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Rachel Kennedy PhD, MSN/MPH, RN
Research Assistant Professor
- Emergency Medicine, Forensic Nurse Examiner Program at the University of Colorado Hospital
- Department of Community & Behavioral Health
- Emergency Medicine (SOM)
- Injury & Violence Prevention Center
Primary Phone:770-861-9548
Mailing Address:
- CU Anschutz
Nighthorse Campbell Native Health Building
13055 East 17th Avenue
Office M24-346
Aurora, CO 80045
Rachel Kennedy, PhD, MSN/MPH, RN, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, affiliated with the Firearm Injury Prevention Initiative and the Injury and Violence Prevention Center. She is a Registered Nurse with clinical experience in forensic nursing, intensive care, and community health. Dr. Kennedy supports research for the Forensic Nurse Examiner program at the University of Colorado Hospital and specializes in mixed methods research aimed at improving care and resources for survivors of intimate partner violence (IPV), sexual violence, and firearm-related injuries. She earned her MSN/MPH and PhD from the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing. Her research centers on advancing community-based, person-centered public health nursing through research, education, and advocacy. She focuses on understanding and addressing intimate partner violence (IPV) by identifying trends and strengthening best practices related to IPV-associated traumatic brain injury, strangulation, sexual violence, firearm injury, survivor needs and resources, and care coordination.
Areas of Expertise
- Intimate partner and sexual violence
- Firearm injury prevention
- Survivor-centered care coordination and resources
- Traumatic brain injury and strangulation in IPV contexts
- Mixed methods and community-based public health nursing
Education, Licensure & Certifications
- PhD, Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing, 2022
- MSN/MPH (Dual Masters of Science in Nursing and Masters of Public Health), Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing and Bloomberg School of Public Health, 2017
- BSN, Samford University, 2013
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Awards
- T32 Pre-Doctoral Fellow in Interdisciplinary Research Training in Trauma and Violence, National Institute of Child Health and Development (PI: Jacquelyn Campbell, Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing), 2018-2020.
Affiliations
- Faculty Co-Lead, Firearm Injury Prevention Initiative Intimate Partner Violence Workgroup
- Member, Nursing Network on Violence Against Women International
- Member, Society for the Advancement of Violence and Injury Research
- Member, Academy of Forensic Nursing