Postdoctoral research fellows
Postdoctoral fellowship opportunity
The School of Nursing is now accepting applications for a postdoctoral fellowship funded by a NINR T32 training program. Complexity: Innovations in Promoting Health and Safety (CIPHS) is designed to address the triple threat of explosive growth in chronic illness incidence, persistent challenges to improve population health and safety, and rising healthcare expenditures.
See more details of the fellowship and how to apply. Questions can be directed to Dr. Marita Titler and Dr. Marjorie McCullagh.
Mentoring the next generation nurse researchers
Postdoctoral fellows focus on their scholarship with the benefit of strong mentoring relationships, helping develop the next generation of exceptional nurse researchers.
Dr. Kevin Joiner
Ph.D. - University of California, San Franciso
Dr. Joiner’s research interests center on prevention of type 2 diabetes and improvement of health outcomes of type 1 and type 2 diabetes, and the development of self-management interventions for populations that do not have adequate access to preventive and primary care health services. He is currently working to develop and pilot test a Spanish-language type 2 diabetes prevention self-management support intervention that is sensitive to unique Latinx cultural preferences and accessible to individuals who have limited English proficiency.
Dr. Sarah Peitzmeier
Ph.D. - Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health
Dr. Peitzmeier's research is in mixed-method research in public health, gender based violence, HIV/STI, LGBT health, and cervical cancer screening among sexual and gender minorities.
International Visiting Fellows
UMSN's global collaboration through the International Visiting Scholars program and the Fogarty International Training Program for Strengthening Non-Communicable Disease Research and Training Capacity, co-funded by the National Institute of Nursing Research (Grant No: 1D43TW009883-01) brings researchers from all over the world to campus.
