Jonas Scholars 2025-2027

Arizona

  • Stefanie Boyles

    Kaylee Fauvell
    University of Arizona
    PhD
    Scholar Focus Area: Pediatrics

  • Stephanie Lapsley

    Rachel Knight
    University of Arizona
    PhD
    Scholar Focus Area: Gerontology

  • Jacquelyn Martin

    Emily Reichman
    Arizona State University
    Joint PhD/DNP
    Scholar Focus Area: Environmental Health

California

  • Teresa Asmus

    Hanot Abioye
    Pacific Lutheran University
    DNP
    Scholar Focus Area: Psychiatric / Mental Health

  • Sapna Bakshi

    Madalynn Baker
    Azusa Pacific University
    DNP
    Scholar Focus Area: Access, Connection, and Engagement (ACE)

  • Deidra Bonner

    Charlotte Bryant
    University of California Los Angeles
    PhD
    Scholar Focus Area: Rural Health

  • Marianne Gutierrez

    Paolo Roca III
    University of California Los Angeles
    PhD
    Scholar Focus Area: Access, Connection, and Engagement (ACE)

  • Yuriko Matsuo

    Yuye Liu
    University of San Francisco
    BS to DNP
    Scholar Focus Area: Psychiatric / Mental Health

  • Nicole Mart
    University of San Diego
    PhD
    Scholar Focus Area: Health Policy

  • Imani Medina
    Charles R. Drew University
    DNP
    Scholar Focus Area: Women's Health

Colorado

  • Yolande Ngounou

    Melissa McMaster
    University of Colorado
    DNP
    Scholar Focus Area: Veterans' Health

Connecticut

  • Victoria Cuomo
    Quinnipiac University
    DNP
    Scholar Focus Area: Women's Health

Florida

  • Julia Dankanich

    Liena Infante Diaz
    Florida International University
    BS to PhD
    Scholar Focus Area: Psychiatric / Mental Health

  • Ilana Logvinov

    Hanne Harbison
    Florida State University
    PhD
    Scholar Focus Area: Women's Health

  • Magali Rezende de Carvalho

    Shawna Landon
    University of Florida
    PhD
    Scholar Focus Area: Integrative Care

  • Nicole Whitfield-Powell

    Ebele Okpala
    Florida International University
    PhD
    Scholar Focus Area: Psychiatric / Mental Health

  • Hyehwan Yang

    Meghan Poe
    Florida State University
    PhD
    Scholar Focus Area: Integrative Care

Georgia

  • Julia Humphries

    Fallon Branch
    Augusta University
    PhD
    Scholar Focus Area: Health Policy

Illinois

  • Kristie Coleman
    Rush University
    PhD
    Scholar Focus Area: Women's Health

  • Chelsea Castro Devine
    Loyola University Chicago
    BS to PhD
    Scholar Focus Area: Women's Health

Indiana

  • Rileigh Fagan

    Grace Gass
    Purdue University
    BS to PhD
    Scholar Focus Area: Pediatrics

Iowa

  • Angela Shanahan
    University of Iowa
    PhD
    Scholar Focus Area: Gerontology

  • Anna Spooner
    University of Iowa
    DNP
    Scholar Focus Area: Pediatrics

Kentucky

  • Joelle Hirst
    University of Louisville
    BS to PhD
    Scholar Focus Area: Pediatrics

Maryland

  • Anne Hagan

    Kristin Peacock
    University of Maryland
    DNP
    Scholar Focus Area: Rural Health

  • Marcus Henderson

    Jill Storer
    University of Maryland
    PhD
    Scholar Focus Area: Gerontology

Massachusetts

  • Taylor Bellfield

    Brianna Babineau
    University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
    PhD
    Scholar Focus Area: Psychiatric / Mental Health

  • Nicholas Raposo

    Jackie Mello
    University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
    PhD
    Scholar Focus Area: Pediatrics

Michigan

  • Lindsay Colby

    Carter Doyle
    Wayne State University
    PhD
    Scholar Focus Area: Psychiatric / Mental Health

  • Brianna Kline

    Amy Michael
    University of Michigan
    PhD
    Scholar Focus Area: Women's Health

  • Biyyiah Lee

    Ashley Pitts
    Oakland University
    PhD
    Scholar Focus Area: Health Policy

  • Allison Walsh

    Doreen Siriboe-Achampong
    Grand Valley State University
    DNP
    Scholar Focus Area: Psychiatric / Mental Health

Minnesota

  • Angela Miller

    Muna Mussa
    University of Minnesota
    BS to DNP
    Scholar Focus Area: Access, Connection, and Engagement (ACE)

  • Priyanka Roy

    Nellie Swanson
    University of Minnesota
    PhD
    Scholar Focus Area: Pediatrics

Mississippi

  • Tamika Broome-Lewis
    University of Mississippi Medical Center
    PhD
    Scholar Focus Area: Environmental Health

Missouri

  • Austin DesJardin

    Friederike Albrecht
    University of Missouri
    BS to PhD
    Scholar Focus Area: Preventive Care

  • Joy Stark

    Caitlyn Heller
    Saint Louis University
    PhD
    Scholar Focus Area: Preventive Care

  • Teresa Winning Verry

    Emily Offenbacker
    Saint Louis University
    PhD
    Scholar Focus Area: Pediatrics

  • Rasheda Pippens
    Goldfarb School of Nursing at Barnes Jewish College
    PhD
    Scholar Focus Area: Women's Health

