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Health Disparities

Dr. Harrington
October 29, 2013
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
160 Meiling Hall

Dr. Harrington is a post-doctoral Fellow at the Harvard Cancer Center, Dana Farber Institute and the College of Nursing and Health Sciences at the University of Massachusetts Boston. She has been a nursing educator for six years and has 11 years of acute care experience in medical surgical nursing in a variety of settings including both in-patient and out-patient settings.
 
Harrington obtained a BS in nursing from Old Dominion University, a master’s in nursing with a concentration in Health Systems Management from the University of Virginia, and a doctorate in nursing from the University of Virginia. Her research interests include: healthcare disparities, quality of care, breast cancer, health promotion/disease prevention, and the impact of poor nutrition and lack of exercise on health outcomes.
 
In addition to conducting research and teaching, she has been a national presenter at the Oncology Nursing Society (ONS) Congress in 2011, speaking on disparities among African American women with breast cancer.
 
Dr. Harrington's talk is sponsored by:
  • The Women's Place
  • Wexner Medical Center
  • OSU Center for Ethics and Human Values