Jonas Scholars 2026-2028

Arizona

  • Kaylee Fauvell

    Kaylee Fauvell
    University of Arizona
    PhD
    Scholar Focus Area: Pediatrics

  • Rachel Knight

    Rachel Knight
    University of Arizona
    PhD
    Scholar Focus Area: Gerontology

  • Emily Reichman

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

California

  • Hanot Abioye

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

  • Madalynn Baker

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

  • Charlotte Bryant

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

  • Paolo Roca III

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

  • Yuye Liu

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

  • Nicole Mart

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

  • Imani Medina

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

Colorado

  • Melissa McMaster

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

Connecticut

  • Victoria Cuomo

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

Florida

  • Liena Infante Diaz

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

  • Hanne Harbison

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

  • Shawna Landon

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

  • Ebele Okpala

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

  • Meghan Poe

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

Georgia

  • Fallon Branch

    Fallon Branch
    Augusta University
    PhD
    Scholar Focus Area: Health Policy

Illinois

  • Kristie Coleman

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

  • Chelsea Castro Devine

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

Indiana

  • Grace Gass

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

Iowa

  • Angela Shanahan

    Angela Shanahan
    University of Iowa
    PhD
    Scholar Focus Area: Gerontology

  • Anna Spooner

    Anna Spooner
    University of Iowa
    DNP
    Scholar Focus Area: Pediatrics

Kentucky

  • Joelle Hirst

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

Maryland

  • Kristin Peacock

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

  • Jill Storer

    Jill Storer
    University of Maryland
    PhD
    Scholar Focus Area: Gerontology

Massachusetts

  • Brianna Babineau

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

  • Jackie Mello

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

Michigan

  • Carter Doyle

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

  • Amy Michael

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

  • Ashley Pitts

    Ashley Pitts
    Oakland University
    PhD
    Scholar Focus Area: Health Policy

  • Doreen Siriboe-Achampong

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

Minnesota

  • Muna Mussa

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

  • Nellie Swanson

    Nellie Swanson
    University of Minnesota
    PhD
    Scholar Focus Area: Pediatrics

Mississippi

  • Tamika Broome-Lewis

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

Missouri

  • Friederike Albrecht

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

  • Caitlyn Heller

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

  • Emily Offenbacker

    Emily Offenbacker
    Saint Louis University
    PhD
    Scholar Focus Area: Pediatrics

  • Rasheda Pippens

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

New Jersey

  • Francesca Martinez

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

  • Brittney Miranda

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

New York

  • Lorry Cupelli

    Lorry Cupelli
    Molloy University
    PhD
    Scholar Focus Area: Preventive Care

  • Heather Dennis

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

  • Kim Hadson

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

  • Ranjani Shah

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

  • Aimee Smith

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

  • Jim VanTassel

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

North Carolina

  • Brian Garcia

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

  • Jill Huffman

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

  • Ade Kareem

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

  • Grace Russell

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

Ohio

  • Taylor Flatt

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

  • Nicole Holtz

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

Oregon

  • Lance Capisanan

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

  • Desiree' Erickson

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

Pennsylvania

  • Stephnie Brown

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

  • Katrina Carr

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

  • Cameron Herbst

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

  • Meghan McCabe

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

  • Annie Perng

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

  • Zach Polmounter

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

South Carolina

  • Katie Darmer

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

  • Bryson Martin

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

Tennessee

  • Melissa Jung

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

  • Tara Maxa

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

Texas

  • Maria Hurd

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

  • Amy McNicoll

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

  • Lina Palomares

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

  • Merci Paulhill

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

Utah

  • Esther Kang

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

  • Clare Peckenpaugh

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

Washington

  • Kristy Lanciotti

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

  • Chloe Scott

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

Washington, D.C.

  • Auryana Malek

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

West Virginia

  • Aaron Aliff

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

Wisconsin

  • Rachel Derr

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

  • Tashanda Edelen

    Tashanda Edelen
    Marquette University
    PhD
    Scholar Focus Area: School Nursing

  • Amanda Gant

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

  • Shoua Xiong

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