Yvonne R. Ford is an assistant professor in the School of Nursing at North Carolina A&T State University. She received her BSN from Barton College in Wilson, NC, dual Master’s degrees from Duke University in Nursing and Clinical Leadership, and her PhD from UNC Greensboro. Her research focus is on cardiometabolic risk reduction by affecting social determinants of health to improve health outcomes. She is also interested in genomic predictors of heart failure in long-term breast cancer survivors. Dr. Ford recently received her second reappointment pursuant to achieving tenure as an associate professor. She has experience with qualitative, quantitative and mixed methods research, scoping reviews, mentoring undergraduates in research activities, and biomarker collection and interpretation. She participates in collaborative research with colleagues from engineering, kinesiology, and nutrition.
First Name
Yvonne
Last Name
Ford
Email
yrford@ncat.edu
Research Focus
My research interests are cardiometabolic risk reduction in Black breast cancer survivors and genomic predictors of heart failure in the population. I am also interested in the role of social determinants of health and their effect on cardiometabolic risk reduction and improved health outcomes.
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Affiliate Investigator