844.jpg 3x" data-max-w="2062" data-max-h="3000" loading="lazy"/> </picture> </a></span></div><div class="col-sm-8 ps-sm-0 mb-5"><h3> Subhash Aryal, PhD, MS </h3><p> Dr. Aryal has been involved in research focused on reducing health disparities related to asthma, alcohol and opioid addiction and homelessness. He is currently collaborating on projects that addresses barriers to accessing health care.</p></div></div>
<div class="row"><div class="col-sm-4 mb-sm-5"><span class="lw_item_thumb"><a href="/live/profiles/43-cynthia-connolly"><picture class="lw_image"> <source type="image/webp" srcset="/live/image/gid/19/width/200/height/200/crop/1/14733_653192910ccc0_271.rev.1697747601.webp 1x, /live/image/scale/2x/gid/19/width/200/height/200/crop/1/14733_653192910ccc0_271.rev.1697747601.webp 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/19/width/200/height/200/crop/1/14733_653192910ccc0_271.rev.1697747601.webp 3x"/> <source type="image/jpeg" srcset="/live/image/gid/19/width/200/height/200/crop/1/14733_653192910ccc0_271.rev.1697747601.jpg 1x, /live/image/scale/2x/gid/19/width/200/height/200/crop/1/14733_653192910ccc0_271.rev.1697747601.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/19/width/200/height/200/crop/1/14733_653192910ccc0_271.rev.1697747601.jpg 3x"/> <img src="/live/image/gid/19/width/200/height/200/crop/1/14733_653192910ccc0_271.rev.1697747601.jpg" alt="Pasquaney 2011" width="200" height="200" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/19/width/200/height/200/crop/1/14733_653192910ccc0_271.rev.1697747601.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/19/width/200/height/200/crop/1/14733_653192910ccc0_271.rev.1697747601.jpg 3x" data-max-w="2048" data-max-h="1363" loading="lazy"/> </picture> </a></span></div><div class="col-sm-8 ps-sm-0 mb-5"><h3> Cynthia Anne Connolly, PhD, RN </h3><p> Dr. Connolly’s scholarship, grounded in historical research and social justice, explicates contentious questions such as who speaks for children and how American society decides their “best interests.” Her research shows how answers to these questions continually shape the contemporary health care delivery template and vary significantly according to children’s race, social class, ethnicity, and gender. </p></div></div>
<div class="row"><div class="col-sm-4 mb-sm-5"><span class="lw_item_thumb"><a href="/live/profiles/50-therese-richmond"><picture class="lw_image"> <source type="image/webp" srcset="/live/image/gid/19/width/200/height/200/crop/1/src_region/0,0,2000,1389/14740_65319293a0811_11350.rev.1697747603.webp 1x, /live/image/scale/2x/gid/19/width/200/height/200/crop/1/src_region/0,0,2000,1389/14740_65319293a0811_11350.rev.1697747603.webp 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/19/width/200/height/200/crop/1/src_region/0,0,2000,1389/14740_65319293a0811_11350.rev.1697747603.webp 3x"/> <source type="image/jpeg" srcset="/live/image/gid/19/width/200/height/200/crop/1/src_region/0,0,2000,1389/14740_65319293a0811_11350.rev.1697747603.jpg 1x, /live/image/scale/2x/gid/19/width/200/height/200/crop/1/src_region/0,0,2000,1389/14740_65319293a0811_11350.rev.1697747603.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/19/width/200/height/200/crop/1/src_region/0,0,2000,1389/14740_65319293a0811_11350.rev.1697747603.jpg 3x"/> <img src="/live/image/gid/19/width/200/height/200/crop/1/src_region/0,0,2000,1389/14740_65319293a0811_11350.rev.1697747603.jpg" alt="" width="200" height="200" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/19/width/200/height/200/crop/1/src_region/0,0,2000,1389/14740_65319293a0811_11350.rev.1697747603.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/19/width/200/height/200/crop/1/src_region/0,0,2000,1389/14740_65319293a0811_11350.rev.1697747603.jpg 3x" data-max-w="2000" data-max-h="1389" loading="lazy"/> </picture> </a></span></div><div class="col-sm-8 ps-sm-0 mb-5"><h3> Therese S. Richmond, PhD, RN, FAAN </h3><p> Dr. Richmond’s research and scholarship are grounded in understanding and overcoming health inequities experienced by individuals and families living in low-resource and marginalized communities. She is committed to identifying and overcoming structural barriers that lead to and reinforce inequities. Her research has a dual approach. She partners with valuable community partners to examine the impact of living in pervasively violent, low-resource communities on families and rigorously producing data that can be used by agencies to inform programmatic initiatives to reduce inequity and improve health, well-being, and safety. She also has a substantive body of research that focuses on disparate outcomes after serious injury including PTSD and depression and to identify modifiable targets that drive disparities seen in transition to chronic pain after serious injury. She served on the Federal Advisory Committee for Healthy People 2030, which in this decade seeks to: eliminate health disparities, achieve health equity, and attain health literacy to improve the health and well-being of all; and create social, physical, and economic environments that promote attaining the full potential for health and well-being for all. Dr. Richmond serves on the Board of Population Health & Public Health Practice of the National Academies of Sciences which has a major focus on health equity.</p></div></div>
<div class="row"><div class="col-sm-4 mb-sm-5"><span class="lw_item_thumb"><a href="/live/profiles/18028-donte-flanagan"><picture class="lw_image"> <source type="image/webp" srcset="/live/image/gid/19/width/200/height/200/crop/1/src_region/0,0,427,640/14963_6531939c191a2_14404.rev.1697747868.webp 1x, /live/image/scale/2x/gid/19/width/200/height/200/crop/1/src_region/0,0,427,640/14963_6531939c191a2_14404.rev.1697747868.webp 2x"/> <source type="image/jpeg" srcset="/live/image/gid/19/width/200/height/200/crop/1/src_region/0,0,427,640/14963_6531939c191a2_14404.rev.1697747868.jpg 1x, /live/image/scale/2x/gid/19/width/200/height/200/crop/1/src_region/0,0,427,640/14963_6531939c191a2_14404.rev.1697747868.jpg 2x"/> <img src="/live/image/gid/19/width/200/height/200/crop/1/src_region/0,0,427,640/14963_6531939c191a2_14404.rev.1697747868.jpg" alt="DF headshot" width="200" height="200" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/19/width/200/height/200/crop/1/src_region/0,0,427,640/14963_6531939c191a2_14404.rev.1697747868.jpg 2x" data-max-w="427" data-max-h="640" loading="lazy"/> </picture> </a></span></div><div class="col-sm-8 ps-sm-0 mb-5"><h3> Donté Flanagan, DNP, CRNA, FAANA </h3><p class="p1"> Today, he leads this initiative through his <i>Bigger Dreams, Better Tomorrows Foundation, Inc</i>. The non-profit actively works toward increasing the diversity and leadership within the Nurse Anesthesia Profession via added resources, training, support, and mentoring. Current initiatives include both the <i>Faculty Development Program</i>, a program designed to empower clinicians with the tools, training and support needed to succeed within the Academic setting, as well as the <i>Dream Big Wellness Support Group</i>, which meets monthly to support current SRNA’s of color by creating a safe space with guided sessions led by a licensed counselor. These programs along with the ongoing leadership positions and speaking engagements and research allows Dr. Flanagan to continue pushing forward the core values of DEI with ongoing accountability and action-centered progress in order to facilitate a cultural shift toward full equity and inclusion within the nurse anesthesia profession.</p></div></div>