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DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY (PHD)
CANDIDATES FOR DEGREE
SUZANNE COURTWRIGHT
Do Positive Health Assets Influence How Adolescents with Chronic
Conditions Access, Utilize, and Engage with the Children's Mental
Health System during the Covid-19 Pandemic?
URVI SANGHVI
Pulmonary Resilience: Moderating the Association Between
Oxygen Exposure and Short-Term Respiratory Outcomes in
Extremely Preterm Newborns
DAWN TAYLOR
On the Journey to Healing: Sex/Gender-Diverse Female Voices on the
Road to Healing After Lived Experiences of Intimate Partner Violence
From foster child to doctor of philosophy.
Dawn Taylor is about to earn the highest
academic degree despite the lowest possible
start in life as a foster child. The loneliness of
her childhood led Taylor as an adult to give a
voice to others who feel invisible. People like
victims of physical, mental and emotional abuse,
alcoholics, drug addicts, and gender-diverse
women and men. The graduate with a PhD
in Caring Science will continue her research
working in public health with invisibility and
healing journeys with vulnerable populations.
" Things are not going to go as you expect, ever.
The best-laid plans are going to go awry. So,
seek help early, and don't shut down. If you find
yourself struggling, never give up. You can change
your life. " While Taylor has been earning her
doctorate at the University of Colorado College
of Nursing, she has been teaching and lecturing
undergraduate students health assessment,
fundamentals of nursing and
community/public health nursing
at Nevada State College. SCAN THE
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