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Jeannette Andrews

Jeannette O. Andrews, PhD, RN, FNP, FAAN
Associate Dean for Research and Evaluation
Director, Center for Community Health Partnerships
Professor

Medical University of South Carolina
College of Nursing
99 Jonathan Lucas Street
MSC 160
Charleston, SC 29425-1600

Telephone: (843) 792-1188
Fax: (843) 792-2104
andrewj@musc.edu

Dr. Jeannette Andrews is Professor & Associate Dean for Research in the College of Nursing at the Medical University of South Carolina. She is also the Director of the South Carolina Translational Research’s Center for Community Health Partnerships (SCTR-CCHP). Dr. Andrews received her Bachelors degree in nursing at the Medical College of Georgia, Masters in nursing at Georgia Southern University, and Doctorate in Nursing Science at the University of South Carolina. Dr. Andrews is certified by the American Nurses Credentialing Center as a Family Nurse Practitioner. Dr. Andrews is a Fellow in the American Academy of Nursing, an alumnus from the Robert Wood Johnson Nurse Executive Fellows Program, and co-founder of the national coalition Nurses for Tobacco Control. She is a member of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco, AmAmerican Public Health Association, Southern Nursing Research Society, American Nurses Association, and Council for the Advancement of Nursing Science. She has received numerous awards including the NPACE National Nurse Practitioner Award, Veterans Affairs National Professional Nurse Award, Georgia Nurses Association Nurse of the Year, University of South Carolina's Outstanding Dissertation Award, Medical College of Georgia's Emerging Scientist Award, and the Palmetto Gold Award.

Dr. Andrews' has an extensive program of research involving community engagement, behavioral interventions, and risk reduction in minority populations. She has been the principal investigator and/or co-investigator 30 research grants, receiving funding from National Institute of Nursing Research, National Cancer Institute, National Heart, Lung & Blood Institute, Georgia Cancer Coalition, American Cancer Society, and the American Legacy Foundation. She has over 60 publications in peer-reviewed journals, including Ethnicity & Disease, Preventive Medicine, Health Education & Behavior, American Journal of Community Psychology, and Research in Nursing & Health.

Dr. Andrews teaches in the doctoral program with a focus on health disparities research, community engaged research, and quantitative methods. She has mentored over 30 doctoral students (PhD and DNP) in the last decade. She has a joint appointment in the College of Graduate Studies.

 

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