Erin Kennedy, BSN
Bio
Erin is a predoctoral student in the NewCourtland Center for Transitions and Health and a Hillman Scholar in Nursing Innovation. She is a registered nurse and received her BSN from Penn Nursing in 2019. Erin’s research focuses on health informatics and information technology that supports healthcare providers’ discharge planning efforts and reduces readmissions for at-risk older adults. She leverages clinical decision support and natural language processing tools to identify patients’ barriers to discharge and improve decision making.
Research Experience
- Methodological Interests
- Prognostic modeling
- Natural language processing
- Research Experiences
- NewCourtland T32 Predoctoral Fellow
- Hillman Scholar in Nursing Innovation
- Former REU Fellow at the Center for Injury Research and Prevention at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Highlights
- Mary Naylor Undergraduate Research Award (2019)
- Member, American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA)
- Member, Academy Health
Related News
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Investing in Women’s Mental Health, a new paper by Foxwell, Kennedy & Naylor
In a new commentary, predoctoral students Anessa Foxwell and Erin Kennedy, and NewCourtland Center director Mary Naylor, discuss the urgent need to address mental health challenges experienced by women during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Ashley Paine Fuchs, BSN, Nu’00
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Ingred Prince, RN, BSN, Nu’16
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