New Jersey

  • Marjorie West-Lawrence

    Francesca Martinez
    Fairleigh Dickinson University
    DNP
    Scholar Focus Area: Preventive Care

  • Brittney Miranda
    Fairleigh Dickinson University
    DNP
    Scholar Focus Area: Preventive Care

New York

  • Lea Brown

    Lorry Cupelli
    Molloy University
    PhD
    Scholar Focus Area: Preventive Care

  • Nathan Levitt

    Heather Dennis
    Pace University
    PhD
    Scholar Focus Area: Psychiatric / Mental Health

  • Rachel Robins

    Kim Hadson
    New York University
    PhD
    Scholar Focus Area: Psychiatric / Mental Health

  • Coleigne Solomon

    Ranjani Shah
    New York University
    PhD
    Scholar Focus Area: Women's Health

  • Erin Vernetti

    Aimee Smith
    Pace University
    PhD
    Scholar Focus Area: Psychiatric / Mental Health

  • Jim VanTassel
    Molloy University
    PhD
    Scholar Focus Area: Psychiatric / Mental Health

North Carolina

  • Kevin Gao

    Brian Garcia
    University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    PhD
    Scholar Focus Area: Psychiatric / Mental Health

  • Bonnie Hunt

    Jill Huffman
    University of North Carolina Wilmington
    DNP
    Scholar Focus Area: Rural Health

  • Laika Maganga

    Ade Kareem
    Duke School of Nursing
    PhD
    Scholar Focus Area: Access, Connection, and Engagement (ACE)

  • Grace Russell
    University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    PhD
    Scholar Focus Area: Pediatrics

Ohio

  • Carla Parker

    Taylor Flatt
    Ohio State University
    PhD
    Scholar Focus Area: Psychiatric / Mental Health

  • Nicole Holtz
    University of Cincinnati
    BS to DNP
    Scholar Focus Area: Psychiatric / Mental Health

Oregon

  • Lance Capisanan
    Oregon Health and Science University
    DNP
    Scholar Focus Area: Pediatrics

  • Desiree' Erickson
    Oregon Health and Science University
    BS to DNP
    Scholar Focus Area: Pediatrics

Pennsylvania

  • Stephanie Acquaye

    Stephnie Brown
    Thomas Jefferson University
    PhD
    Scholar Focus Area: Access, Connection, and Engagement (ACE)
    Jonas Nursing Social Justice Scholar

  • Jacqueline O'Rourke-Fulford

    Katrina Carr
    University of Pittsburgh
    PhD
    Scholar Focus Area: Women's Health

  • Cameron Herbst
    University of Pittsburgh
    PhD
    Scholar Focus Area: Women's Health

  • Meghan McCabe
    Villanova University
    PhD
    Scholar Focus Area: Access, Connection, and Engagement (ACE)

  • Annie Perng
    La Salle University
    DNP
    Scholar Focus Area: Psychiatric / Mental Health

  • Zach Polmounter
    La Salle University
    DNP
    Scholar Focus Area: Integrative Care

South Carolina

  • Jessica Gonzalez

    Katie Darmer
    University of South Carolina
    PhD
    Scholar Focus Area: Women's Health

  • Bryson Martin
    University of South Carolina
    BS to PhD
    Scholar Focus Area: Pediatrics

Tennessee

  • Sue Coltrain

    Melissa Jung
    University of Tennessee Knoxville
    PhD
    Scholar Focus Area: Rural Health

  • Chelsea Horn

    Tara Maxa
    Vanderbilt University
    PhD
    Scholar Focus Area: Women's Health

Texas

  • Martha Brown

    Maria Hurd
    University of Texas Medical Branch
    PhD
    Scholar Focus Area: Rural Health

  • Latonya Holman

    Amy McNicoll
    University of Texas Medical Branch
    PhD
    Scholar Focus Area: Access, Connection, and Engagement (ACE)

  • Amy Patten

    Lina Palomares
    University of Texas at Austin
    PhD
    Scholar Focus Area: Health Policy

  • Lori Rhodes

    Merci Paulhill
    University of Texas at Austin
    BS to PhD
    Scholar Focus Area: Health Policy

Utah

  • Kait Otero

    Esther Kang
    University of Utah College of Nursing
    DNP
    Scholar Focus Area: Access, Connection, and Engagement (ACE)

  • Clare Peckenpaugh
    University of Utah
    PhD
    Scholar Focus Area: Rural Health

Washington

  • Kristy Lanciotti
    Washington State University
    PhD
    Scholar Focus Area: Environmental Health

  • Chloe Scott
    University of Washington
    DNP
    Scholar Focus Area: Veterans' Health

Washington, D.C.

  • Desiree Colvin

    Auryana Malek
    George Washington University
    PhD
    Scholar Focus Area: Access, Connection, and Engagement (ACE)

West Virginia

  • Robin Elkins

    Aaron Aliff
    West Virginia University School of Nursing
    PhD
    Scholar Focus Area: Access, Connection, and Engagement (ACE)

Wisconsin

  • Kelly Krainak

    Rachel Derr
    Marquette University
    PhD
    Scholar Focus Area: Access, Connection, and Engagement (ACE)

  • Cierra McCoy

    Tashanda Edelen
    Marquette University
    PhD
    Scholar Focus Area: School Nursing

  • Kenyah Spaulding

    Amanda Gant
    University of Wisconsin Madison
    PhD
    Scholar Focus Area: Health Policy

  • Shoua Xiong
    University of Wisconsin Madison
    PhD
    Scholar Focus Area: Women's Health