Uzoji Nwanaji-Enwerem

Discrimination, stigma and other psychosocial/environmental stressors, intersectionality, sleep, substance use and addiction 

Check out why Uzoji decided to obtain her PhD in nursing from Yale.

 

Hometown

Concord, NC

Undergraduate Education 

BSN, Winston Salem State University

Graduate Education 

MSN, Family Nurse Practitioner Program, Winston
Salem State University -Duke Nursing Bridge to the Doctorate Program

Research Interests

Psychosocial Stress, Stigmatization, Discrimination, Drug Use and Addiction

Publications and Presentations: 

PUBLICATIONS:

Nwanaji-Enwerem, U., Onsomu, O., Roberts, D., Singh, A., Brummett, B., Williams, R.,  Dungan, J., (2022). Relationship between psychosocial stress and blood pressure: The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Family Heart Study. Sage Open Nursing, 8, 23779608221107589.

Nwanaji-Enwerem, U. Condon, E., Conley, Wang, K., Iheanacho, T., S., Redeker, N. (2022). Adapting the health stigma & discrimination framework to understand the association between stigma and sleep deficiency: A systematic review. SleepHealth.

Breazeale, S., Jeon, S., Hwang, Y., O’Connell, M., Nwanaji-Enwerem, U., Linsky, S., … & Redeker, N. S. (2022). Sleep Characteristics, Mood, Somatic Symptoms, and Self-Care Among People With Heart Failure and Insomnia. Nursing Research.

Redeker, N. S., Yaggi, H. K.,  Jacoby, D., Hollenbeak, C., Breazeale, S., Conley, S., Hwang, Y., Iennacco, J., Linsky, S., Moemeka, L., Nwanaji-Enwerem, U., O’Connell, M., Jeon, S. (2021).  Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia has sustained effects on insomnia, fatigue, and function among people with chronic heart failure and insomnia: The HeartSleep Study. Sleep

Redeker, N. S., Rawl, S. M., & Nwanaji-Enwerem, U. (2021). Expanding the Pipeline of Nurse Scientists to Address the Health Care Needs of a Diverse Society. Nursing outlook, 69(4), 704-706.

Nwanaji-Enwerem, J. C., Nwanaji-Enwerem, U., Van Der Laan, L., Galazka, J. M., Redeker, N. S., & Cardenas, A. (2020). A longitudinal epigenetic aging and leukocyte analysis of simulated space travel: The Mars-500 Mission. Cell Reports33(10), 108406.

Moore, D., Onsomu, E. O., Brown, T. L., Nwanaji-Enwerem, U., Esquivel, M., Bush, D., & Richardson, S. (2019). African American nursing students understanding of media images and their role in intercultural exchanges, communication, and the nursing profession. Journal of Best Practices in Health Professions Diversity: Research, Education and Policy, 12(2), 154-164.

Redeker, N.S., Rawl, S., Nwanaji-Enwerem, U. (2021). Expanding the pipeline of nurse scientists to address the health care needs of a diverse society [Editorial]. Nursing Outlook, 69(4), 704-706. doi.org/10.1016/j.outlook.2021.06.010

Redeker, N. S., Bessette, A., Breazeale, S., Conley, S., Hollenbeak, C., Hwang, Y., Iennacco, J., Jacoby, D., Kelly-Hauser, J., Linsky, S., Moemeka, L., Nwanaji-Enwerem, U., O’Connell, M., Yaggi, H. K.,  & Jeon, S. (2021).  Cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia compared with heart-failure self-management education has sustained effects on insomnia among adults with chronic heart failure, Sleep, 44, A136

Nwanaji-Enwerem, J., Nwanaji-Enwerem, U., Laan L., Galazka, J., Redeker, N., Cardenas, A. (2020). A longitudinal epigenetic aging and leukocyte analysis of simulated space travel: The Mars-500 mission. Cell Reports, 33(10), 108406.

Moore, D., Onsomu, E. O., Brown, T. L., Nwanaji-Enwerem, U., Esquivel, M., Bush, D., & Richardson, S. (2020). African American nursing students understanding of media images and their role in intercultural exchanges, communication, and the nursing profession. Journal of Best Practices in Health Professions Diversity: Research, Education and Policy

PRESENTATIONS:

Nwanaji-Enwerem, U., Beitel, M., Eggert, K., Zheng, X., Gaeta, M., Redeker, N., Madden, M., Oberleitner, L., Oberleitner, D., Barry, D. (2021, Submitted-Abstract). Correlates of perceived discrimination among patients in methadone maintenance treatment. The College on Problems of Drug Dependence (CPDD). March 25th-March 26th, 2021-Annual Conference (abstract)

Nwanaji-Enwerem, U., Sadler, S., Sangchoon. J., Barry, D., Yaggi, K., & Redeker, N. (2021, Submitted-Abstract). An explanatory sequential mixed methods study of stigma, sleep and treatment outcomes among individuals on medication for opioid use disorder. Eastern Nursing Research Society (ENRS). March 25th-March 26th, 2021-Annual Conference (abstract)

Awards

Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (F31). Recipient.

National Institute of Health (NIH) Diversity Supplement. Recipient.

Yale Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Dean’s Emerging Scholars Fellowship. Recipient. 

Afro-American Cultural Center at Yale ORD Funding. Recipient.

JI Girls x Brown University Afro Health Campaign Project Funding. Recipient.

Extracurricular Activities

JI Organization- media blogging and entertainment (Website: https://www.jigirls.org

Travel

Afrocultural work