Assistant professor Coretta Jenerette was awarded a Research
Assistant professor Coretta Jenerette (right) talks with an adult living with Sickle Cell Disease who is participating in Jenerette's research study.
Career Development Award from the National Institute of Nursing Research. Jenerette’s research focuses on care of adults with Sickle Cell Disease (SCD). As part of this award, she will study the pathophysiology and pain of SCD, gain experience and additional instruction in developing theory-based interventions for adults with SCD and develop skills in longitudinal clinical trial methods and data analysis.
Her mentoring team consists of SON professor Merle Mishel, UNC College of Arts and Sciences Dean Karen Gil (clinical psychologist), and UNC School of Medicine associate professor Kenneth Ataga. Jenerette’s overall goals are to design interventions to help adults with SCD improve their health and quality of life with self-care strategies and increase the resources of adults with SCD in the healthcare system.
