Charisse Ahmed, BS, BSN
Bio
Charisse Ahmed is a pre-doctoral student at Penn Nursing, a BSN-to-PhD Hillman Scholar, and a Leadership Education in Adolescent Health (LEAH) nurse fellow at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. Charisse received her first bachelor’s degree in health education at the University of Florida (UF) in 2015 and her second bachelor’s degree in nursing at the University of Pennsylvania in 2018. Charisse is currently an adolescent behavioral health nurse at Belmont Behavioral Health System. Charisse’s research interests are the implementation of evidence-based interventions to improve HIV treatment adherence and mental health outcomes among African adolescents, and reducing HIV/STI risks among disenfranchised/minority youth.
Research Experience
- Methodological Interests:
- Qualitative Research
- Mixed Methods
Highlights
- Registered Nurse, Belmont Behavioral Health System
- Research Fellow, National Institutes of Health
- Research Grantee, Fulbright U.S. Student Program
- HIV League Scholarship Independence Blue Cross (IBC)
- Nurses for Tomorrow Scholarship Helen Veress-Mitchell Scholarship
- Capital City AIDS Fund Pennsylvania State Nurses Association (PSNA) District 1 Scholarship AIDS 2018 Scholarship
- International AIDS Society Anne Delaney Nicholls Scholarship
- University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing Bronstein Scholarship
- University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing 2016 - 2017 Fulbright
- U.S. Student Scholarship Finalist National Institutes of Health (NIH) Undergraduate Scholarship Program (UGSP)
- Finalist 2014 Minority Health International Research Training Award University of Alabama at Birmingham
Related News
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Three UPenn SON Hillman Scholars Receive Fall Pilot Awards
University of Pennsylvania Hillman Scholars, Charisse Ahmed, Cassis Boateng, and Kierra Foley applied for pilot awards this fall and were approved for funding by the Hillman Scholars In Nursing Innovation National Program Office. Read the full article for details on their projects.
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Ashley Paine Fuchs, BSN, Nu’00
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Ingred Prince, RN, BSN, Nu’16
I fell in love with storytelling at Penn. The African American Arts Alliance (4A) birthed this love for me. With my 4A family, I acted in plays, directed musicals, built sets, and balanced budgets. We told stories that were Black.